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Operations Director Location: Bournemouth Contract: Full time permanent - 40 hours per week Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 per annum, depending on experience Benefits: • Discretionary bonus of up to 10% per annum, • Car allowance, • 25 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays, • Company Pension, • Life Assurance Make a real difference in the lives of young people. Join Budwood. Budwood provides high-quality Registered Children's Homes and Supported Living Homes for young people with complex needs, ranging from single-occupancy to 4 bed multi-occupancy provisions across Dorset and Hampshire. Our ethos is rooted in therapeutic, nurturing, family-style care - ensuring every young person experiences safety, stability and the opportunity to thrive. Driven by compassion, professionalism, and a commitment to excellence, we provide very high-quality services, with our inspection outcomes highly positive. We are continuously developing services that place young people's wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. Budwood is part of the Polaris Community, one of the UK's largest leading communities of children's service providers. Within the community, we have independent fostering and adoption agencies who have been passionately improving the lives of young people for over 30 years, as well as education, residential and leaving care services, and bespoke children's services contracts. Our nurturing community works collectively to support the very best outcomes for each and every child in our care. We're ambitious for our children and young people, families and staff, and believe in their futures. What We Are Looking For Due to the expansion of Budwood, and more importantly striving for Outstanding Ofsted ratings, we are looking for an enthusiastic and driven Operations Director to support the Managing Director in delivering our services. If you are a leader who is passionate about transforming the lives of young people and committed to delivering exceptional care, we would love to hear from you. Role Responsibilities As the Operations Director, you will play a vital role in ensuring our homes run effectively and continue to deliver exceptional support. This is a leadership role where you will be a visible presence - coaching staff, championing high standards, and driving continuous service improvement. Your responsibilities will include: • Overseeing the effective running of all homes to ensure high-quality, therapeutic support is consistently delivered., • Leading, supervising and developing Area Managers, ensuring strong and motivated teams., • Ensuring regulatory compliance and driving towards achieving Good and Outstanding Ofsted outcomes., • Maintaining occupancy levels above 90%., • Overseeing workforce planning, recruitment, and induction, reducing reliance on agency staff., • Supporting the delivery of trauma-informed practice, working alongside clinical teams, therapists and psychologists., • Managing budgets, rotas, and operational processes in line with legislation and company policies., • Leading multi-agency liaison, chairing meetings and reviews, and ensuring safeguarding is upheld to the highest standard., • Minimum of Level 5 qualification in residential childcare., • Proactive, enthusiastic, and committed to achieving the best outcomes for children., • Experience of managing complex social care/LAC services and trauma-informed practice., • Excellent understanding of safeguarding, Children's Homes Regulations, and relevant legislation., • Confident leadership skills, robust decision-making and strong written/verbal communication., • Ability to manage budgets, oversee rotas and deliver projects effectively., • A proactive, solution-focused approach., • A commitment to personal development. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check. Polaris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. We reserve the right to withdraw this advert without notification. PandoLogic. Category:Logistics, Keywords:Operations Director, Location:Bournemouth, ENG-BH9 1DP

Team Manager required for work within the Care Experienced Young People's team Service in the Bournemouth area on the beautiful Dorset coast. Pay rate £45.92ph, Contract for 3- 6 months initially 37 hours per week. Flexible hybrid working. We are seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead the Care Experienced Young People's Team, supporting young people as they prepare for independence and transition into adulthood. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of young people leaving care. • Lead and manage a team supporting care-experienced young people aged 16+. * Oversee pathway planning, ensuring young people are prepared for independence. * Support young people with key areas including education, employment, housing, health, and finances. * Ensure high-quality practice and compliance with statutory responsibilities. * Provide supervision, guidance, and support to team members. * Work collaboratively with partner agencies to deliver effective multi-agency support. The team works with young people from the age of 16, helping them plan for their future and transition into independent living. Support continues up to the age of 21, or longer where young people remain in education or require ongoing assistance. You will be SWE registered, ideally a driver with access to own car and able to reside and work in the UK As an Eden Brown Synergy candidate, you can take advantage of our competitive service offering: * Dedicated personal and professional service. * Free DBS check. * CV review service. * Interview advice. * Competitive rates of pay. * Post-placement follow up meetings. To discuss this role or any other Qualified Social Care roles in South please contact Kelly Stock at Eden Brown on (phone number removed)/ (phone number removed) or email your CV to: Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer. Eden Brown Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number (phone number removed). Our registered address is 5th floor 4 Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AR, part of nGAGE Specialist Recruitment Limited T/A nGAGE Talent. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This message is intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to us, and immediately and permanently delete it. Do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. We take reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email but cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage sustained as a result of computer viruses and the recipient must ensure that the email (and attachments) are virus free