21 Oct
Break Charity
Bury St Edmunds
Job description
Residential Children's Home - Registered Manager (Dual)
Salary : £45,760 - £48,880 depending on skills and experience
Maximum job rate potential is £50,960, which is performance related)
- Hours : 37 hours per week
- Based : Bury St. Edmunds and Chevington, Suffolk
About Break :
Break is a forward-thinking non-profit organisation that’s delivered unique support for young people across East Anglia for over fifty years.
Co-production with staff, young people and families is at the very heart of everything we do. Nobody chooses the family or circumstances they are born into.
At Break we firmly believe that with the right care, there is no limit to what can be achieved.
We have a range of residential services,
a fostering agency, Staying Close, Staying Connected and services for disabled children and their families.
As a trauma-informed organisation, all our young people and employees are supported by our highly skilled therapeutic team - and our lifelong offer means that even when young people leave our care, we will always be there for them.
We have low staff turnover and vacancy rates. All of our services are rated good or outstanding and deliver great outcomes for our young people.
Our ambition is to grow and build even further - creating an environment where people can develop their talent and see the difference they make.
You could be part of this.
Learn more about Break
Why Break?
At Break we invest in the future of our staff just as we do for the young people in our services. You will have the opportunity to develop and shape loving, safe homes and skilled teams, using innovative research-based practice, to make a genuine different for young people in care.
As the Registered Manager of a Break Children's Home you will :
- Join the experienced Care Management Team, alongside sixteen other managers, of which three manage solo or dual children’s homes.
- Use your experience combined with Break’s model to lead a team which encourages children to develop a positive sense of self and ensure that professional standards are maintained to a high level.
- Collaborate with Break’s Therapeutic team, who provide two days a week of therapeutic support, including advice and practical tools, to support your team to provide trauma-informed nurturing care for each child.
- Provide effective support to staff, including advice and guidance, reflective supervision and annual appraisal.
You will be able to guide your team's development using Break's extensive specialist workforce training programs.
- Work in partnership with young people, their family and friends, colleagues, and other agencies to achieve the best outcomes for each child in your care.
- Work collaboratively with Break's Staying Connected service for a smooth transition when a young person leaves care, benefiting from in-house support and Break's lifelong offer.
- Benefit from over 50 years of Break’s of innovative practice, a highly experienced Head of Service and peer support.
- Have exciting opportunities to develop your career through our extensive workforce training programs.
In your role, you’ll have access to the following benefits :
- A 'golden hello' scheme worth £5000 to welcome you (subject to conditions)
(not available to candidates referred by a recruitment agency)
- Excellent annual leave package, including additional service-related holiday from 2 years.
- Annual leave purchase.
- Access to a wealth of training and learning opportunities including the opportunity to enhance your professional development through funded level 7 courses.
- The opportunity to influence Break’s strategy and direction as a member of the Executive and Leadership Teams.
- Access to the Blue Light benefits platform enabling you to access discounts across a range of shops, venues and services (your membership fee will be reimbursed).
- Life assurance to the value of 3x your annual salary.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Company funded medical cash plan.
- Enhanced sick pay and family friendly leave.
- Pension salary sacrifice.
- Access to multiple wellbeing initiatives.
- Cycle to Work and Tech scheme.
- And more.
Full details of the role, including a job description and person specification can be found within the documents’ section.
If you would like to develop your career and make a real difference in a child or young person’s life, use the apply now’ button to be taken to our application site.
We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates as they apply. This means the role may close at short notice and without prior warning.
Additional Information
People are our biggest asset. We value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
The first interview will be a Safe Care / Warner style interview, followed by a formal interview if successful. An enhanced DBS check is required for the role.
This will be funded by Break.
To comply with OFSTED requirements, you will be asked to provide details of your full employment history.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the application or recruitment process.
If there are adjustments you would like to request, please contact . We also offer reasonable adjustments in the workplace.
All prospective employees must provide evidence of eligibility to work in the UK as per UKVI guidelines. Further details will be provided if you are invited to interview.