Registered Manager - Bolton, Manchester

Job description

Job responsibilities

At Care in Mind our homes are always a hub of activity and energy where the young people can feel safe, and our staff enjoy coming to work. As a Registered Manager you will lead in supporting a residential staff team, taking overall responsibility for the day to day management of a 5 bed residential home for young people with complex mental health needs and behaviours that challenge. Your duties will include;

• Monitoring and maintaining the effective running of the home whilst collaborating closely with the Clinical Team ensuring effective and robust relationships are built and maintained.
• Taking a lead Safeguarding role within the service to ensure the safeguarding databases and records are maintained accurately and as per company policy.
• Maintaining registration with the CQC and be legally responsible for ensuring the home complies with CQC requirements, the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) and associated legislations. To take the lead with inspections of the service.
• Overseeing and empowering the staff to effectively support the young people, ensuring their physical, social, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual needs are met.
• Empowering the staff team to manage incidents effectively and safely, offering guidance and debriefs post incident.
• Ensuring the staff team are liaising effectively with the relevant GPs, CCG, Community Mental Health Services, CIM clinical team with regards to the welfare of the individual young person.
• Ensuring that all the medication needs of the young people are met, Medication Management Plans are completed accurately, are understood by all staff, and adhered to.
• Ensure effective recruitment of suitable and skilled employees to work within the team.

At our home in Bolton, you will be working with young people who have a variety of mental health diagnosis including emotionally unstable personality disorder and complex Trauma, and those who use self-harm as a strategy to cope with their emotions. As such, you will be required to be patient, calm and resilient as the support you will be providing to our young people will include helping them to develop their relationships within the community and managing incidents of self-harm.

All young people at the service require support to engage in activities of daily living and improve their independence skills so that they can work towards living in the community once the placement ends. Therefore, you will be supporting this transition through things such as: supporting them to self-administer their own medication, getting back into education, accessing public transport and appointments independently. Our young people are very adventurous and engage in a variety of activities including going to theme parks, horse Riding, attending driving lessons, they also like to camp out so you will be encouraged to bring your hobbies to work and create new ideas of interests so there is lots of fun and new experiences.

The home is a 5-bed service and is in Heaton, Bolton. It is also a short drive or bus journey away from the centre of Bolton, so is close enough to numerous local amenities. The house is a picturesque large property, which is well maintained and homely, making it a lovely environment to work in. There is also huge garden attached to the rear of the house, making it a perfect place for growing vegetables and playing outdoor games and all-important outdoor camping trips.

You will work over a 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday whilst supporting an On Call rota alongside other Registered Managers.

The job is highly rewarding and an excellent opportunity for an experienced Deputy Manager to develop their career further.

Additional Information

• Please note that we do not accept CVs and the application must be completed in full.
• Care in Mind operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
• We are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.
• We reserve the right to close the advert early, should we appoint a suitable candidate.
• Please note, as this position is over 20 hours per week, we will be unable to accept applications from anyone that holds a student visa and is still in education.

• Please note Care in Mind do not have a sponsorship licence and therefore unable to offer sponsorship to candidates requiring this now or in the future.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Must hold the Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 qualification or equivalent

Desirable

• Level 5 qualification in management or health and social care

Experience

Essential

• Experience in working within residential a home
• 2 years recent experience working as a Residential/Registered Manager or equivalent role
• Experience of managing a team within a residential home
• Can demonstrate a commitment towards continued professional development
• Previous experience in conducting disciplinary investigations and fact finds
• Experience with working with Quality Care Commission (CQC) or Ofsted registered services.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to organise own workload effectively and to work independently
• Excellent understanding of mental health and the issues young people face
• To have a good understanding of Health and Social Care.
• Ability to control and manage budgets
• Skills in the recruitment, selection and retention of staff.
• To have a full clean driving license and access to a car for work purposes

Other

Essential

• Willingness to work towards Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management
• The ability to lead and manage a staff team to achieve highest possible standards for the service, staff and young people.
• The ability to work collaboratively with a wider multi-disciplinary team (both internal and external).
• Professional, confident and warm personality.
• Leadership qualities, enthusiasm along with influencing and motivation skills.
• Committed to a structured approach to training and development of staff.
• Ability to work shifts and work on a on call rota out of hours
• Previous experience of leading and managing a staff team to achieve highest possible standards for the service, staff and young people.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage challenging situations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Care In Mind

Address

Ashurst Residential Service

Bolton

BL1 5HW

Employer's website

https://www.careinmind.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)