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)
  (https://coru.ie/health-and-social-care-professionals/education/approved-qualifications/social-care-workers/)
• 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. (Desirable)
• A working knowledge and understanding of therapeutic crisis intervention model. (Desirable)

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Focus Ireland is an equal opportunities employer