Head of Residential ChildcareHEAD OF RESIDENTIAL CHILDCARE SERVICESUP TO £70,000 PER ANNUMLOCATION: MUCH HADHAM, HERTFORDSHIREDo you have experience of leading and managing Residential Childrens Homes?Are you experienced in Ofsted inspections and Childrens Home compliance and are seeking a new challenge, where you do not hold registration for a service?About the roleSt Elizabeths specialises in providing high quality care and education to children and young people with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions. We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Head of Residential Childcare Services to lead, develop and oversee seven childrens homes, ensuring the highest standard of bespoke care and support is provided for each young person. We are underway with registering our seven homes individually with Ofsted and the post holder will play a pivotal role in leading on the registrations and ensuring its success. This role will not hold registration for the services.
About youThis opportunity will allow you to use your existing knowledge and expertise in the management of Childrens Homes, to implement new ideas, support and develop our Registered Managers, whilst ensuring best practice and compliance with Ofsted regulations.
Youll be working in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams across St Elizabeths, so well developed interpersonal skills are essential. You will be someone that thinks outside the box; taking service expansion and admissions into consideration, alongside managing the day-today operations of the service. You will be creative and strategic in your approach allowing you to effectively bring the Childrens Services strategic plan to realisation.
We would love to hear from you if you have: - Substantial experience working with children with learning disabilities in a residential care setting
- previous experience working as a Registered Manager (or similar)
- experience in Ofsted inspections, compliance and regulations
- a Level 5 Diploma Leadership and Management in Childrens and Young Peoples Workforce or relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification
This role will work 5 days out of 7 days, usually Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm but with flexibility to meet service need.
Our Benefits
In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment:
- 27 days annual leave
- Fully paid for DBS
- Life Insurance
- Eligible for discounts via Blue Light Card
- Free on-site parking
- High street retail/leisure discounts
- Discounted gym membership
- Recommend a friend payment of up to £500(T&Cs apply)
- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to contributory pension scheme
How can you find out more?
All applications should be made on our website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route. Salary is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.
Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close this advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.
If you require reasonable adjustments at application or interview stage, please do let us know as soon as possible.
Diversity, Equality and InclusionAt St Elizabeths we embrace diversity and aspire to create a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community.
SafeguardingSt Elizabeths Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Some of our positions involve regulated activity relevant to vulnerable children, adults and young people. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Ourvacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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