Job Description

Residential Home Manager - (Children and Young People)
16 - 25, diagnoses include autism, aspergers and mental health
Responsible for 10 residential students.
Facilities such as - Bakery, metal work shop, glasshouse, field centre.
Sheffield
Must have NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care (Or equivalent)

The Residential Home Manager- (Not Registered Manager) will be a member of the residential team and work in a flexible and collaborative manner with the Residential Team and the Area Manager.

Each Residential Home Manager will be responsible for overseeing and supervising an allocated group of residential staff and provision within one or more residential houses.

Residential Home Managers will be expected to ensure the effective operation of the residential provision. They will work directly with the residential staff to ensure the delivery of an appropriate extended curriculum programme to the students within the residential provision. (No prior experience of education is required)

The Homes
Currently have 7 homes, 3-5 beds per home, these homes are spread out across the Sheffield area but the Residential House Manager would be responsible for 10 residential students.

Service users are aged from 16-25 years old, who have a range of special educational needs and complex diagnoses, learning disabilities, autism and aspergers.

Hours-
Working 40 hours per week on a shift base with an expectation they work evenings and weekends as they will need to do QA for the residential homes, supervisions, house meetings with students, role modelling for new staff and overseeing new staff inductions.

Main duties-
-Ensure the delivery of high quality residential provision.
-Liaising with parents and other agency`s
-Tracking and recording the progress and achievement of students.
-Experience of managing a team.
-Hands on experience with learning disabilities, autism, aspergers and challenging behaviour.
-Knowledge and experience of CQC standards.
-Attend meetings and support and promote equality.

Person Specification-
-Minimum NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care (or equivalent) qualification Ideally Level 4 or 5.
-Significant operational experience in a care environment working with all levels of staff and management
-Experience of working within a complex organisation
-Experience of working with young people with learning difficulties and behaviours that challenge
-High level of emotional and social intelligence.

To apply please E-mail and/or call on 01274 393050