Children's Residential Portfolio Lead Children's Residential Portfolio Lead

Our home provides specialist care and support for children and young people with autism and learning disabilities.
The care and support that we provide must be purposeful, create a positive impact and engage our children and young people, taking into consideration the following when making care recommendations:

• Views, wishes and feelings


• Education


• Enjoyment and achievement


• Health and well-being


• Positive relationships


• Safety and protection


About the role
As a Portfolio Lead in our Residential Service, you will provide pivotal support to our Deputy Home Managers and the staff and team around the children and young people we support. You will lead the way in improving outcomes and ensuring that our home is a safe and nurturing environment where our children and young people can thrive.
This is a unique role where you will be at the forefront of working directly with children and young people through a mixture of individual and group interventions, whilst also working strategically to lead and develop your team and support high quality practice within our home.
We are looking for an individual who can join our service to confidently lead our home and inspire the children, young people and staff within it. You will support the home by providing expert advice and creative opportunities to access resources that enhance the purpose and well-being of our children and young people within the parameters of national guidance, standards and regulations associated with statutory residential children's services.
At the heart of this role is a strong commitment to building successful working relationships not just with our children, young people and their families but with other organisations too. By connecting and collaborating via a multi agency approach, together we can provide effective intervention and care to support our children and young people in a safe and meaningful way; and you will be at the fore of driving those collaborations for the benefit of the home and all within it.
In return for your expertise, commitment and experience we will enable your ongoing learning and development through a culture of high support and high challenge, and access to a range of learning and development activities including Restorative Approaches, Motivational Interviewing and Positive Behaviour Support. We also support staff to obtain a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Care (if not already held).


• A Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare, or equivalent


• Your ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with children, adolescents, their families and professionals


• An applied knowledge of contextual children's safeguarding and associated issues


• Proven experience of inter-agency working


• Demonstrable competence in effective assessment, risk management and strengths-based care planning


• Experience of delivering statutory childcare services including the residential care of children and knowledge of the Children's Homes Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards


• Commitment to working flexibly
  
  We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.
Our values
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Our commitment

The starting salary for this role is £34,356 per annum for working 36 hours per week based at Ruth House one of our Children's Residential Homes in Woking.
Rewards and benefits

• 26 days' holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service


• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave


• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing


• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year


• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave


• A generous local government salary related pension


• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more


• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year


• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources