Regulatory Comply with all regulatory requirements. Ensure the Statement of Purpose accurately reflects the functions and activities of the home. Ensure the Statement of Purpose remains under review with all updates submitted to Ofsted in a timely manner. Ensure staff understand their duties under the Quality Standards. Monitor performance and practice to ensure these are met/exceeded. Develop your staff team to prepare for Ofsted, Local Authority and Regulation 44 inspections/visits. Manage the home during inspections in a calm, transparent manner. Responsibilities towards workforce Develop and manage your workforce to ensure they have the necessary skills to anticipate and meet the needs of your children. Monitor performance and hold staff to account for their practice. Manage rotas to ensure sufficient, appropriately skilled and knowledgeable staff are available for each shift. Monitor staff attendance at and participation in training. Maintain accurate training records, workforce development plan and personnel records reflect training. Ensure staff are scheduled on training appropriately to maintain regulatory requirements. Be available to staff to ensure they feel adequately supported to fulfil their role. Challenge poor practice. Provide supervision for senior staff and monitor and oversee their provision of supervision for carers. Maintain all records required by the organisation and in order to meet regulatory requirements. Report to the Responsible Individual ensuring they are kept appraised of all relevant matters in the home. Ensure the home is a learning environment. Review significant events to identify all potential learning to develop care and staff skills. Responsibilities towards children Ensure the home is warm and welcoming and that children feel able to contribute to the development of the facilities and environment. Ensure children are safe in your home. Develop, lead and monitor staff and their safeguarding abilities. Ensure children’s voices are heard and acted upon. Ensure staff promote and uphold children’s rights. Ensure staff know how to manage relationships between children and help them learn how to manage their own relationships. To prepare for, attend and actively contribute to reviews any other meeting relating to children in your care. During meetings, to appropriately challenge any decisions that you do not consider to be in the best interests of the child. To advocate for the child and/or support the child to express their views and be heard. Develop relationships with the child’s parents (where appropriate) and all other professionals involved with the child. To challenge appropriately. Personal Demonstrate excellent management skills. Demonstrate appropriate knowledge and skills to lead and develop your team. Take all opportunities to maintain your professional development using training, inquiries, research and development and events in the home. Commit to completing QCF L5 Leadership in Residential Childcare within the required timescale. Maintain professional relationships with staff. Present a calm, authoritative demeanour at all times. Person Specification Essential Desirable Commitment to and evidence of CPD. Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare; or Children’s and Young People’s Workforce Level 3 Diploma; or equivalent NVQ3. QCF L5 in Leadership and Management in Residential Childcare (or equivalent) Evidence of the appropriate experience, and skills to manage the home effectively and lead the care of children Evidence of medical and physical fitness. Within the last 5 years, worked for at least 2 years in a position relevant to the residential care of children Worked for at least one year in a role requiring the supervision and management of staff working in a care role Driver with clean licence Training Information Over the course of 24 months (dependent upon the level of course an apprentice is being enrolled onto), you will study things such as the principles of healthcare and safeguarding, person-centred care & support, physiological measurements, basic life support, dementia, cognitive & mental health support, moving, handling and infection control, supporting daily living, lifespan development and healthcare needs, duty of care and legislation. Higher level courses go into more depth within different pathways such as dementia, learning disabilities and Austism, children & adolescent mental health, combined therapies, complex care, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, substance misuse and acquired brain injury (these topics may differ). Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship programme, you will achieve a qualification and a TQUK Diploma in Care. We and our employer partners are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, so a DBS check will be required for this role. To make you aware, this position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’ must be declared, and you will be asked about these during the recruitment process. Our delivery of training is through blended learning. Supported by one of our sector specialist tutors, they will deliver teaching sessions using various methods including face to face teaching, Skype, Facetime, telephone and peer virtual classroom whilst using our interactive multi-sensory teaching resources. Teaching sessions are normally bi-weekly or monthly, depending on the learner’s preferred learning style. Additionally, the tutor will provide the support required to ensure the learner enjoys and ultimately successfully achieves their goals and completes their training. We want learners to feel that our team are approachable at any stage of their learning journey. You will initially take an online assessment that will help us to understand your learning style and needs, then we will tailor your learning experience accordingly. We ensure that you stay on track to complete your programme on time by managing your expectations through our state-of-the-art e-portfolio system. At the end of your programme, your learnt knowledge, skills and behaviours will be assessed by an independent assessor in your end point assessment (EPA). As part of the apprenticeship, alongside your job role, 20% of your time in work must be dedicated to developing new skills. This can be any time devoted to learning and improving new skills without interruption.