The Supply Service are recruiting for an Assistant Children’s Residential Home Manager on behalf of our Wrexham based client who operate a Children’s Residential Home.

The role of Assistant Manager supports the Service Manager in the effective leadership and day to day operation of the home. The role involves supervising and guiding staff, promoting the organisation’s values and therapeutic ethos, and ensuring the highest standards of care, safeguarding, and statutory compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• To assist with the management of all matters of statutory compliance for the home and ensure that all statutory requirements are met.
• To ensure key stages in the stay of children and young people such as admission and discharge are properly managed, and reflect decisions recorded in relevant plans.
• Ensure that effective Personal Plans, risk assessments, risk management and health care plans, and all relevant documentation, are in place for all residential children.
• To develop and maintain good working relationships with parents and other family members; social workers; school staff and other professionals with a concern for the children’s needs such as local health board professionals.
• To encourage and support children and young people to take responsibility for their own lives commensurate with their age and ability.
• Act as designated Safeguarding Officer.

Managing People

• To assist the Service Manager to provide leadership, guidance and management to staff within the home and create a positive and mutually supportive culture within the staff team.
• To assist and ensure that regular and effective supervision and performance management systems are in place and that staff are trained and meeting all relevant requirements.
• To assist the Service Manager in maintaining effective communication systems, including handovers, logbooks, regular supervision, and staff meetings.
• To assist the Service Manager to monitor staff well-being including sickness absences, implementing company policy and procedures as appropriate.
• To assist the Service Manager in HR and personnel related matters.

Managing Resources

• To be involved in the allocation of roles and responsibilities within the home and to maintain effective operation and deployment of resources at all times.
• To work with the Service Manager to ensure that staff hours worked, and annual leave are accurately recorded and ensure that the correct information is passed to Payroll within specified deadlines.
• To work with the Service Manager in monitoring staff performance to maintain high levels of performance and low absenteeism.
• To work with the Service Manager to ensure that the home is kept in a clean, tidy and well-maintained condition.
• To work with the Service Manager to ensure that adequate and appropriate security, health and safety and fire safety monitoring and recording systems operate within the home.

Managing Finance

• Assist the Service Manager in maintaining budgetary control systems for the home and ensure specified budgets are maintained.
• To work with the Service Manager to undertake effective management and administration of the home and overseeing and advising staff within the home in best practice and methods.