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Job description

As the Registered Manager, you will play a valuable role in ensuring children and young people with a disability receive a short break. Line-manage the Team Manager, Senior Residential Project Worker and Support Staff. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

• Line-manage the Team Manager, Senior Residential Project Worker and Support Staff.
• Lead a large team of Residential Project Workers.
• Ensure the highest quality of practice to children and families.
• Work collaboratively in partnership with a range of Trust colleagues, internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the service meets the requirements of regulatory body; RQIA.
• Ensure the safe operation of the service, managing risks including health and safety, safeguarding & finance.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Hold a professional qualification in Social Work, have completed the AYE and be registered with NISCC on Part 1 of the register.
• Demonstrated ability to lead staff in responding to safeguarding concerns quickly and appropriately.
• Experience of working with vulnerable children and young people.
• Evidenced ability to work constructively with partner agencies, commissioners, and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience of managing budgets within a children's services setting.
• Hold a valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle with business class insurance to use during working hours.
• (Alternatively those applicants with a disability that prevents them from holding a driving licence should be able to demonstrate how they can meet the mobility requirements of the post).

Further Information

Work Time: Standard working hours, to be confirmed. To help deliver our vision, we need an experienced, self-motivated, innovative, and creative social work professional.