DEPUTY MANAGER - CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Old Elms - Rectory Walk, Gamston, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 0QE
40 hours per week (5 x 8 hour shifts on a rota basis) staggered start times.
Here at Kisimul we're dedicated to improving the lives of the children with Autism and learning difficulties that we support everyday.
We're excited to be opening a brand new Children's Home called 'Old Elm' - a beautiful home located in Gamston, just outside of Retford.
As Deputy Manager at Old Elm, you will be key in helping your team to support young people with complex needs. You will be working in an environment where the little things that you do every day could have life-changing results. Your ambition for the young people you support will help them take steps to fulfilling their potential.
About the job:
This post involves responsibility for the establishment in the absence of the Registered Manager of the service as well as supporting the Registered Manager in the day to day running of the service, Ensuring that the regulatory requirements are met through the Statement of Purpose and that this statement meets regulatory requirements and is implemented, evaluated and reviewed within the appropriate timescales.
The Deputy Manager will be part of the Senior Management Team with a lead responsibility for management, support and direction of the service.
What are the responsibilities?
- To ensure that good quality working relationships are built and maintained between residents and staff at all levels and that withdrawal from these
- To provide leadership, guidance and management, communicating a clear sense of direction which staff understand and are able to relate to in the aims and purposes of the service and the organisation.
- Work with the Registered Manager to ensure that appropriately qualified and experienced staff are recruited in accordance with Company policy and Quality standards.
- To ensure that all staff for whom you are responsible are putting policy into practice and are either performing to expected standards or, that you are/have been actively addressing the issues effectively with clear audit trails.
- To maintain high standards of care and to gear the running of the service so that it is focused but sufficiently flexible to meet the expressed needs of the individual resident as necessary. This will include participating in and undertaking regular audits and reviews of the quality systems as necessary.
- To create and develop links between the home and the local community, so that young people can play a full and appropriate part in the life of the community.
- To be responsible for the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of individuals’ care, life-long learning/recreational plans to ensure that each young person needs over the full 24 hours of each day are correctly assessed and that all such plans are directly relevant and appropriate to each resident’s needs in line with their EHC plan.
- To develop and maintain good working relationships with:
• Parents and other family members
• Social workers
• Establishment staff
• Other professionals with a concern for the young peoples’ needs, such as general practitioners, psychologists and occupational therapists.