House Manager Fort William £43,280 to £46,433 per annum (Includes a 7% unsocial hours allowance) 37.5 hours per week - Permanent...

Please note, we do not offer sponsorship for work visa’s therefore you need to have the right to work in the UK to apply for any of our posts.

Do you want to work in the beautiful town of Fort William - a relocation allowance of £8,000 is available.

Do you want to join an organisation that has been named recently as a Top 100 company to work with by The Sunday Times?

If you do and would like to have an informal chat before applying then please call Rhonda Wilson, Head of Admissions and Programmes, on 07715 238337.

 

About Aberlour Sycamore Children’s Houses

Aberlour Sycamore Services’ vision is to provide warm, loving homes for children where everyone learns, laughs, grows into their future and is treasured always.  We have a strong ethos of values and a culture that enables us to Be Brave and to Keep the Promise of involving the children and young people as fully as possible in taking decisions that affect their lives.

 

Our home in Fort William is a Hybrid Model, we have a residential service for children and young people as well as a service that we call Sustain Plus, which supports whole families by providing both emotional and practical support.  We work with families and parents to secure a nurturing environment for children up to 18 years old.  We also help parents/caregivers develop their ability to care for their children, provide practical parenting skills, and engage with their community.  Our service provides flexible support of varying intensity and aims to encourage the development of family routines, resilience, and improved parental confidence. 

We are looking to appoint a House Manager who will join our strong and thriving Residential/Sustain Plus community in Aberlour.

What we are looking for

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a passion for supporting vulnerable children and whole families to achieve the best possible outcomes in their lives.  The successful candidate will have the drive, determination and cultural values to be able to lead their team to empower the children and young people to make the changes which will ultimately transform their lives.

We want someone who believes that all children and families are deserving of love and someone who will support the team to ensure that our children and families are able to live fulfilling lives without having restriction imposed on them in their everyday lives.

The person we choose to join us must have experience of working in and leading practice in a children’s house and with families.  They must be visible to the team and children to ensure that the vision and values are lived every day - This will include working evenings and weekends.

Our homes provide a rich environment that provides safety, relationships, growth and healing for the children and adults who live and work there.  To achieve this the successful candidate must have knowledge about developmental trauma, how this will have impacted children’s early life experiences and understand how to lead a team to ensure that every response a child receives takes account of their trauma.

A comprehensive support package focussed on achieving excellence in practice is provided to all of our teams and the successful candidate will also receive clinical supervision, provided externally to support their professional practice development and well-being.

If you share our vision of Being Brave for every child, young person and families, and Keeping the Promise, and you have the skills and passion required to meet the challenges of this role we look forward to hearing from you.

Ideally, candidates will have experience of leading a team within a residential childcare environment involving a residential shift rota and also experience in supporting whole families.  You will be required to have or be willing to work towards the qualifications for being a manager in a residential childcare facility: a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 9 or above plus a management qualification at SCQF level 8 or above.

What we Offer

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.

How to Apply

Please go to our website www.aberlour.org.uk/jobs where you can apply online by Midnight on Sunday 1st december 2024.

If you have any queries please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk. 

Aberlour is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and uses a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.

 

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS
A relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 9 or above
Plus
A management qualification at SCQF level 8 or above
or
Equivalent knowledge acquired by other means (this will not apply where there are externally specified qualifications for the post e.g. SSSC)
EXPERIENCE
•Lead, support and manage staff
•Direct practice experience within the service field
•Child/Adult protection issues
▪Experience of effective inter-agency and partnership working
▪Developing and planning budgets
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KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
•Demonstrate a broad understanding of the knowledge in the service field of work including theory and practice, models and approaches
•Evaluation and research methodologies and applications and an understanding of their application
•Ability to use a range of approaches to address defined and or routine problems
•Exercise initiative and respond proactively to emerging issues
•Manage resources within defined areas of work
•Take account of own and other roles and responsibilities in carrying out and evaluating tasks
•Work with others to support current professional practice
•Use a range of forms of communication effectively in familiar and new situations
•Understand the impact of change and implement initiatives to address it;
•Support application of project management approach
•Develop and implement operational plans for your area of responsibility
•Encourage innovation in your area of responsibility
•Develop productive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders
•Ability to develop and maintain systems, procedures and practice of care services to manage risks and comply with health and safety requirements
•Manage business processes
•Manage and develop yourself and your workforce within care services
•Proficient IT skills with a willingness to adopt and learn new technologies and systems – this includes communication, collaboration, recording and office applications. Training on specific systems will be provided

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