Trainee Manager
Main Purpose of the Job:
To act as the Trainee Home Manager of the home in accordance with the responsibilities and guidelines identified in the Social Services and Well-Being (Wales) Act 2014, Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 and associated regulations and guidance. To support the Home Manager, or in the absence of the Home Manager to be responsible for the implementation, monitoring and review of the practices and systems in the home, to ensure that they meet and exceed the requirements of the relevant acts and associated guidance along with the requirements of the company Policies and Procedures.
Main Tasks of the Job:
The Trainee Home Manager is responsible for ensuring the delivery and review of practices and systems designed to meet the Standards required for Children's residential Homes.
Care Practice
To ensure that young people receive the individual support they need when they need it
To ensure that young people are encouraged and enabled to have choice over their clothes, personal requisites and have these needs met
To ensure that young people are able to maintain constructive contact with their families, friends and other significant people in their lives
To ensure that young people receive care and support which helps them prepare for adulthood
To ensure that young people's privacy is respected and that information is confidentially handled
To ensure that young people enjoy appropriate, positive relationships with staff based on honesty and mutual respect
To ensure that young people are assisted to develop socially acceptable behaviour through the encouragement of such behaviour and constructive staff response to inappropriate behaviour
To ensure that young people enjoy homely accommodation, decorated, furnished and maintained to a high standard, providing adequate facilities for their use
To ensure that young people live in a well designed and pleasant home providing sufficient space and facilities to meet their needs
To ensure that young people are protected from bullying and benefit from an atmosphere where bullying is known to be unacceptable
To ensure that young people's privacy is respected when using bathroom, shower or toilet
To maintain high standards of childcare and to be flexible in adapting to meet young people's needs.
To create a homely and safe setting for children and young people and to actively involve them in this.
Operational Matters
To ensure that young people experience planned and sensitively handled admission and leaving processes
To ensure that young people enjoy the stability of an efficiently run home
To ensure that young people benefit from and are protected by clear procedures regarding absences without authority and are responded to appropriately on return
To ensure that all significant events relating to the protection of young people accommodated in the home are notified to the appropriate person
Administration
To ensure that young people, their families and other significant people are aware of what services are provided in the home, how they will be looked after and how the home operates, through the provision of the home's Statement of Purpose and Children's Guide
To ensure that children have their needs effectively and comprehensively assessed and that there is a written plan which outlines how these needs will be met and implemented
To be responsible for the recording of young people's needs, development and progress
To participate with other external professionals in the development, implementation and monitoring of the Young Person's Personal Plans (internal care plans)
To assist and advise staff in the preparation and implementation of the Personal Plans, therapeutic strategies, risk assessment and risk management strategies.
To write or oversee the writing of Personal Plans, Risk Management Reports, Review Reports and any other reports on young people. To monitor the quality of these reports.
To maintain records accurately and honestly
To maintain good communication systems, including handovers, logbooks, supervision, team meetings and case discussions.
Consultation and Liaison with Others
To ensure that young people are encouraged and supported to make decisions about their lives and it influence the way the home is run
To ensure that young people's needs and development are reviewed regularly in light of their care and progress in the home
To ensure that the welfare of the young people in the home is promoted by regular monitoring by the nominated Regulation visitor
To ensure that young people benefit from living in a setting where the feedback on how the home is operating is taken seriously
To ensure that young people know how and feel able to make representation or complaint if they are unhappy with any aspect of living in the home
Education / Leisure Activities / Therapy
To ensure that young people benefit from the active promotion of their education
To ensure that young people are enabled to pursue their particular interests, develop confidence in their skills and are supported and encouraged by staff to engage in leisure activities
To promote the development of children and young people, taking into account their therapeutic care needs.
Health and Safety
To ensure that young people enjoy healthy, nutritious meals that meet their dietary needs and that they have opportunities to plan, shop for and prepare meals
To ensure that young people live in a healthy environment and that their good health is promoted
To ensure that young people's health needs are met and that the home's policies and procedures for administering medicines and providing treatment safeguard their welfare
To ensure the safety and welfare of young people is promoted, that young people are protected from abuse and neglect and that an appropriate response is made to any allegation or suspicion of abuse or neglect
To ensure that all staff maintain a safe environment and comply with Health and Safety requirements.
To ensure that staff and young people maintain the fabric of the building, its grounds and equipment in good condition.
Human Resources
To ensure that young people are safeguarded from abuse by the procedures used for selecting and vetting all staff and volunteers, and the monitoring of visitors
To ensure that young people receive the care and services they need from competent staff
To ensure that young people are looked after by staff who are themselves supported and guided in safeguarding and promoting young people's welfare
To ensure that young people are looked after by staff who are trained and competent to meet their needs
To ensure that young people have their needs met by the provision of sufficient members of staff
To ensure that young people benefit from being looked after by staff who conduct themselves in a responsible and appropriate manner at all times
To ensure that young people live in homes that provide physical safety and security
To provide leadership, guidance and management to all staff working in the home.
To ensure development opportunities and control of staff.
To be responsible for recruitment, induction, supervision and appraisal of staff
To be responsible for disciplinary measures in line with Disciplinary Procedures.
To liaise with the Home Manager / Human Resources Manager regarding all staffing issues to ensure that legal obligations are taken into account.
To act as investigating officer when required and complete initial investigation within 10 days.
To ensure that all staff receive monthly supervision (fortnightly for new staff)
To be concerned for staff welfare, offering support at times of stress, praising work completed and monitoring performance, including sickness
To communicate company policy and decisions made clearly and positively.
To assist QCF candidates to achieve their qualification.
To be responsible for the delegation of tasks to staff.
To be responsible for making sure staffing levels are correct and to cover in an emergency.
Operational
To attend all Reviews, staff meetings, supervision and other professional meetings or to delegate this responsibility.
To be responsible for the site on call system.
To have overall responsibility that all relevant staff attend Placement Planning Meetings, Reviews, Training, Staff Meetings, Practitioners Meetings and Supervision.
To identify unmet needs and draw these to the attention of appropriate departments.
Finance
To manage and operate delegated budgets within the figures and guidelines laid down.
To monitor ongoing expenditure and to alert an appropriate officer if budgets are likely to become overspent.
To ensure that the home operates financial systems within the required guidelines.
To assist when required in the preparation of budgetary estimates.
To support accounts staff and other senior management in their work and provide them with necessary information.
To be responsible for the time sheets of each member of staff. Making sure that all hours are correct. (A/L, sab, training, meetings, supervision and work hours)
Personal
To receive regular line management and clinical supervision from designated staff.
To advise as required on professional matters within the area of competence.
To maintain professional knowledge and skills through training, reading and other such activities.
To report to line manager or other appropriate person in the event of awareness of bad practice.
To maintain a working relationship with all managers in relation to their own field of professionalism.
To work in partnership with other managers to generate and implement the ethos, values and policies of Branas Isaf.
To comply with and promote equal opportunities in respect to staff and young people.