Children's Home Manager

Children's Home Manager

THIS IS A CATEGORY "E" POST.
Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers BEFORE the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise

Ref:

CES646(e)

Full time

£47,420 - £51,515 per annum

About the Job

We are recruiting Children’s Home Managers to work in the Corporate Parenting Service.

About Us

We work hard to make Newcastle a great place in which to live, work, and visit. As a unitary authority, we are responsible for providing all local government services within the city including social services, waste management, housing, and education. We are committed to making our residents’ lives happier and healthier.

You will be part of the diverse, talented, and resourceful teams that are striving to deliver our ambitions for our great city. If you are just as passionate and committed as us to making a difference to Newcastle and our people, join us and make a real difference.

Our colleagues are committed to our values of proud, fair, and ambitious which are at the centre of everything we do.

Working for Newcastle City Council We will encourage you to be creative and progress your career and working with us you will receive:

- A dedicated 5-day induction

- Generous annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually

- A range of flexible working options

- Access to wellbeing initiatives

- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme

- Access to home electronics and car leasing schemes

The Job

We are looking for two experienced, dynamic and highly motivated managers to join our residential services as registered managers of two of our children’s homes. This is an exciting time to join our team as we continue to review our provision to ensure it meets the needs of our children.

One of our homes will be moving to a new specially designed building in the summer, and the manager of this home will have the opportunity to put their stamp on final designs as construction continues.

The manager of our other home will have the opportunity to build on positive performance and trauma informed practice in one of our well-established homes, supporting our continuous improvement journey to provide care that gives children the best chances to succeed in life.

You will join an established, dynamic and dedicated team of children's homes managers that provides peer support, opportunities to share good practice and promotes a consistent approach to caring for Newcastle's children in care.

You will be supported by Future Focus, an experienced and well qualified team of psychologists, speech and language therapists and other dedicated mental health practitioners who will support you to provide the best possible care to our children.

The posts require experience of working in residential care and a recognised social work qualification or a qualification equivalent to the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare. As a Children’s Home Manager, you will be required to register with Ofsted as the Registered Manager and ensure the home complies with its regulatory requirements and is inspection ready. You may also be required to cover shifts including occasional sleep ins.

The Candidate

As a manager in our homes, you will have an excellent understanding of the needs of children and young people in care and be committed to making a lasting difference to their lives helping them to achieve their full potential.

You will be a confident and creative person whose mentoring and leadership skills will enable the children and young people you are caring for to have positive life experiences, grow, develop and thrive. You will understand the impact of trauma on children and young people and be able to lead and support your staff team to work positively and effectively, using a trauma informed approach.

You will be experienced at building a resilient and successful staff team through reflective supervision and skilful leadership and will be confident and skilled in managing change that will support both staff and young people. This is particularly key, as we prepare for new challenges and opportunities, including our move to our new purpose built home, and continue to strive for service improvements that enable children in care to achieve their goals in life.

These are busy yet rewarding roles so outstanding organisational skills, and an eye for high quality case recording will be essential. You will also have experience of working collaboratively with other professionals including social workers, education, health colleagues as well as our Future Focus team which supports our trauma informed care journey.

Further Information and Applying

See the supporting documents for the full job description and other important information about working with us.

Contact Liz Spaven , Service Manager, Corporate Parenting at Liz.Spaven@newcastle.gov.uk, or Janette Brown, Placement Planning and Sufficiency Lead at Janette.Brown@Newcastle.gov.uk for more information about this job.

The closing date for all applications is 12th February 2024, and interviews will be held at Newcastle Civic Centre on 23rd February 2024.

As this post involves working with children, vulnerable adults or dealing with sensitive information, written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.

We are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure and a range of other recruitment checks.

The successful candidate will be required to register with Ofsted and will require further LA checks, DBS and health checks.

Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.

Permanent

Closing date:

12 February 2024