Location : Burnley
salary 40,000 -45,000
Hours: Monday to Friday 9/5
Job Details
As a deputy manager you are leading a deeply nurturing and therapeutically trained team to provide high quality support to children. You will hold the relevant qualification (diploma 3 / 4) and you will have the relevant experience to fulfil your role. You will be trained in accordance with standards within residential care and you will have sound knowledge of the legislation surrounding children and young people who are looked after.
Duties and Responsibilities
· You will be responsible of ensuring the day-to-day support of children within a small group home. You will be expected to ensure all relevant paperwork is completed on each shift and will be responsible for ensuring staff members on shift adhere to this, and delegate tasks as set out by your line manager in accordance with the Children's Homes Regulations 2015.
· You are responsible for each shift you are part of as a shift leader and must ensure primary care and safeguarding measures are upheld at all times. This means the home must be maintained to a high standard and any shortfalls highlighted as such, this includes children's bedrooms.
· All people in need of caring support have the right to privacy, dignity, and choice, to be supported in taking considered risks, and to make decisions about their own lives. Care staff need to respect and show proper regard for each individual's cultural identity and individual needs and preferences in all aspects of their support, and to help individuals to communicate where there are communication differences or difficulties.
· You will be responsible at all times for ensuring you uphold and adhere to the policies and procedures in place within the company and in all aspects of the business relating to your role. You will be supported as part of your development as a Deputy Home Manager to be able to review policies and procedures accordingly and introduce any new matters.
· You will line manage residential support workers and senior support workers, and delegate tasks as such, ensuring these meet the expectations of the role and meet the policies and procedures of the company. This includes all relevant daily paperwork, maintaining key working files, risk management, health and safety, and all other relevant statutory paperwork found within the Children's Homes Regulations 2015.
· You will keep up to date with safeguarding legislation relating to children and ensure you uphold any training you receive in all aspects of your role, acting as a role model/mentor to staff who you are line managing. You will know the procedures to follow should there be a safeguarding concern and how to record as such. You will be able to complete investigations where necessary in the absence of your line manager. You should lead by example as a Deputy Home Manager.
· You have a duty of care to ensure that each child you work with has access to at least 25 hours of education- tailored on their individual need and must ensure that you are working with education professionals and your line manager to achieve this for each child.
· You are responsible for ensuring each child within the home has been registered to a local GP, opticians, and dentist, and attends regular appointments. You should also ensure that children are offered and achieving a healthy well-balanced diet, with any concerns highlighted to professionals where needed.
· You will ensure children have access to contact with their family where appropriate and the care plan for each child is upheld at all times. Where there are gaps in this for a child, you are responsible for addressing this with the social care team alongside your line manager.
· As Deputy Manager you are responsible for keeping the filing system/care records system up to date, ensuring paperwork is reviewed accordingly, and used as working documents in order to promote improvement of service.
· The company uses Lief online recording service, it is expected that deputy managers will oversee the running of these records to ensure children are receiving the correct support, any concerns should be highlighted to management. You must review this upon arriving on shift for previous days, send off any reports to social workers where necessary and prepare for reports for any upcoming meetings scheduled. For example, LAC review reports.
· As a deputy manager, you are responsible for ensuring the training of new staff members within the team during their induction. There is a clear induction process, and this must be followed at all times.
· You are expected to maintain rota management as part of your role and ensure the rota for the home is fit for purpose, safe and staff on shift are trained accordingly. i.e., there is a shift leader, first aider, physical intervention training etc.
· As Deputy Manager you are expected to complete supervisions on a monthly basis with residential children's support workers and senior support workers, and record these as such.
· As Deputy Care Manager you are responsible for addressing concerns with residential children's practitioners where there is poor performance and can incorporate personal improvement plans if this does not improve when instructed. This must be approved by a line manager prior to implementation.
· You will have on call duties as a Deputy Home Manager, and this will be on a rota basis whereby you will have forewarning of.
· As a Deputy Home Manager, you are part of the management team and must conduct yourself as such. You must not engage in any negativity amongst the team and should address this where there are concerns.
· You will be provided with excellent training opportunities to support you with your role, and you have an obligation to attend courses offered to you.
· You will work at all times in ways which demonstrate an active understanding of the principles of the job as described above, and with appropriate guidance from senior staff.
· You will actively promote the individual's effective communication and relationships with others.
· You will ensure, at all times that information about individuals is treated with respect and confidentiality, when receiving information, giving it, storing it, and retrieving it.
· You will take part/ leading in staff meetings, and contributing to meeting objectives of company
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £40,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person