Job Title:
Deputy Manager
Location:
Knowsley Village, L34
Salary:
£30,000 – £35,000 Dependant on Experience plus sleep in @£50 (average of 10 per month)
Extra Employee benefits:
Diploma Level 5 free of charge
Death in service/ Life insurance 3 x Salary
Employee assistance program.
Cycle to work and technology schemes
Health Cash Plan financial help towards dental, opticians, private health consultations, online GP, physiotherapy, children can be added for free.
Bonus schemes for attendance and employee of the month
Employer:
AYA Childcare Services
Responsible To:
Aims:
To deliver high quality care to the children and young people resident within the home.
To assist the Registered Manager in the delivery of all care services, as well as the strategic planning for the home, and day to day management matters.
To enrich the lives of young people in our care, helping them to create a positive future.
To work within the framework of AYA’s policies and procedures.
Main Responsibilities:
To demonstrate practical leadership in childcare and assist in the organising and supporting of staff to provide the best possible care for each child and young person.
Ensure the effective implementation of the Children Act 1989 and the accompanying guidance and regulations (Vol. 4 Residential Care), the Care Standards Act 2000 and the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015. This will be achieved in consultation with the relevant statutory body.
Ensure that any matters relating to Safeguarding are managed in line with current legislation, national standards, and best safeguarding practice.
Maintain the highest possible standards of childcare and ensure that each child and young person’s agreed placement plan is fully implemented.
Co-ordinate and access the appropriate services (health, education, therapy) to ensure the needs of each child and young person is met.
To assist in the leadership and coaching in childcare practice within the home to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.
Assist the Registered Manager in mentoring and supporting the Residential Childcare Workers in provision of best possible childcare practices.
To ensure that all of AYA Children’s Service’s policies and procedures are implemented appropriately.
To work with the Director of Operations and the Registered Manager to ensure that all policies and procedures are relevant and suitable for the home.
To aim to achieve the best outcomes for all children and young people, ensuring that the home is managed effectively and efficiently in a warm and caring manner.
To assist the Registered Manager in ensuring full regulatory compliance. This includes the annual inspection process.
To assist the Registered Manager to sustain and develop the administration systems, recording systems and repair work, so that a warm and caring home environment is maintained.
To provide an out of hours on-call service to staff on a rota basis with other managers.
To assist the Registered Manager to supervise and support the staff group ensuring that the team are developed appropriately to meet the specific needs of children and young people in the home.
To work alongside the Registered Manager to ensure that staff supervision continues to support both childcare delivery and staff development.
To work with the Registered Manager to develop individual staff training programmes in line with company plans and needs and supervise/provide observations for staff through their NVQ Level 3 (Health and Social Care – Children and Young People).
Other Responsibilities:
This post is subject to enhanced DBS criminal record disclosure and subscription with the DBS Update Service.
AYA operates within a constantly changing environment, and as such, work priorities and targets may change. AYA’s management reserves the right to make reasonable changes to the job purpose and accountabilities.
General
This post is subject to enhanced DBS criminal record disclosure and subscription with the DBS Update Service.
AYA operates within a constantly changing environment, and as such, work priorities and targets may change. AYA’s management reserves the right to make reasonable changes to the job purpose and accountabilities.
