Children's Home Manager

Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting for a registered manager to join a 4 bed children's home in Leicestershire on a permanent basis. The position is within a national company who are one of the leaders within the industry and are offering a pay rate of up to 65,500 per year including bonuses. One of the key objectives is to create a home environment which goes above and beyond the needs of the children and young people to allow them to thrive and develop whilst living there. As such, we are looking for someone who is willing to go the extra mile for the children and young people. In return, you will be rewarded with a career defining opportunity to impact on an ambitious and growing service.

Duties of the role will include:

• Overall Management: Responsible for the overall management and smooth running of the residential children's home, ensuring that it operates in line with regulatory standards, organisational policies, and best practices.
• Staff Leadership and Supervision: Lead and supervise a team of residential support workers, ensuring they are well-trained, motivated, and equipped to provide high-quality care and support to children and young people in the home.
• Care Planning and Implementation: Develop and implement individual care plans for each child or young person in the home in consultation with relevant stakeholders such as social workers, parents, and guardians. Ensure that care plans are regularly reviewed and updated to meet changing needs.
• Safeguarding and Child Protection: Maintain a safe and secure home environment for children and young people, always adhering to safeguarding policies and procedures. Act promptly and appropriately to address any safeguarding concerns or incidents that may arise.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Enhanced DBS
• Experience in a similar role
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services; or equivalent; or preparedness to work towards the same
• 5 years of experience working with children in a residential care environment and at least one year as a registered manager.
• Full UK Driving Licence

The benefits of working with Eilidh at Service Care Solutions:
* You will receive a dedicated and personal consultant with a vast knowledge of social
work
* We are a nationwide supplier of Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities
which means we have a wide variety of exclusive roles based all over the country
* We provide frequent updates of new opportunities via text and email
* We have an expert payroll service which is processed twice a week

At Service Care Solutions we also offer a 250 bonus for referrals! If you think you know someone who would be ideal for this role and they are placed in the job you will then receive 250 at the end of their probationary period.

To apply for this role, or to refer someone else, then please do not hesitate to contact Eilidh at Service Care Solutions on (phone number removed).