Westfield Infant School

This is an exciting opportunity to become our first School Business Manager. Westfield Infant School is a warm, friendly place to learn and grow with a close-knit staff who are welcoming and hardworking. Our pupils are kind, polite and confident, demonstrating our core values and our staff are friendly and dedicated. We are looking to appoint a School Business Manager to join our team; working closely with our expanding admin team and our experienced premises officer. Initial training and support will be available. The successful candidate should have a proven track record in school based finance and business management, experience of dealing with HR issues, H&S requirements and a proactive approach to their role. You must be a great team leader who is able to incorporate strategic business development, alongside the organisation and delegation of general day-to-day running of our large infant school.

Purpose of the role: To be responsible for shaping and delivering the residential home’s Statement of Purpose and managing the team to achieve the same. To provide high quality care services that supports the needs of children and young people, to be an advocate for their well-being and to provide strong, motivational leadership to the team. Duties and responsibilities: 1. To manage a residential home and ensure the efficient operation of the service in accordance with the relevant legislation, procedures, policies and the Statement of Purpose for the home. 2. Responsibility for safeguarding and promoting individual rights, providing good quality care which is free from oppression and where differences are respected and valued. 3. To produce a development plan for the service that ensures the delivery of high quality, clinically informed practice. 4. To support adults to achieve the highest standards of care for the children and young people. 5. To co-ordinate and monitor casework and administrative functions of the home and evaluate standards of performance. 6. To assist and supervise in the continual assessment of the needs of the children and young people and to identify and prepare specific development plans to ensure the most appropriate service provision. 7. To be involved in recruitment of the team including vetting, interviewing and inducting new employees. 8. To contribute to a comprehensive team training and development programme to enable the service to have available all necessary skills and levels of expertise to meet the needs of the young people. 9. Maintain individual standards through continuous professional development, including keeping a record. 10. Support the team to ensure longevity and good organisation retention. 11. To contribute to the development of appropriate relationships with and between adults, young people and other stakeholders. 12. Liaise with the various internal and external multi-disciplinary teams and commissioning authorities to ensure that the care needs of new and existing children and young people are met. 13. To chair meetings, reviews and discussions as necessary. 14. To ensure at all times that professional ethics and behaviour are demonstrated by all adults at all times. Actively co-ordinate the service provision and be a focal point for support, advice and coaching to all adultswithin the Home. 15. To assist in the management, appraisal, supervision and support of all the residential team. 16. To organise duty rotas in order to ensure that the needs of the young people are always met. 17. To ensure that the company's financial and administrative procedures are adhered to and to work within a set budget. 18. Ensure all professional practice and medication processes within the home are conducted in line with legislation. 19. To work with other managers to ensure that all adultswork together and with others towards meeting the emotional and physical needs of the young people and planning for positive outcomes. 20. To be accountable and take responsibility for liaising with regulatory organisations in relation to the way the home is managed. 21. Register with the regulator and uphold requirements and condition of this registration. 22. Ensure the all necessary documentation required by regulators is completed to a high standard and be available for inspections, checks or interviews as requested. 23. To promote appropriate and therapeutic relationships between adults and young people and their families, promoting the children and young people's involvement and participation in the day-to-day life of the home. 24. To be part of an on-call system. 25. Maintain a clean and safe environment; ensure that the physical state of the building is maintained to a high standard and that all repair/maintenance problems are dealt with promptly. 26. To participate in a range of corporate and management activities as defined by the Director of Care. 27. Any other such duties as may be required from time to time by the Operational Managers or their authorised representatives. 28. Ensure that safe working practices are employed by all adults at all times in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work legislation. Will co-operate with designated personnel exercising their responsibilities in relation to the Health and Safety at Work Act. This job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities but indicates some of the main areas attached to the post of registered homes manager. This job description may be amended from time to time, to take account of changing trends in social care relevant legislation, together with Employment Law. If there is any part of the above job description which the post holder is unsure of, they must discuss this with their Line Manager at the earliest opportunity.