The role of the Deputy <Manager is to support and work alongside the Registered manager of the Residential Children's Home in efficiently co-managing the house budget, overseeing the development of staff and the young people in placement, formulating and updating placement plans, risk assessments and positive handling plans.
You will support the Registered Manager in the delivery of high Quality service provision incorporating care, welfare, safety and security of all children and young people in his/her care and promoting the Company's ethos as a Therapeutic and Activity based organization. Also this role uis to support the staff team in managing the day to day tasks of the home, working on shift as the lead person for role modelling and developing practise and liaising with multi-agency partners
General Duties:
- Ensure that Safeguarding is of the highest priority.
- Strive to provide the best experience possible for the children—enabling, engaging, and empowering them to achieve their aspirations.
- Ensure that all legislation, company policy, and procedures are always followed.
- Support and respect all colleagues to the best of your ability.
- Always have a professional attitude.
- Be confident in the use of the Whistle Blowing Policy.
- Be aware of budgets and monitor spending.
- Celebrate the smallest of achievements for children and colleagues.
- Celebrate birthdays, festive holidays, and always create fun!
Specific Duties:
- To deputise for the Registered Manager in her absence.
- Ensure Residential Support Workers are meeting the needs of children in accordance with their care plans to ensure the desired outcomes.
- Ensure the quality of shift handover meetings, end-of-shift debriefs, and all records, as well as other residential duties, align with best practice standards and the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards for Children’s Homes.
- Ensure that the home is well maintained and clean at all times, including fresh flowers weekly.
- Ensure that fresh home-cooked food is available through planned menus.
- Ensure the home’s ethos is embedded in the shifts and that children are involved in the day-to-day running of the service.
- Ensure that weekly House Meetings are held and recorded.
- Ensure the teamwork meets the needs of children from diverse backgrounds under the legislation, policy, and best practice standards.
- Take responsibility for overseeing safeguarding children and supporting the team to reduce risks. Ensure that risk assessments are completed, reviewed, and updated at all times.
- Ensure children access services that meet their educational, social, emotional, mental health, and well-being needs.
- Plan and deliver the service and its programs to meet the needs of children.
- Plan the rota and shift presence to ensure the needs of children are being met.
- Ensure that all shifts are led by a Team Leader and are gender, skills, experience, qualification, and culturally balanced.
- Guide the team to ensure service delivery.
- Ensure a social inclusion focus is embedded within services.
- Take part in on-call arrangements.
- Supervise and support the development of the staff team in line with their statutory training requirements and continuous professional development (CPD).
- Ensure staff are inducted and briefed on working with children, care planning systems, and any programs for positive care.
- Ensure the home follows health, safety, and fire precaution procedures.
- Ensure that COSHH regulations are followed at all times.
- Ensure staff and children adhere to the home’s ICT policies.
- Ensure quality monitoring and that health and safety assessments are conducted, with action plans implemented.
- Ensure effective risk assessments and personal safety procedures are in place to protect staff and children under organisational policies and procedures, keeping them under regular review.
- Ensure care planning, key working, safeguarding, incidents, health, education, and activities recording is completed in the required timeframe and to the required standard.
- Ensure that Care Reviews Reports are prepared in advance and that children are prepared and supported during the review process.
- Ensure that all medication is stored and administered correctly and is checked daily.
- Assist the Registered Manager in the administration of financial management, ensuring that budgets are maintained and any overspends are identified as soon as possible.
- To lead on Missing Persons procedures, ensuring detailed logs are kept and that all communications are recorded.
- To be fully aware of LADO procedures.
- To be fully confident in completing and submitting Regulation 40 notifications.