Responsible Individual - Children's Services Manager

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Due to the ongoing success of the Leicestershire County Council partnership which started in 2018, Barnardo's has a fantastic opportunity available for two Children's Services Managers to join us on full time, permanent contracts. Being registered as the Responsible Individual with Ofsted, each post will oversee 4 residential services across Leicester and the local area with the working week split between them.
The successful post holder will work with senior colleagues to ensure we continue to develop services to best meet the needs of children, young people and their families within the Leicestershire community. Covering a range of locations; service locations include Coalville (2 homes one for contextual safeguarding and one for hospital prevention/step down), Hinckley (2 homes one for overnight short breaks and one for emotional wellbeing), Market Harborough (family assessment home), Mountsorrel (emotional wellbeing) and Braunstone (emotional wellbeing).
As a Responsible Individual, you will be line managing four registered managers and report into the Assistant Director for the region, all part of the Leicester residentials management team. You will be closely supported by 2 operational CSM's and the AD including endorsement of Ofsted registration. There will also be support offered for progression opportunities with a commitment to learning and development, including options of Level 5 Residential qualifications and potential MBA options.
As a Children's Services Manager - Responsible Individual, you will have and evidence in your written application:
Depth and breadth of management experience across a range of service areas including residential care for children; ideally including residential care for children with additional needs.
Knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance and quality standards that apply to children's homes.
Strong leadership skills and capabilities to ensure the standards of care, help, protection and support provided by all services are of high quality.
Flexibility and responsiveness to managing problems with a Solution Focussed attitude and approach.
Excellent communication and personal skills around engagement, leadership, workforce development and change management.
*As you will be based across the services in a hybrid way, mileage will be covered while travelling away from your permanent base.
When completing your application form please refer to your skills, knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification and Job Profile as well as those specified above. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the post described.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
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