Bradford Children and Families Trust
Location
Bradford | United Kingdom
Job description
BCFT Registered Manager (RM - WWH 2002)
Bradford Children’s Homes Registered Manager Post
Bring your Heart to Work
We are recruiting for a Registered Children’s Homes Manager. Someone who is dedicated, creative, highly professional, and caring, with the passion to provide exceptional care for residential childcare in Bradford.
Childrens Social Care is changing, developing, and improving and we are investing, and developing our estate of Children’s Homes.
Salary: £48,474 – £51,515 pa (Band PO6 SCP 40 – 43)
Hours: 37
Contract: Permanent
Base: Wedgewood House
Holidays: Annual Leave starts at 31 days and rises to max of 34 days with service. (plus, public holidays).
Excellent Pension: Defined benefit scheme with 16.8% employer contribution
Career Progression: Tailored training and development opportunities
Professional Support: Regular supervision and annual appraisals, payment of professional fees
Closing Date: 17th March 2024
About Us
Bradford Children and Families Trust was established in April 2023 to bring a step change in the quality and delivery of Children’s Services across our district. Our purpose is clear - to ensure that our promise to improve the lives of children and young people in Bradford becomes a reality. It’s a tough ask. It requires dedication, determination, and resilience – but under a new Chief Executive, Senior Leadership team and an unswerving drive to deliver the best outcomes, we are confident that we’ll achieve our ambition – and you, yours.
Working for the Bradford Children and Families trust offers the opportunity to work with great people who are passionate about delivering change in a city whose culture offers as much diversity as it’s geography.
About the Role
The home is a mixed Residential and Short breaks service for Children with Disabilities. It strives to work towards excellent outcomes for children increasing social inclusion and having a focus on increasing independence skills.
About You
The successful candidate will have:
· Level 5 diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England) (or working towards it). If you have an equivalent qualification, you must be willing to undertake (and complete within 18 months) the Level 5 diploma once in post.
· At least 5 years’ experience of working with looked after children and young people, in a residential setting.
· At least 2 years’ experience of managing and supervising staff.
· The knowledge, experience and confidence to successfully register with OFSTED.
· The ability to manage challenging, and stressful situations, remain calm whilst inspiring your children and team through the difficult situation.
· Have the ability to maintain good monitoring of Quality and Assurance across your service.
· The ability to provide inspirational leadership to your team, supervising and leading your team. Whilst maintaining good communication at all levels.
· A good understanding of Childrens with Disabilities Services – Fully Residential and Short breaks services including nonverbal children.
· Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team including commissioners and external professionals / parents.
· The confidence and ability to lead an Ofsted inspection, aspiring to achieve a GOOD or Outstanding outcome.
· The ability and willingness to learn to use BCFT electronic systems.
· The ability to nurture and support your team to achieve excellence for the children.
· The flexibility to ensure that your service is appropriately supported during evenings, weekends and bank holidays. This may require you to be hands on to support your team as required by the needs of the service. You may also be required to undertake some sleep-in duties in order to support your team and children.
For a confidential conversation, please call Jimmy Craik, Service Manager, Children’s Social Care and Practice, email [email protected]
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