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Location

Derby, Derbyshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Registered Manager/Head of Care to lead within a children’s home based in Derby.

The salary for this permanent Registered Manager/Head of Care job is £44,000 - £54,000.

About the organisation:

As post holder of this role, you will be joining an organisation that is a dedicated and independent operator that runs special needs schools, transition homes, supported care, and community support services catering to individuals with diverse learning disabilities and complex needs.

The group's expertise extends to operating community-based transition homes, offering a supportive environment for young adults with moderate to severe learning difficulties to enhance their independent living skills. Additionally, the organisation manages community-based adult residential homes, providing higher levels of support for individuals with specific needs.

The main aim is to be committed to making a positive impact, the community support service reaches individuals and their families in their homes or wherever they venture in the community.

Main Duties:

• Lead the children's home, providing direction, guidance, and support to residential care staff for the delivery of a cohesive care service in alignment with School and organisation Policy Documents and regulatory requirements.
• Model best practice approaches and offer support to staff and managers during challenging episodes with children.
• Serve as the Registered Manager for the School's care provision with OFSTED.
• Act as an integral member of the School's Senior Management Team and appropriately represent the care provision within this context.
• Fulfil the role of a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) within the home, ensuring the safety and well-being of all individuals in the care setting.

Requirements of the role:

• Relevant management qualification such as Level 5 Diploma in Leadership/Management (or working towards) or equivalen
• Relevant social care qualification such as NVQ / Level 5 in Care
• Considerable experience of working with young adults or young people with LD and ASD and/or Mental Health
• Previous work experience in a residential care provision
• Care management / supervision level experience – including sound transition in and out of a service for young people / young adults
• Willing to work towards the next appropriate level of qualification
• Up to date Safeguarding Training
• Relevant NVQ / Level 3 Diploma
• Degree in Social Work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent

Contact:

This job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications within a residential or supported living setting from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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