Deputy Social Care Manager
This role involves working in a team of Social Care professionals to deliver holistic, trauma-informed care to young people.
The Deputy Social Care Manager will be responsible for Centre Management, Financial Management, Staff Management and Health & Safety of a residential centre.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Create and maintain a safe, caring and stable environment for the young people placed in the centre.
2. Ensure that Care and Placement Plans are in place, agreed, implemented, and monitored regularly in respect of every young person placed in the centre.
3. Promote the rights and responsibilities of each young person in the centre.
4. Participate in on-going planning and strategic development of Children's Residential Centres.
5. Consult with young people placed in the centre, their families, centre staff and external stakeholders as appropriate.
6. Provide reports, statistics to the Social Care Manager (or other specified person) as required.
7. Ensure that the maintenance and upkeep of the centre, its furniture, vehicle, and equipment.
8. Engage in age-appropriate play and other activities with each child/young person within the centre as required.
9. Manage the budget for the centre, ensuring optimum benefit is achieved from available resources.
10. Manage and supervise staff in the centre.
11. Arrange the duty roster and manage designated staff resources, ensuring that staff levels and skill mix are appropriate and within resource allocation.
12. Participate in relevant professional development and training programmes.
13. Comply with policies, procedures, guidelines and safe professional practice and adhere to relevant legislation, regulations and standards.