Childrens Home Dual Registered Manager

About Ourselves

Affinity Children’s Care provide a therapeutic children's residential service, offering a variety of residential placements to young people between the ages of 8 – 18 and who may display emotional and challenging behaviours (EBD). The young people placed within our services have often experienced significant adversity and trauma in their young lives and may no longer able to reside within their familial / foster home.

Our Aim

Affinity Children's Care create a safe and sustainable nurturing environment for our young people and a developmental and rewarding workplace for our care team. We ensure our team(s) adhere to Ofsted standards and guidelines referencing the Children’s Act and Children’s Care Standards, Ofsted is the looked after children’s regulatory body.

Company Benefits

£3000 annual bonus per home, criteria dependant

Auto enrolment into NEST pension Scheme – criteria dependent, opt out available. Private Medical Health Care

Life Insurance

Medicash cash back plan, giving you high street discounts including cash back on dental and optical costs.

25 days annual leave

Dual Registered Manager Role

Responsible for the smooth running our 2 residential children's thereaputic homes (2 beded) in Walsall with the passion of working with young people and to be committed to improving the lives of the young people we care for.

To promote  a positive trauma informed culture across both homes.

To ensure high-quality care is given to our young people in accordance with the Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, Ofsted and all other statutory and regulatory requirements.

To promote the wellbeing and safeguarding of our young people and be responsible for the development and supervision of their team, encouraging professional progression where applicable.

Strong leadership skills within Children’s Residential Care setting.

Lead Ofsted inspections, audits, managing budgets, rota management.

Participate in the management emergency on call rota.

2 years previous experience in a residential management, dual registered as an advantage.

In return we can provide access to opportunities for development both personally and professionally and progression within the company, as well as training and access to CPD.

Working hours are 40 hours per week (Monday – Friday), with the requirement on occasion, to work such hours over and above your normal weekly pattern as reasonably required. This would also involve being placed on a 5 week rota to provide out of hours emergency on call.

Qualification

For the Dual Registered Manager position we require a Level 5 diploma in Leadership and Management.  Transferable qualification may be considered but must be recognised by Ofsted inorder to pass 'fit person' Ofsted registration.

A Full UK driving licence is required.

For more information, please forward your CV to (email address removed) for the attention of Michelle Burrows, Recruitment Advisor. Alternatively forward your CV via our recruitment email, (email address removed).