Residential Registered Manager

Position Title: Residential Registered Manager

Annual Salary: £45,448.00 Per a Year Base Salary and opportunities for additional Pay-out of hours worked 

Employment Type: Full Time Position

Reports To: Area Manager (Responsible Person) 

Location: Downpatrick Area, Northern Ireland

Benefits in working with our Charity: 

• An induction period to help with being embedded into the home and the team. As well as an opportunity to complete shadow shifts within an existing service.
• Flexible working and a planned structured roster. Supporting Registered Manager work life balance and a dedicated Deputy Manager for a daily management within the home.
• Paid 3 weeks induction training that includes Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training (TCI), Health and Safety, Fire Safety, Safeguarding, Medicine Management, Trauma and Attachment Training etc. 
• Ongoing commitment to training and your professional development.
• Internal reflective supervision, ongoing coaching, professional development plans, additional support requests and a team ethos.
• Access to 24 hour on-call support, 7 days a week with a trained TCI Post Crisis Response staff member. Training provided around Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Post Crisis Response.
• Access to our Triple Tier support, that include external counselling service offered to all employees (Paid by the Charity). 
• A new model of residential working in regard to providing a child centred focused therapeutic residential home to young people.  
• Be a part of Safe Places for Children journey and evolvement to be one of the leading therapeutic residential providers across the UK. 
• 33 days of paid Annual Leave, and monitoring of staff members work life balance through hour’s bank system.
• Bi-Yearly Anniversary Bonus of £250.00 every six months after successful completion of 6 month probation period.

Why work for a Charity like Safe Places for Children UK

• The organisation values a small and stable team with a consistently calm and positive framework that can help support vulnerable traumatised young people to form attachments and feel safe.
• A focus is on the quality of care to the young people and that we provide small, homely environments for no more than 2 young people.  
• Effectively assisting the child to gain increased independence and to explore their behaviours in difficult times and be willing to try some more positive coping strategies – a lengthy and challenging but very rewarding journey 
• A goal is always to see the child make progress that will help prepare them for their future transition into family-based placement, family reunification, group setting or independent living arrangements 
• The importance of understanding that the children’s behaviours are coping skills and our focus is more on what’s lying beneath the behaviour. The need to respond to behaviours in a way that role models an ability to remain calm, hopeful, caring, consistent, respectful, and understanding of others (as opposed to reacting emotionally) 
• Collaboration is needed to support the child across the various areas of their life (i.e., protective services, health services, counselling services, educational facilities).
• Ongoing support provided to team members on shift and constant access to 24/7 on call support for urgent matters. Support provided to staff through TCI Post Crisis Response and Reflective Supervision.
• Opportunities to coach and develop other team members within your home and have an overall responsibility for leading your shift as a Key Worker.

Key Duties of the Residential Registered Manager

• Deliver all aspects of care within the Registered Children Home to the highest standard possible and in line with the Northern Ireland Minimum Children Home Standards 2023 and Children’s Home Regulations (NI) 2005.
• The strategic planning for developments and improvements within the home and complete Schedule 5 notifications to the Regulator.
• Demonstrate evidence of quality assurance and best practice. Linking in and using the support from the Quality and Systems team.
• Ensure compliance with the organisations policies, procedures, regulations, and standards at all times.
• Comply with Safeguarding and Child Protection procedures at all times and promote an honest and open culture.
• Ensure that resources, including staff, are effectively managed to optimise service delivery
• Undertake monthly supervision, informal support, and yearly appraisals for each staff member within the home.
• Coaching and mentoring of staff members within the home and develop their Professional Development Plans.
• Accessing of appropriate services to support the childcare practices within the home and ensuring the emotional & physical wellbeing of the staff and young people.
• Able to achieve a consistently positive RQIA report and collaboratively work with RQIA to develop the standards within the home and teams.
• All day-to-day management matters within the home and to provide on-call support to the staff members that you are responsible for.

Required Weekly Hours: 

• 38 Non-Contact Hours (allocated time for Registered Manager Duties)
• Shift work will be required depending on the needs of the Registered Service, this will include Sleepovers (Added to an Hours Bank System)  
• Minimum 4 On Calls to be completed on a weekly basis (additional hours worked paid out at high rates).

Shift Patterns: 

• A regular shift is 24 hours long. It consists of 16 hours awake working time and 8 hours paid sleepover period.
• Opportunity to work additional shifts and seek pay out of additional hours and sleepovers.

Leadership and Teamwork 

• Demonstrate an active, dedicated commitment to the Safe Places Values and Ethos.
• Take on roles under the supervision of the Area Manager and take initiative with these 
• Report writing to be completed in line with the organisation’s expectations, this will include the Shift Reports, Critical Information Reports, and other internal processes. 
• Communicate professionally with team members and stakeholders (multi-disciplinary) that are associated with the Children’s Home. 
• Promote a positive image of Safe Places and assist in collectively improving and developing the organisation. 
• Resolve interpersonal conflicts using the organisations procedures and policies. Attend and contribute to supervision, meetings and training as required annually. 
• Contribute to organisational improvement - be part of solution to challenges faced by Safe Places. Work collaboratively through challenges or concerns with support from the Area Manager.
• Safe Places requires staff members to be enthusiastic, professional, responsive, united and supportive in the approach of development and assisting the young people to achieve their goals. 

Position Requirements 

• Essential Third Level Qualification in Social Work.
• Desirable Level 3 Diploma in Leadership and Management  
• 2 Years’ experience in working with challenging behaviours; preferably within a Registered Residential Service. 
• 1 Years’ experience in managing staff, facilitating coaching, supervising and being involved in the day to day running of the organisations business.  
• Have held a UK Driving Licence for more than 1 Year and no more than three penalty points. 
• Experience off working with regulators such as RQIA
• Knowledge of Relevant Legislation and Local Frameworks with regards to Children Services.
• Ability to be on-call for a minimum of 4 days a week
• Northern Ireland Social Care Council Registration (Part 1) and Enhanced Access NI. Able to pass checks.

Application Process 

• All CV's need to be sent to: [email protected] 
• Please ensure you submit your current CV in a word format and provide information about your experience and qualifications on application, as noted within the Job Description.