Registered Manager
Salary: £50,000 - negotiable dependent on experience
Hours: 40 per week
Location: Liverpool
Enhanced DBS required & full driving license
We are looking for an experienced Registered Manager to lead and manage a family assessment unit for 2 families.
Responsibilities: Registered Manager
- To ensure the day-to-day running of the service provides the environment for assessment to take place and that babies and children are protected during their stay at the centre.
- To ensure that parenting and supplementary programmes are facilitated daily, and the centre provides to the individual court requirements for each family.
- Provide services, including supervision and management of the staff, planning for assessment and placement, safeguarding children and families, communications, reporting, and quality and compliance monitoring.
- To be responsible for and oversee the assessment process, take the lead in court proceedings, and support other colleagues to develop their court and assessment skills.
- To monitor and evaluate the quality of assessment and support offered at the centre and ensure the centre makes continuous improvements.
- To provide effective leadership to the team and take the lead in service delivery and quality management of the centre.
- Ensure the centre complies with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Develop constructive working relationships in the broader community to promote the overall outcome for children and families.
- Provide continuity of support for each child and family placed at the centre.
- Ensure staff have the skills, experience, and qualifications required to support families placed for assessment.
- Produce quality monitoring reports, evaluations of risk and lessons learned to promote the continuous development of the centre.
- Ensure each family has individual placement planning tailored to their specific needs and requirements as outlined in their care plans and the letter of instruction.
- Establish professional relationships with the team around the child, multi-agency partnerships, and parents, families, and other stakeholders.
- To take responsibility for case management as and when required.
- To chair senior management meetings and facilitate monthly staff meetings.
- To manage the centre's health and safety responsibilities and ensure compliance with legislation and good practice requirements.
- To facilitate Ofsted Inspection and embed Ofsted requirements in the centre.
- To liaise with the responsible individual on all matters relating to the viability of assessments, termination of assessments, complaints, compliance and matters relative to effective service delivery.
- To provide a monthly monitoring report to the responsible individual on all operational aspects of running the family centre.
- Lead on placements and contract management with the relevant commissioners.
- Ensure the annual development plan is implemented and targets are met.
- Deliver and develop the services under any service agreement between external agencies and the organisation.
- Identify and manage growth opportunities.
Skills / Experience: Registered Manager
- Three + years' experience within residential care and two years at senior level or above.
- Minimum two years' experience in supervising and managing professional staff.
- Inter-agency work.
- Experience of budgets and financial management.
- Undertake and oversee the provision of robust, fair and evidence-based family assessment within a 12-week time frame.
- Take responsibility for staff training, development, supervision, and rosters.
- Ability to ensure continuity of safeguarding and support for children and families.
- Able to manage stress and emotional resilience.
- Ability to perform a wide variety of administrative tasks consistent with the day-to-day management of a family centre.
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload to maintain and promote quality.
- Monitor the service for quality of care in line with the requirements of Ofsted inspection.
- Develop constructive working relationships with the broader community and multi-agency teams.
- Write excellent quality reports and have a high standard of case management writing skills.
- Excellent computer literacy skills.
- Able to deal with complex family issues and manage volatile and unpredictable behaviour.
Qualifications & Education: Registered Manager
- HCPC recognised Social Work qualification.
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services; or equivalent; or preparedness to work towards the same.
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