Peripatetic Registered Manager
16 hours ago
Luton
Peripatetic Registered Manager Location : YMCA Newark and Sherwood Department: Children's Residential Care Salary : £57,500 Hours : 40 Contract Type : Permanent We are looking for an experienced Peripatetic Registered Manager to provide cover and support across our network of homes. We are looking for someone who is excited and enthused by the idea of stepping into a home to provide interim cover for holiday or sickness absence or to provide additional support and mentoring to the current manager. As we look to support our Registered Manager thrive, we feel the addition of a Peripatetic Manager is the ideal way of ensuring our staff teams feel supported, valued and are able to take time off, safe in the knowledge their home ands children are fully supported. If you are looking for a role where every day is genuinely different, where you will see different homes, work with different staff team and get to interact with all our wonderful children and their individual personalities, this is the ideal role for you. Your natural enthusiasm and dedication to care for children in care will shine through as you share our desire to create a nurturing, safe and highly supportive homes for the children. You will following our in-house psychologically informed therapeutic model to care for the children and young people who have experienced trauma, abuse, neglect, or other adverse childhood experiences. As a not for profit operator in this sector, we truly put the needs of our children ahead of profits and enhance the children's care by the provision of our in-house clinical team providing extensive psychologically-informed care as well as accessing the wider services of the YMCA including our Community & Activity Village where the children use all of our facilities. The Role As a Peripatetic Manager, your role could include a wide variety of tasks and you will thrive from a variety and challenge a role of his nature will bring. These are some of the key tasks associated with the role: Ensure that the home(s) is managed in a way which complies to the Childrens Homes Regulations (England) 2015 and creates a positive physical and emotional environment where children and young people can discover who they are and who they can become. Create, audit and maintain clear and accurate Care Plans and Risk Assessments for each individual child within your care and any other associated documentation within the home. Working in conjunction with the Clinical team to ensure Clinical Safety Plans are maintained and adhered to at all times. Provide children with a high standard of personalised care; ensuring that children are included as fully as possible in decisions affecting their care. Lead the staff team to create a culture of warmth, nurture and care within the home environment. Act with compassion and understanding, motivating and rewarding your team when appropriate. Schedule the required staffing levels to ensure you have the optimum staff team on shift with a complementary mix of skills and expertise. Responsible for the support of safeguarding all of children in our Childrens Residential Services. Investigate any safeguarding concerns for the service area and to make informed, fair, and transparent decisions based on information obtained including the production of investigation reports with recommendations and outcomes. Support the children and young people through times of crisis and dysregulation, ensuring the safety of the child or young person is of paramount importance at all times. Work with the Operations Team to support the continual development of our service. About You As a passionate expert in childrens residential care, you will bring with you a wealth of experience in caring for children and young people who have had the most difficult starts in life. Experience dealing with trauma, challenging behaviour and working in a psychologically informed way would all be highly beneficial to your smooth transition into our role. We are looking for someone highly resilient and confident to support the children and young people through times of crisis and dysregulation, ensuring the safety of the child or young person is of paramount importance at all times. Specific experience with CSE and HSB would be highly advantageous. For this particular role, we would look for someone who has held a Registered Manager position previously as we are looking for someone who can hit the ground running and provide expertise and reassure to whichever home you visit. You will need to hold a minimum of a level 4 Diploma in Childrens Residential Care and either already hold your level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management or be willing to undertake this with our support. You will need your own car and driving license to travel between our homes which are situated in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire. You will be able to reclaim your mileage through our expenses policy. They may also be scope to support your travel in other ways which we are open to discussing. If you are ready for a new challenge where you can make a positive impact and lasting impression on both the people within your staff team and the children and young people and care, we would love to hear from you. What We Value Were driven by our core values and we look for these in every member of our team: We Seek Out Were always looking for ways to do better. We Welcome We include, respect, and support everyone. We Inspire We believe in every persons potential. We Speak Out We advocate for whats right. We Serve Others We act with compassion and purpose. These values are more than just wordsthey shape how we work, lead, and serve. Our North Star Everything we do is inspired by our ambition that every child and young person we support: Builds the relationships that help them discover who they are Develops the skills and confidence to shape their own life Learns how to connect with and contribute to the world around them You will play a vital role in achieving this mission. Our Benefits We value your commitment and relentless dedication and have crafted a package of health & well-being benefits. Heres some of what you can expect: Funded training, qualifications & career progression across YMCA services Quarterly Campfires celebrating our impact across the organisation Wellbeing package (after passing probation): 24/7 GP access, health/dental cashback, Employment Assistance Programme Minium of 23 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing to 28 days with service Discounted YMCA childcare & holiday clubs £500 refer-a-friend bonus Blue Light Card eligibility + 10% discount at YMCA Café and Malt Cross Diversity & Safer Recruitment YMCA Robin Hood Group is committed to equal opportunities, promoting diversity, and creating an inclusive culture where all staff can thrive. Should you require any adjustments to support your full participation in our recruitment process, we would encourage you to share your needs with us so we can support you with your requirements. We follow rigorous safer recruitment processes to ensure the protection of children, young people, and adults at risk. All applicants will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, reference checks, and thorough vetting as part of our commitment to safeguarding. Ready to Apply? If you believe in the transformative power of therapeutic care, share our values, and have the relevant experience to matchwe want to hear from you. Please share your CV with us!! What Happens Next? We reserve the right to close the position earlier than advertised if required. Due to the large number of applications we receive, we will be unable to provide specific feedback on why you may not have been shortlisted. INDHP Benefits: We offer the following benefits from day 1 of your employment with us:? Equivalent of 23 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing 1 day each year for your first 5 years!? Workplace pension with Royal London (3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution)? 4 x Life Insurance/Death in Service whilst in the pension scheme? Reduced school holiday childcare places at YMCA Camp Williams Nottingham & Newark? 10% off in our hospitality venues including the Malt Cross and the Café at our Activity Village in Newark.? Pastoral support? Cycle to Work Scheme? Excellent opportunities for development and progression? Support for further study up to post-graduate level 7 courses to support your development? £500 refer a friend scheme applicable across the Group? Regular ongoing inhouse training? Eligible to join the Blue Light Discount scheme? Staff events and annual celebrations? On passing your probation, you can select from one of the following additional benefits:? Private medical and dental cashback scheme with Westfield Health and access to Westfield Rewards for high street discounts? £120 cash annual contribution towards either:? Travel costs or;? Childcare costs or;? Private gym membership? REF-223633 TPBN1_UKTJ