Deputy Children’s Home Manager – Looked After Children - Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Children and Young People’s Services
Salary details: £34,723 to £37,261 & excellent benefits (Pay award pending)
Closing date – 4th June 2023
Shortlisting date – 5th June 2023
Interview date - 14th June 2023
Permanent, 37 hours per week
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Are you an experienced, solution oriented, systemic working, child focused 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…
Following Cabinet approval, our Children and Young People’s Service are now recruiting for a Deputy Children’s Home Manager.
This new post will play a key role in the development and management of a range of in-house residential provision for Rotherham looked after children.
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 are using current best practice and evidence-based models to develop a range of new children`s homes including 2 and 4 bed EBD, emergency accommodation and solo provision for some of our most complex children and young people.
We are looking for a Deputy Children’s Home Manager that is keen to be part of setting up and managing new homes and have previous experience of working in a specialist solo provision, mental health residential settings, crisis accommodation and with children and young people with sensory, ASD, mental health needs and who have suffered significant trauma.
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 other residential homes all judged as ‘Good’ or `Outstanding’.
Deputy Managers in Rotherham will:
Provide assistance and management support to the Registered Manager in the day to day running of service provision
Provide assistance to Registered Manager to 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 Council’s Children and Young People’s 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 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 29 days (30 days from April 2023) annual leave, to be taken in line with the agreed weekend annual leave allocation as detailed in employer handbook.
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
We are seeking inspirational, resilient and child focused Managers who are committed to:
Develop their skills and practices in order to provide an outstanding residential service to children and young people
Promote and be part of a learning and coaching culture
Support and caring for some of our most complex children and young people, at times in solo provision
Work evening, weekend, and sleep in shifts as part of the residential team.
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 managing 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 stone’s throw from some of the UK’s 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 simon.breeds@rotherham.gov.uk
These posts involve 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. For further information, please visit our website.
From 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2024 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a weekly / monthly deduction (dependent on pay frequency) 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 of three additional day’s leave (pro rata for part-time).
Confirmation of appointment is also subject to a medical assessment.
