Due to the ongoing success of the Leicestershire County Council partnership which started in 2018, Barnardo's has a fantastic opportunity available to replace our current Responsible Individual on permanent contracts. Being registered as the Responsible Individual with Ofsted, each post will oversee 4 residential services across Leicester and the local area with the working week split between them.    Might consider part time roles for individual with the right skill set and qualifications. 

The successful postholder will work with senior colleagues to ensure we continue to develop services to best meet the needs of children, young people and their families within the Leicestershire community. Covering a range of locations; service locations include Coalville (2 homes one for contextual safeguarding and one for hospital prevention/step down), Hinckley (2 homes one for overnight short breaks and one for emotional well being), Market Harborough (family assessment home), Mountsorrel (emotional well being) and Braunstone (emotional well being).   

As a Responsible Individual, you will be line managing four registered managers and report into the Assistant Director for the region, all part of the Leicester residentials management team. You will be closely supported by 2 operational CSM's and the AD including endorsement of Ofsted registration. There will also be support offered for progression opportunities with a commitment to learning and development, including options of Level 5 Residential qualifications and potential further qualification options.     

As a Children's Services Manager – Responsible Individual, you will:  

Act on behalf of the organisation to ensure the legal responsibilities are effectively discharged including all legal responsibilities associated with the opening, registration and operation of the Home(s). The Guide to the Young Person(s)'s Homes regulations and quality standards' states “….one [the Registered Manager] manages the Home and the other [Responsible Individual] supervises the management”    Have an understanding of both effective practice in responding to the needs of care expereinced Young Person(s) and of local authority care planning duties and how Young Person(s)'s Homes are Required to support these    ensure that the Young Person(s)' Homes are compliant with all relevant legislation and regulations and to ensure that you remain up to date with changes in these   Oversee the external monitoring of practice within the Homes through your own supervision of the Registered Manager, scrutiny of Regulation 44 and 45 reports and any other reports concerning the Home, including OFSTED inspections, compliance visits from the Local Authority   Ensure that the Home(s) for which you are responsible have ‘continuous improvement' and development plans and to ensure that these plans are being followed.  

Since you will be based across the services in a hybrid way, mileage will be covered while travelling away from your permanent base.   

When completing your application form please refer to your skills, knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification and Job Profile as well as those specified above. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the post described.  

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.