Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Interim Service Manager, Children's Residential to join a well-established Children’s service based in Rotherham.
Team/Specialism: Children's Residential
Pay Rate: £550 per day
Contract: Locum initial 3-Months
Hours: Full-time, Start date ASAP, Hybrid working 3x days a week in the office
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Job Summary:
- This post will play a key role in the development and management of a range of in-house residential provision including emergency accommodation for looked after children.
- The council has made a strategic decision to make a significant investment in children’s residential services. This will ensure more of their looked after children are placed in Rotherham, close to their local communities, family and schools.
- They 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.
- The local authority want their residential homes to be an intervention not a destination for their younger young people and prepare their older children to successfully transition into adulthood with well-established supportive connections and are at the start of an implementation journey over the next 2 years to make this a reality.
- They are looking for experienced manager of residential services and provision who will be responsible for the operational development of the children’s residential service. This will include supporting registration of new provision, recruitment and development of the staff teams including Registered managers.
- The post holder will oversee the ongoing development and as a result may operate as a Registered Manager for short periods in order to support development of provision as per the implementation plan.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and management to the CYPS residential service, including emergency accommodation, disability short breaks and therapeutic step down.
- Provide written reports, briefings and presentations to a wide range of stakeholders including elected members.
- Ensure Residential services are focused on delivering successful outcomes for all children and young people demonstrating commitment to the council’s values and family approach to care.
- Quality assure all Residential Children’s Home provision through audit and effective line management to ensure that all provision is effective and of a consistently high standard (either ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’.)
- Ensure that the practice of staff is up to date and at a consistently high standard.
- Manage systems which ensure that advocacy, voice and Influence opportunities are promoted.
- Develop QA systems and to work within agreed quality assurance frameworks which cover resources, staffing, service user and outcome measures.
- Contribute to the Council’s budget process.
- Responsible for developing and maintaining the highest levels of partnership working both within Localities and with all partners and external agencies.
- Provide flexible management cover, including out of hours, to other residential homes when required to meet specific service needs.
Requirements of the Service Manager:
- Significant experience at Service Manager level in a local authority children’s services department
- Degree or professional qualification social work
- Knowledge and understanding of Children’s residential services
- Right to work in the UK
- Available to start ASAP
Contact: This Service Manager job is advertised by Billy Holland; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
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