Deputy Manager, Under 18S Residential, The Haven, South East

Deputy Manager, Under 18s Residential, The Haven, South East
Location: Clonmel
Contract: Full-Time, Specific Purpose Contract
The purpose of this role is to provide short-term accommodation to young people, aged 15- 17, who have been displaced from their home.
What you will do:
To work within the framework of the overall objective of Focus Ireland and the values of the agency.
To create and maintain a safe, caring, and stable environment for the young people placed in the centre.
To manage the centre in accordance with policies, guidelines, and protocols and with the regulations and the National Standards for Children's Residential Centres (HIQA 2018).
To ensure that Care and Placement Plans are in place, agreed, implemented, and monitored regularly in respect of every young person placed in the centre.
To promote the rights and responsibilities of each young person in the centre.
To ensure the appropriate use of resources within the centre.
To attend meetings and represent the team and the agency at external liaisons and to facilitate team meetings, team training and support sessions as required.
To lead the team in providing a safe welcoming environment for young people aged 15-17 who are out of home, including provision of basic care needs such as household duties.
To consult with young people placed in the centre, their families, centre staff and external stakeholders as appropriate.
To participate in the administrative functions of the project, such as Report & Statistic writing, Softworks, and Petty Cash as required by the Manager.
To manage the budget for the centre, in compliance with approved budgetary procedures, and to ensure that optimum benefit is achieved from available resources.
To ensure that expenditure in the Centre is controlled within agreed cash limits and in compliance with approved procedures.
To manage and supervise staff in the Centre including performance management.
To arrange the duty roster and manage the designated staff resources, ensuring that staff levels and skill mix are appropriate and within the resource allocation.
To identify in consultation with the Social Care Manager the training and development requirements for the Centre.
To implement the policies and procedures of both Clonmel Youth Residential Service and the agency in collaboration with the Manager and the Head of Youth Services.
To engage in supervision sessions on a regular basis with the Manager.
To participate in relevant training and development courses as agreed with your manager.
To undertake such other duties as might be reasonably assigned from time to time in consultation with the Manager.
To be vigilant to any Health, Safety and Welfare risks in the workplace and bring any concerns to the attention of your line manager or Health & Safety Representative.
What you will need:
Hold a CORU approved Social Care Worker qualification and have applied for CORU registration (evidence of application will be necessary)
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3 years' experience at Social Care Leader and post qualification experience in Residential Child Care or related field.
A working knowledge of the impact of childhood adversity on adolescents.
An understanding of trauma informed practice.
Ability to manage and support customers in crisis who present with challenging behaviours based upon Focus Irelands values and principles of best practice.
Experience of working in partnership with multidisciplinary teams to holistically meet the needs of service users.
A working knowledge and understanding of therapeutic crisis intervention model.
A working knowledge and understanding of the HIQA National Standards for Children's Residential Centres (2018)
A working knowledge and understanding of Child Protection, and responses to concerns.
A high standard of written communication.
Teamwork and team support.
Flexible and reliable.
Supervisory experience.
A working knowledge and understanding of the National Standards for Children's Residential Centres.
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A working knowledge and understanding of therapeutic crisis intervention model.
(Desirable)
Focus Ireland is an equal opportunities employer
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