Children's Home Manager

Service care Solution are currently recruiting for a Children's Home Manager in Witham.

As the Residential Children's Home Manager, your primary responsibility is to oversee the

effective operation and management of our residential children's home, prioritising the

needs of vulnerable children and young people.

Main Responsibilities

As a Children's Home Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Overall Management: Responsible for the overall management and smooth running of the residential children's home, ensuring that it operates in line with regulatory standards, organisational policies, and best practices.


• Staff Leadership and Supervision: Lead and supervise a team of residential support workers, ensuring they are well-trained, motivated, and equipped to provide high-quality care and support to children and young people in the home.


• Care Planning and Implementation: Develop and implement individual care plans for each child or young person in the home in consultation with relevant stakeholders such as social workers, parents, and guardians.
  
  Ensure that care plans are regularly reviewed and updated to meet changing needs.


• Safeguarding and Child Protection: Maintain a safe and secure home environment for children and young people, always adhering to safeguarding policies and procedures.
  
  Act promptly and appropriately to address any safeguarding concerns or incidents that may arise

Requirements:

• Enhanced DBS


• Experience in a similar role


• 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


• 5 years of experience working with children in a residential care environment in the last five years and at least one year as a registered manager.


• Full UK Driving Licence

Working with Service Care Solutions comes with many benefits, including:

• A specialist consultant within an experience and dedicated recruitment team


• Excellent rates of pay

If you are interested in the Children's Home Manager role, or know of anyone who may be, please contact Emma at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208964 or email emma.petricco@servicecare.org.uk

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed!