Registered Manager - Residential Children's Home
The Vacancy
Residential Children’s Home Registered Manager
- Salary: £42,119 - £45,250 depending on skills and experience.
- Max job rate is £48,978, performance related
- Hours: 37 hours per week
- Based: Bury. St. Edmunds, Suffolk
As the Registered Manager of a Break Children's Home you will:
- Join the experienced Care Management Team, alongside sixteen other managers, of which four manage solo or dual children’s homes.
- Use your experience combined with Break’s model to lead a team which encourages children to develop a positive sense of self and ensure that professional standards are maintained to a high level.
- Collaborate with Break’s Therapeutic team, who provide two days a week of therapeutic support, including advice and practical tools, to support your team to provide trauma-informed nurturing care for each child.
- Provide effective support to staff, including advice and guidance, reflective supervision and annual appraisal. You will be able to guide your team's development using Break's extensive specialist workforce training programs.
- Work in partnership with young people, their family and friends, colleagues, and other agencies to achieve the best outcomes for each child in your care.
- Work collaboratively with Break's Staying Connected service for a smooth transition when a young person leaves care, benefiting from in-house support and Break's lifelong offer.
- Benefit from over 50 years of Break’s of innovative practice, an experienced Head of Service and peer support.
- Have exciting opportunities to develop your career through our extensive workforce training programs.
In your role, you’ll have access to the following benefits:
• Free, career-enhancing qualifications
• A “golden hello” scheme welcoming you to our services, with £2500 paid to you one month after your start date and a second £2500 at the six-month mark. (Not available to candidates referred by recruitment agencies) (Subject to conditions)
• A referral scheme offering £1000 if you recommend a contact who goes on to be employed by Break in care services. (subject to conditions)
• 33 days annual leave per year (including bank holidays)
• Annual leave purchase
• Additional service-related holiday from 2 years
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company funded medical cash plan
• Enhanced sick pay and family friendly leave
• Pension salary sacrifice
• Life assurance to the value of 3x your annual salary
• Access to the Blue Light benefits platform enabling you to access discounts across a range of shops, venues and services (your membership fee will be reimbursed)
• Access to multiple Wellbeing initiatives
• The opportunity to influence Break’s strategy and direction through our Staff Consultation Forum
• Cycle to Work and Tech scheme
• And more
Additional Information
People are our biggest asset. We value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
The first interview will be a Safe Care/Warner style interview, followed by a formal interview if successful. An enhanced DBS check is required for the role. This will be funded by Break.
To comply with OFSTED requirements, you will be asked to provide details of your full employment history.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the application or recruitment process. If there are adjustments you would like to request, please contact contactrecruitment@break-charity.org. We also offer reasonable adjustments in the workplace.
All prospective employees must provide evidence of eligibility to work in the UK as per UKVI guidelines. Further details will be provided if you are invited to interview.
For more information on this job opportunity, please initially email the Recruitment Team via contactrecruitment@break-charity.org
Your application may be considered for other roles within Break.
We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates as they apply. This means the role may close at short notice and without prior warning.
Questions?
Our Head of Service, Simon Rouse, is available for an informal chat if you have questions on 07827 033175 or email simon.rouse@break-charity.org
This job is also known as: Support Worker, Youth Worker, Care Worker, Children Support Worker, Children, Care Manager, Children's social care, Children's residential care
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About Break
Break is a forward-thinking non-profit organisation that’s delivered unique support for young people across East Anglia for over fifty years. Co-production with staff, young people and families is at the very heart of everything we do. Nobody chooses the family or circumstances they are born into. At Break we firmly believe that with the right care, there is no limit to what can be achieved.
We have a range of residential services, a fostering agency, Staying Close, Staying Connected and services for disabled children and their families.
As a trauma-informed organisation, all our young people and employees are supported by our highly skilled therapeutic team - and our lifelong offer means that even when young people leave our care, we will always be there for them.
We have low staff turnover and vacancy rates. All of our services are rated good or outstanding and deliver great outcomes for our young people. Our ambition is to grow and build even further - creating an environment where people can develop their talent and see the difference they make. You could be part of this.
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