Registered Manager, Children's Residential Home Carlisle

Your new company
A Wilderness Way are looking for a Registered Service Manager to join their ever expanding team of expert care providers. This rare opportunity will truly help to forge a new path in the Children's Residential sector. As a Registered Service Manager, working with A Wilderness Way offers you the opportunity to truly make a difference to children's lives. Their focus for care and education is on stability and safety, health and wellbeing, relationships and preparing for independence and living in the wider world.
Working with A Wilderness Way will allow you to support, nurture and empower children in order to transform their lives, now and in the future. This is a fantastic opportunity to be a key member of the A Wilderness Way family.
Your new role
In your new role, you will be responsible for leadership, management and operation of this registered service supporting children who are predominantly placed on short-term assessment placements where the aim is to educate and support both them and the external agencies around them on their permanency plan. The ideal candidate should have experience as a Registered Manager working with children, be creative and passionate about working with children, and be able to teach and train others while giving them support and feedback. They should also be passionate about taking children outside wherever possible and making the most of the beautiful surroundings to challenge and inspire them.
Here are some of the responsibilities you will be taking on:

• The progress and development of children in placement
• The development of the Service in line with the Statement of Purpose
• The admissions and discharge of children in your care
• Placement objective planning and ensuring that the placement objectives are met by your teams
• Linkage with all external stakeholders
• Ensuring that they effectively lead and manage their people through the relevant hierarchy of the service.
• Leadership and management of the leadership team and effectively facilitating the cycle of care.
• Effectively and efficiently manage a Multi-Building Registration which accommodates 4 children in 4 separate homes within a local area.
• Support children who are predominantly with us for a period of around 4 months, where the aim is to support both the child and their external team to move towards achieving the goals on their permanency plan.
• Ensure that our care colleagues are the best that they can be whilst supporting our children to thrive.
• Set the operational direction and organise the effective running of the service to meet its statement of purpose.
• Work in partnership with external agencies

What you\'ll need to succeed

• At least 12 months managing a Residential Children's Home
• Extensive experience managing a team of support workers
• In-depth knowledge of the SCCIF and Children's Home Regulations and Quality standards
• Ideally, you will have achieved your Level 5 Leadership and Management Diploma.
• Are creative and passionate about working with children
• Can collaborate with and support the team to create an exceptional service
• A full, valid, UK driving licence and access to your own transport.

What you\'ll get in return
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with an organisation that has a really clear ethos and puts their values at the forefront of everything that they do. Alongside the job satisfaction of supporting children and young people, you will get the below remuneration and benefits:

• Annual Leave: You will receive 33 days per annum; our holiday year runs from March to February.
• Additional leave: at 2 years and 5 years' service.
• Training Academy: An in-depth induction and welcome programme.
• Bonuses: A bonus of £1000 every time you successfully refer to a friend.
• Pension: Auto enrolment into our Company pension.
• Wellbeing benefits
• Life Assurance: 2 times the annual salary.
• Discounts: A range of discount schemes with access to savings on high street brands, restaurants, cinemas, and other leisure outlets, including local businesses, following feedback from our employees.

What you need to do now
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