Registered Manager

Role Responsibility

An exciting opportunity for a Registered Manager has arisen at one of our five short break services, Southfields in Ashford.

Southfields offers up to 10 people at a time overnight stays in this residential home allowing them and their caregivers a break.  The people who attend our services are adults and may have a learning disability, physical disabilities, autism, behaviours of concern or sensory impairment.  

You will be responsible for the management of the service and lead a staff team with their development and training to enable them to support people to an exceptional person centred standard to achieve their desired outcomes.

For this role you will be required to apply and successfully achieve registration with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), our regulatory body, for accommodation for persons who require personal care. 

To apply for this position, you will have:

- proven experience of supporting people who present with learning disability, physical disabilities, autism, behaviours of concern or sensory impairment.

- achieved a level 5 diploma in leadership for health and social care or equivalent.

- proven experience of working in a management role in the social care sector.

- managed teams providing supervision, appraisal and supporting the performance, and  capability process.

- a sound knowledge of the relevant acts and regulations as listed in the job description, with a keen focus on the Health and Social care Act, Health and Safety Act and Care Act.

- experience of budgeting and working within cash limits.

The position is 37 hours a week and would involve working a 9 to 5 work pattern, Monday to Friday, however there may be occasions when you would be required to support shift cover to ensure the service meets the needs of the people staying at the service. You will also be expected to spend part of your working week at the service.

Rewards of working for Kent County Council

We value our staff as individuals and aim to help you to achieve your full potential. As part of the employment deal, we offer a competitive range of benefits and flexible employment conditions to ensure staff make the most of their time working at Kent County Council.

As an organisation we provide professional occupational health, counselling (Support Line), coaching and mediation services to help you stay physically, emotionally and mentally well. We also have staff groups that provide you with support and development opportunities for members of our diverse workforce.

Learning and development is an area Kent County Council is keen to provide, we want you to be the best you can be. That means investing in your development, so you have the right skills and mind set needed to do an excellent job.  

Other rewards open to you at Kent County Council include the Kent Rewards scheme and provides:

- tax saving schemes for Childcare

- cycle2Work scheme

- discounts at Kent County Council Adult Education classes

- discounted high street reloadable cards and vouchers including discount from over 1,200 national and local retailers

- pensions and financial support

This post involves working closely with children and adults.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

In the reasons for applying section of your application, please use the job description and person specification to tell us why you meet the criteria for this position. This information will be used to help shortlist applicants.

Interviews

These will take place on the 19^th February 2024 in person at the service and will include a written exercise prior to the day and a presentation at interview.

Contact Details

For more information, please contact:

Kelly Field

kellyanne.field@kent.gov.uk

03000 415026

or

Marie Roberts

01233 620256

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.