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We are looking for a Registered Manager for a Residential Family Assessment Centre in Blandford Forum, Dorset. This will be a busy and challenging role and therefore you will have commitment and dedication to providing high quality support to family and staff in line with OFSTED regulations. You will also be required to have excellent safeguarding standards and a strong ethos of providing effective support to families to achieve positive outcomes.
As the Registered Manager you will have responsibility of staff management and supervision, which will include overall quality assurance of parenting capacity assessments. You will also have responsibility for the progression and quality of all the final parenting capacity assessments, which are submitted to the local authorities.
Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Requirements:
- A Social work qualification and registration with Social Work England
- At least 2 years in a role supervising and managing staff
- A minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience
- Good knowledge of safeguarding, assessment, and risk management and established experience of completing parenting capacity and holistic whole Family Assessments.
- Experience of partnership working with families and external agencies
- Ability to communicate effectively in complex or challenging situations with families.
- Must be prepared to be flexible across evenings and weekends, according to the needs of the service.
Preferable Skills and Knowledge:
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management, or a willingness to work towards achieving this qualification.
- Experience of Parenting Assessment Manual (PAM’s) or ParentAssess approach for assessing parents.
What we can offer you:
- Competitive Salary – using structured pay grades based on your training and experience.
- Wellbeing – Access to therapeutic wellbeing sessions with our Therapeutic Services team.
- Bonuses – receive £200 service award on your two-year anniversary, plus up to £500 special recognition service for outstanding practice.
- Referral Scheme - Earn up to £3,250 by recommending a foster carer or up to £1,000 by recommending a full-time staff member.
- Awards – The chance to win up to £150 in vouchers every month from our REACH Awards.
- MediCash - Cashback for various medical appointments & treatments with MediCash.
- Life Assurance Scheme – 3 x annual salary after successful completion of your probation review.
- Increased Holiday – 27.5 days increasing gradually to 30 days after 4 years’ service.
