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  • Registered Manager - Children's Residential Home
    Registered Manager - Children's Residential Home
    13 hours ago
    £50000–£70000 yearly
    Full-time
    Dagenham

    Registered Manager – Children’s Residential Home Location: Dagenham Salary: £50,000–£70,000 Contract: Full-time | Permanent We are seeking a dedicated, experienced, and compassionate Residential Children’s Home Manager to lead the operation of our children’s home and provide outstanding care for the young people we support. This is a senior leadership role with overall responsibility for the safety, wellbeing, and development of children with complex needs. Acting as a strong and committed corporate parent, you will create a stable, nurturing, and therapeutic environment. Key Responsibilities • Lead and manage the day-to-day running of the children’s home, ensuring a safe, warm, and structured environment, • Oversee staffing rotas, recruitment, and deployment to ensure consistent, high-quality care, • Manage budgets, resources, and the upkeep of the home to maintain high standards and financial sustainability Regulatory Compliance • Ensure full compliance with the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and Ofsted Quality Standards, • Maintain inspection readiness at all times and respond effectively to Ofsted inspections and action plans, • Ensure all policies, procedures, and records meet statutory and organisational requirements Child Welfare and Care • Oversee the development, implementation, and review of individual care plans, placement plans, and risk assessments, • Safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and young people, • Support children through emotional, behavioural, and crisis situations using trauma-informed and therapeutic approaches Staff Leadership and Development • Lead, supervise, and support a team of residential care staff, • Manage staff performance, supervision, development, and quality of care delivery, • Foster a reflective, supportive, and accountable team culture Partnership Working • Work collaboratively with social workers, local authorities, families, education providers, and health professionals, • Act as the main point of contact for external agencies and commissioners, • Advocate for children and ensure their voices are central to all decision-making What We’re Looking For • Experience as a Registered Manager or Deputy Manager within a children’s residential care setting, • A completed Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Children’s Services, or enrolment with a commitment to completion within an agreed timeframe, • Strong understanding of safeguarding, Ofsted frameworks, and regulatory compliance, • A child-centred, resilient, and reflective leader with a trauma-informed approach, • Confidence in managing staff performance, supervision, and quality of care Requirements • Successful registration with Ofsted (or the ability to meet Ofsted registration requirements), • Minimum of 2 years’ experience leading, supervising, and managing a staff team within a children’s residential setting, • Completed Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management as a minimum requirement (or active enrolment within an agreed timeframe), • Proven ability to ensure compliance with the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards, • A clear and demonstrable commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people We Invite You to Apply If you are a passionate, resilient, and reflective leader who believes in providing children with safety, stability, and care that genuinely changes lives, we invite you to apply for this rewarding and impactful role.

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  • Domiciliary Care Coordinator
    Domiciliary Care Coordinator
    1 month ago
    Full-time
    Cranbrook, Ilford

    Ask Care Ltd is recruiting for an experienced Care Coordinator for its Redbridge, London Branch. Ask Care Ltd is a well-established Domiciliary Care agency that provides home carers to clients, helping them to continue living safely and independently in their own homes. Applicants must have held a Care Coordinator position in a domiciliary care agency for at least one year as this job requires the successful candidate to be able to start the actual work from day one and hit the ground running. The Care Coordinator's duties will include: • Accepting care packages and assigning care workers to service users in an appropriate manner., • Producing care workers rotas and managing Birdie software., • Ensuring that service user files up to date., • To manage the rotas and workloads of the carers., • Telephone monitoring and service user visits and ensuring service quality., • Liaising with clients, local authorities and other external organizations, over the telephone and via email., • Attending training events and ensuring that skills and knowledge of industry best practice is kept up-to-date., • To carry out On Call duties, overnight and at weekends, on a rota basis as determined by the management., • When On-Call, provide telephone support and assistance to care Workers and Service Users; be available to be called out as necessary; check call alerts system morning / midday / evenings at weekends., • To work flexibly as required by the needs of the service., • Attend meetings as required. The role of Care Coordinator is a key role in the organization that will require the post holder to ensure the smooth running of visits to our clients. In order for the Care Coordinator to perform effectively, the successful applicant will have had previous experience and will also possess the following key attributes, which must be demonstrated at interview: Essential Skills and Experience • Minimum of one years’ experience as the Care Coordinator of a domiciliary care industry., • Efficient in computer and basic technical skills., • An experience of scheduling and coordinating a team of care workers using an electronic Monitoring system Birdie would be desired. Language Requirements; • Able to speak and understand Hindi and Punjabi

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