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Registered Childrens Home Manager Looked After Children - Rotherham, South Yorkshire
REQ18664
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Directorate - Children and Young Peoples Services
Salary details: £45,718 to £52,805 & excellent benefits
Salary will be determined dependent on experience and qualifications. Progression through the salary bands will be subject to individual development and assessment within the role.
Closing date 1st December 2024
Shortlisting date 3rd December 2024
Interview date w/c 9th December 2024
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Are you an experienced, innovative, solution oriented, systemic working, child focused Registered Manager, keen to work alongside partners and particularly our children and young people to develop a new model of residential intervention in Rotherham? This post could be for you
Rotherham Council has made a strategic decision to make a significant investment in children's residential services. This will ensure more of our looked after children are placed in Rotherham, close to their local communities, family and schools.
We plan to use current best practice and evidence-based models to develop a range of new children`s homes, that are small, replicate family life and seek step down to family-based options wherever possible.
We want our residential homes to be an `intervention not a destination` and are at the start of an implementation journey over the next 2 years to make this a reality.
We are looking for experienced Registered Children's Home Managers that are keen to be part of setting up and managing new homes which will involve the recruitment and training of new staff teams.
This new residential provision will be part of a Children and Young People Service judged as `Good` by Ofsted in August 2022 and build on practice from our short break residential home provision.
Registered Managers in Rotherham will:
- Provide leadership and management of children's homes in the borough
- Ensure homes comply with all standards and legislative requirements
- Provide opportunities for children and young people to influence the decisions that affect them and the service they receive
- Promote a therapeutic approach with both children and young people and staff
- Foster a commitment to continuous growth and development for their staff team
- Work systemically with a range of agencies to ensure a joined-up service centred on the child
- Monitor and develop standards in line with Children's Home Regulations and work towards ensuring all homes being Good or Outstanding
Key benefits of working at Rotherham Councils Children and Young Peoples service are:
- Strong support and clear direction from Senior Managers
- Extensive training programme, to develop and professionalise our residential managers and residential practitioners. This will include the Signs of Safety operating model (15-day programme) and Restorative Practice approaches
- Residential services that have access to and work closely with our high quality in house therapeutic service
- Innovative Edge of Care Services and a strong Early Help offer which is reducing demand and supporting professionals to think systemically and develop creative options to support children and young people
- Looked After Children are prioritised for CAMHS assessment and intervention
- The opportunity to make a real difference to the children, young people and families
- Investment in you as a manager involving support, supervision, training and opportunity for professional development and progression.
- Local Authority pension and 30 days annual leave.
About you
We are seeking talented, inspirational and innovative Managers who can:
- Innovate to help re-define children's residential services
- Promote a learning and coaching culture
- Develop the skills and practices of our Social Care team to provide an outstanding service to children and young people
- Add value and make the most of available resources
Our vision is for the children and families of Rotherham to routinely experience and describe the services they receive from us, as outstanding and we intend to do that by putting the child first in everything we do.
By leading our residential teams, you will play a crucial role in developing their skills and practice and our collective commitment to an ethos of excellence, integrity, trust, and transparency. Joining us at a time of change with regard to developing our provision provides you an opportunity to be involved and influence the service design and development of practice in line with best practice and evidence-based approaches.
About Yorkshire
Rotherham and the wider South Yorkshire region is a great place to live and a stones throw from some of the UKs finest towns and cities and is home to some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain. Easy to reach from Sheffield or Leeds, there are plenty of places to see, things to do and property is excellent value for money - all within a 2-hour train journey from London.
If you have any questions regarding these opportunities and or would like a conversation about these new roles, please email childrensresidentialenquiries@rotherham.gov.uk
This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
Until 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time).
Confirmation of this appointment is also subject to a medical assessment.
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