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Job description

Ardcomm House is a specialised residential unit dedicated to children’s rights, offering a safe and secure environment with personalised nurturing care for children aged 5-11. Over a two-year period, it provides meticulously planned therapeutic support for three children with emotional and behavioural development needs (EBD). Our goal is to work collaboratively with the children, their families, and external partners from statutory, academic, community, and voluntary sectors in multi-disciplinary teams to prepare the children for a seamless transition into long-term care settings. To be responsible for shaping and delivering the residential home’s Statement of Purpose and managing the team to achieve the same. To provide high quality care services through day-to-day management and general administration. To manage statutory responsibilities that supports the needs of the residents and to be an advocate on their behalf, ensuring the approach adapted is that of a child friendly, supportive and therapeutic ethos. This will include the need to ensure appropriate standards of care and assessment for the children referred to the service, ensuring that care is both evidence based, and outcomes focused. The registered manager will ensure that the home operates in an efficient and effective child centred manner.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop awareness around regulatory standards of practice and conduct, ensuring compliance and understanding throughout the Residential Team.
• Ensure adherence, awareness and understanding of The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and Children’s Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.
• To manage the house and ensure the efficient operation of the service in accordance with the relevant legislation, procedures, policies and the Statement of Purpose for the home.
• To produce a development plan for the service that ensures the delivery of high quality, clinically informed practice.
• To support staff to achieve the highest standards of care for the Children.
• To co-ordinate and monitor casework and administrative functions of the home and evaluate standards of performance across the team.
• To assist in the continual assessment of the needs of the children and to identify and prepare specific development plans to ensure the most appropriate service provision.
• To contribute to a comprehensive staff training and development programme to enable the service to have available all necessary skills and levels of expertise to meet the needs of the children.
• To contribute to the development of appropriate relationships with and between staff, children and other stakeholders.
• Liaise with the various internal and external multi-disciplinary teams and commissioning authorities to ensure that the care needs of new and existing residents are met.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Must hold a professional social work qualification and be registered with the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
• Minimum of 5 years post-qualifying experience in residential social work, with at least 2 years in a managerial role.
• Completion of the Professional in Practice (PIP) requirements as set by NISCC, OR qualification/training in leadership and management
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Hold a current driving license valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment (where disability prohibits driving, this criteria will be waived if the applicant is able to organise suitable alternative arrangements.