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Registered Manager (Children's Service)
| Posting date: | 31 January 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £50,000 to £60,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 March 2025 |
| Location: | SK8 6RQ |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Seashell Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Registered Manager (Children’s Service)
Location: Cheadle Hulme, SK8 6RQ
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday (plus on-call requirement)
Holiday entitlement: 247.5 hours per year, increasing with length of service
Seashell has a new opportunity for a Registered Manager to join our Children’s Residential Service.
Seashell is a charitable trust with a heritage that stretches over 200 years. We support children and young adults with severe, profound and complex learning disabilities, sensory impairments and additional communication, physical and health needs from across the UK. We provide care and education, for children aged 3-18 years old and young adults aged 19-25 years of age.
Seashell is also home to an ‘Outstanding’ School, College and Children’s Short Breaks Home and a ‘Good’ Young Adults’ residential service (consisting of 10 homes).
Role Summary
The Registered Manager will hold the registration for Children’s Home with Ofsted. The Children’s Home currently consists of four separate houses, all located on one site. There is currently an occupancy of 9 children residing across the 4 homes, 4 of whom are preparing for adulthood and will be transitioning out of the service by August 2025.
As Registered Manager you will be working within the Statutory Legislation as set out within the Care Standards Act 2000 and the Children’s Home regulations (2015) and Quality Standards. This role will assure the quality of care delivered and that the service is fully compliant with Ofsted’s regulatory social care common inspection framework (SCCIF) and any additional legislation.
Summary
Responsibility for service delivery, managing and supervising the Assistant Manager to ensure the smooth running of operations over 24 hrs
Direct line management of 5 Assistant Managers in the service
Establish and enforce the standards expected of the service:
1) Triangulated care planning approaches
2) Clear line of sight between statutory regulation and organisational policy
3) Highest standards of professional practice are maintained and reviewed frequently
Participating in operational projects to champion continuous service improvement
Requirements
Significant knowledge and experience (min. 5yrs) of working within one of more of the following environments: learning disabilities, complex needs, autism, health and mental health as a Registered Manager or Operational Manager under the Children’s Home Regulations and Ofsted Quality Standards
Experience of Positive Behaviour Management support systems and processes
Experience of rota management
Desire to promote and influence a culture of reflective practice and continuous improvement
Experience of implementing and managing quality assurance procedures
Extensive knowledge and experience of safeguarding and child / vulnerable adult protection
Flexibility to be part of an on-call rota
Full job description available upon request.
Our benefits
Life assurance, private healthcare, employee assistance and wellbeing programmes, on site gym, cycle scheme, long service awards, employee engagement forum, free parking and a beautiful campus with fantastic facilities all on one site.
We offer great career development opportunities with performance related pay to progress your salary depending on qualifications, training and experience.
About Seashell Trust
Our vision is for the children and young people in our care to be safe, happy and to achieve the best possible outcomes so that they are valued and valuable members of their communities.
Our Core Values are represented within the three ‘I’s’ - Integrity Innovation and Involvement
We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview. We are an inclusive employer and welcome all applications.
This charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We provide an environment that is safeguarded and as part of our safer recruitment policy, the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check (no cost) and full references will be taken.
Location: Cheadle Hulme, SK8 6RQ
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday (plus on-call requirement)
Holiday entitlement: 247.5 hours per year, increasing with length of service
Seashell has a new opportunity for a Registered Manager to join our Children’s Residential Service.
Seashell is a charitable trust with a heritage that stretches over 200 years. We support children and young adults with severe, profound and complex learning disabilities, sensory impairments and additional communication, physical and health needs from across the UK. We provide care and education, for children aged 3-18 years old and young adults aged 19-25 years of age.
Seashell is also home to an ‘Outstanding’ School, College and Children’s Short Breaks Home and a ‘Good’ Young Adults’ residential service (consisting of 10 homes).
Role Summary
The Registered Manager will hold the registration for Children’s Home with Ofsted. The Children’s Home currently consists of four separate houses, all located on one site. There is currently an occupancy of 9 children residing across the 4 homes, 4 of whom are preparing for adulthood and will be transitioning out of the service by August 2025.
As Registered Manager you will be working within the Statutory Legislation as set out within the Care Standards Act 2000 and the Children’s Home regulations (2015) and Quality Standards. This role will assure the quality of care delivered and that the service is fully compliant with Ofsted’s regulatory social care common inspection framework (SCCIF) and any additional legislation.
Summary
Responsibility for service delivery, managing and supervising the Assistant Manager to ensure the smooth running of operations over 24 hrs
Direct line management of 5 Assistant Managers in the service
Establish and enforce the standards expected of the service:
1) Triangulated care planning approaches
2) Clear line of sight between statutory regulation and organisational policy
3) Highest standards of professional practice are maintained and reviewed frequently
Participating in operational projects to champion continuous service improvement
Requirements
Significant knowledge and experience (min. 5yrs) of working within one of more of the following environments: learning disabilities, complex needs, autism, health and mental health as a Registered Manager or Operational Manager under the Children’s Home Regulations and Ofsted Quality Standards
Experience of Positive Behaviour Management support systems and processes
Experience of rota management
Desire to promote and influence a culture of reflective practice and continuous improvement
Experience of implementing and managing quality assurance procedures
Extensive knowledge and experience of safeguarding and child / vulnerable adult protection
Flexibility to be part of an on-call rota
Full job description available upon request.
Our benefits
Life assurance, private healthcare, employee assistance and wellbeing programmes, on site gym, cycle scheme, long service awards, employee engagement forum, free parking and a beautiful campus with fantastic facilities all on one site.
We offer great career development opportunities with performance related pay to progress your salary depending on qualifications, training and experience.
About Seashell Trust
Our vision is for the children and young people in our care to be safe, happy and to achieve the best possible outcomes so that they are valued and valuable members of their communities.
Our Core Values are represented within the three ‘I’s’ - Integrity Innovation and Involvement
We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview. We are an inclusive employer and welcome all applications.
This charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We provide an environment that is safeguarded and as part of our safer recruitment policy, the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check (no cost) and full references will be taken.
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Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.