Regional Operations Manager

Job Title: Regional Operations Manager - Children's Homes

Location: Mobile around the Midlands area

Salary: £58,344 - £68,952 per annum + bonus scheme & additional benefits

Contract: Full Time, Permanent - 40 hours per week

Homes2Inspire has an exciting opportunity for an exceptional and experienced individual to manage a cluster of 6 children’s homes in Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and Bedfordshire. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent strategic, commercial, budgetary and quality assurance experience to support the growth of the business and achieve excellent outcomes for young people in our care with ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted outcomes!

Requirements:

• Recent experience working within the residential sector at registered manager level within a children's residential service
• Experience leading a Residential Children's home to Ofsted 'Outstanding'
• Able to meet the requirements for registration as a Responsible Individual
• Eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum period of 3 years
• Thorough understanding of the regulations and legislations which set the standards within a Children’s Home setting
• A Certified Diploma Level 5 Leadership and Management qualification (minimum)
• Full UK Manual Driving Licence
• Experience leading a Residential Children's home to Ofsted 'Outstanding'

The roles and responsibilities for the successful candidate include:

• Coaching, supporting and motivating the cluster’s Registered Home Managers team to develop and enhance individual and team performance and to optimise service delivery.
• Develop and deliver strategic plans to develop the Children’s Homes business within your cluster area in line with strategic plans for the broader business.
• Monitor quality and manage performance of operational delivery in the Children’s Homes, ensuring that KPI, legislative and Children’s Homes regulations requirements are met.
• Develop and maintain customer and account management relationships promoting the Children’s Homes business with external stakeholders to maximise business opportunities
• Maintain registration as Responsible Individual for your allocated cluster of Children’s Homes in line with legislative and Regulations requirements
• Manage the financial control of your cluster of Homes and matters relating to budgetary expenditure and income enabling the preparation of efficient management of forecasts and budgetary parameters.
• Develop and produce operationally viable and cost-effective solutions to business development opportunities, delivering within bid timescales and in line with legislation and customer specifications.
• Take a lead role in mobilising new and acquired Children’s Homes within your cluster area to time and budget
• Emergency On call responsibility in line with a planned rota system

Benefits

• Ongoing Continued Professional Training
• Essential Car user allowance
• Travel and Subsistence expenses
• Non contractual bonus scheme - up to an additional £10,000 per year!
• Employer Pension Contribution
• Private Health Care Scheme (Family)
• ICT equipment including mobile phone

Homes2Inspire Ltd are proud to be a part of Shaw Trust Group, a charity helping to transform the lives of young people and adults across the UK! At Homes2Inspire, we are passionate about what we do. As one of the country’s top Children’s Home providers, we strive for excellence in the care we provide, ensuring our children and young people are safe and supported day-to-day

If you are successful, you can be sure that you’ll find a welcoming, friendly and professional working environment and be given all the support, training and encouragement you need to build and develop a successful career with us.

For further information please visit our website www.homes2inspire.co.uk or contact our careers team on 01218 170371 or careers@homes2inspire.co.uk

Please note:

All successful candidates will be subject to a vetting process in line with safer recruitment requirements. This includes right to work checks, Enhanced DBS Check for Children and Adults workforce (H2I will cover the cost of this check) and satisfactory reference checks in line with safer recruitment requirements.

Shaw Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Please note we are not currently able to support any visa sponsorship applications.

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