Overview
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Kibble supports children and young people (aged 5-26) who have experienced trauma and adversity through residential care, education and mental health services. For more than 200 years, we’ve put young people first and have built a trusted charity with vital services that strive to transform lives, families and communities.
When starting a new job at Kibble, you’ll become part of a dedicated staff team who make sure children are happy and safe 365 days a year, 24/7. Whether your role is in care, education, or the corporate side, you’ll help give young people a chance at life.
Job Purpose
Due to the expansion of our services for children aged 5-12 years, Kibble are recruiting a Service Manager for our established children’s house in Largs. The post involves working as a member of a multidisciplinary team providing a therapeutic trauma informed model of care to children aged 5-12 years. We are seeking an individual who has a strong commitment to caring for children, who understands developmental trauma, and who is resilient, reflective and patient. You should be able to practice in a trauma sensitive way. You will be able to provide children with a sense of safety and connectedness and teach coping skills in the face of complex challenging behaviour. Following social pedagogical principles, our children need opportunities to problem solve and experiment with taking risks to challenge themselves physically and mentally. We recognise the powerful healing and developmental role of play in children’s lives. Therefore, we are very keen to have people on board who are in touch with their inner child and are willing to be creative about and fully involved in, outdoor play, messy play, risky play, and the range of play opportunities we provide for our children.
Main Duties
* Managing the house rota;
* Authorising annual leave, approving training requests and managing absence;
* Ensuring new staff receive an appropriate induction and development opportunities;
* Managing and maintaining house budgets;
* Proofreading professional reports;
* Working on the floor to role model trauma informed practice, being visible and providing leadership to the staff team;
* Driving, shaping and reinforcing a positive culture in line with organisational values;
* Having a good understanding of all children and young people’s care plans within the service;
* Ensuring the environment is safe, welcoming and homely;
* Actively developing and maintaining links and partnership working with all other Kibble Services;
* Liaising with parents, families and other agencies involved in the care of the children and young people using the service, informing them of progress and decisions affecting the young person;
* Acting as a link between outside agencies involved in the young peoples’ placement, for example, local authorities, psychological services; benefits agencies, housing associations and community resources
* Maintaining appropriate systems and structures for the service including risk management to ensure high quality outcomes for the children and young people and the organisation.
* Deputising for the Operations Manager as necessary;
* Contributing to the development of the service to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of a changing client group;
* Assisting in the production of Service Development Plans and coordinating the personal and professional development of staff;
* Maintaining own continuing professional development, both through opportunities offered by Kibble and by using own resources and initiative;
* Ensuring that staff awareness of Health and Safety rules and regulations is always maintained;
* Participation in the out of hour’s on-call and duty rotas.
* Undertaking any other reasonable duties as may be delegated by Kibble’s management from time to time
Key Skills, Qualifications & Experience
* Possession of or working towards Introduction to Social Pedagogy or/SVQ4 or equivalent SCQF Level 8/9 qualification.
* Three years experience of working with children or young people in residential/day care.
* Ability to build trusting relationships with children, young people and staff;
* Strong emotional resilience and the ability to cope with competing demands;
* Ability to represent the organisation professionally with external agencies, including representation at all appropriate meetings;
* Experience of motivating and leading others and providing support and guidance to staff or peers;
* Strong IT literacy with a good understanding of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
* Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
* Possess a full driving licence, and be willing and able to drive school transport
* Possess current membership of the SSSC
* Able to evidence a commitment to Continuing Professional Development and to provide an up to date PRTL record.
* A trauma informed practitioner
What do we offer?
Holidays (up to 40 days per year), enhanced sick and maternity pay, cash4health, employee assistance programme, free parking, free meals plus access to onsite physio.
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