Residential Children’s Home Manager Full Time

Alex is recruiting for a Children’s Home Manager in the March area of Cambridgeshire. This is a great opportunity to join a passionate and dedicated team that thrives off seeing the positive impact they have on service users.

The role will include managing a skilled team to deliver the best care and support in a residential setting. They also look to provide a range of services such as a therapeutic service, a fostering agency, a family centre and services for disabled children and their families.

Key duties and roles

• To provide leadership to deliver positive outcomes for children and young people throughout their development.
• Leading and managing a therapeutic children’s home by creating a positive and safe environment.
• Ensuring the general upkeep of the Children’s Home.
• Providing considerate care and support to the children within the care home.
• Displaying a safe atmosphere through safeguarding from abuse, neglect, and harm to allow them to be positive throughout their day-to-day life.
• Ensuring that you are professional throughout your shift, whilst organising children’s activities, attending children reviews, appointments and meetings when required.
• Delivering clear communication, reporting, and recording safeguarding concerns, updating records, adhering to companies’ policies and procedures and create positive community relationships.

Requirements

• Minimum of a relevant qualification (minimum childcare related Diploma)
• Diploma in Leadership level 5 or other management qualification within 2 years of appointment.
• 2 years’ experience working with children in a residential setting within the last 5 years.
• Minimum of 1 years’ experience of supervision and management of others in a care role.
• Working with young people who have experienced trauma and disrupted attachments.
• Safeguarding level 1- 2 Desired but not essential, (Safeguarding can be covered in the induction process).

Benefits

• A competitive holiday allowances
• Enhanced pension contributions of employer 5% and employee 3%
• Discounted Will writing service
• Employee access to Tech scheme, allowing you to buy tech more easily
• Support for improving your financial wellbeing
• A variety of salary sacrifice schemes, including pension
• Group Life Assurance
• Enhanced sick pay
• Support for your mental health via our employee counselling service
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to a wealth of development opportunities
• Experience working with young people and be over the age of 23.
• To either hold or be in the process of obtaining a level 3 diploma in the children and young people workforce.

How to apply

If you are interested in applying for this exciting opportunity or would like more information, please contact Alex on 07483 941 225 or apply via this advert.

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