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Regional Manager (RM) and Ofsted Responsible Individual (RI) - Remote

Employer - Kids

Location: Remote work involving regular travel to the South West and South East

Salary: £45k

Hours: Full-time, fixed term for 9 months

The vacancy may close before the deadline, if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to work for a well-established and respected organisation dedicated to improving the lives of disabled children, young people, and their families. You'll work with passionate colleagues who share your commitment to quality, inclusion, and equality. As a Regional Manager, you’ll play a key role in driving positive change, not only for the individuals and families we support but also for the organisation itself. As the Ofsted Responsible Individual you must have experience and specialist knowledge of running a children’s residential home and experience in children’s social care, understand effective practice in responding to the needs of looked-after children, local authority care planning duties, and how children’s homes are required to support these.

About the Role:
You'll be at the helm of delivering life-changing services across the South East and South West. You will spearhead a dedicated team, ensure the efficient management of services, and inspire continuous improvement to ensure children, young people, and their families receive the support they deserve.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Strategy:
  Lead the planning and delivery of services ensuring alignment with organisational goals and strategic plans. Provide leadership and support to a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring a culture of continuous improvement across services.
• Financial Management:
  Manage regional budgets ensuring that expenditure is within allocation and resources are utilised efficiently. Collaborate with coordinators and service managers to develop, monitor, and maintain financial plans.
• Service Development & Improvement:
  Drive service development initiatives, including identifying opportunities for growth, business development, and securing new contracts. Work closely with the Contracts and Tender Manager to submit compelling bids for services.
• Operational Management:
  Oversee day-to-day operations across a range of services, ensuring compliance with contractual and statutory standards. Conduct regular audits to ensure high standards of care and support, addressing issues as they arise.
• Partnership Building:
  Build and maintain strong relationships with public authorities, commissioners, and other key stakeholders, ensuring a proactive and collaborative approach to service delivery. Represent Kids at board meetings, when required, and promote the charity’s values across the region.
• Quality Assurance & Safeguarding:
  Ensure that all safeguarding, health and safety, and risk management procedures are rigorously followed. Regularly review safeguarding policies and ensure that any concerns are addressed in line with organisational policies.
• Team Development:
  Support, mentor, and develop colleagues to ensure high performance. Ensure colleagues are effectively trained, motivated, and aligned with the charity’s mission. Manage disciplinary and performance issues sensitively and professionally.

Person Specification:

Essential Skills, Experience & Attributes:

• Proven Leadership:
  Significant experience in leading, managing, and developing teams in a health, social care, or community-based setting. Proven ability to inspire, manage, and develop geographically dispersed teams.
• Service Planning & Compliance:
  Experience in planning, delivering, and monitoring services, ensuring compliance with statutory and contractual requirements. Strong knowledge of safeguarding, health and safety, and quality assurance standards.
• Financial Management:
  Strong financial acumen with a proven track record of managing budgets, resources, and expenditure within comparable settings. Ability to plan and monitor finances effectively
• Strategic Thinking:
  Experience in strategic planning and service development, with the ability to influence and negotiate with commissioners, funders, and regulators.
• Relationship Building:
  Proven experience in building collaborative partnerships with public authorities, commissioners, and external stakeholders. Ability to represent the organisation effectively at a senior level.
• Commercial Awareness:
  Understanding of the commissioning and contracting environment, including the ability to identify growth opportunities and contribute to tender processes.
• Communication Skills:
  Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information in a clear and engaging manner. Strong interpersonal skills to influence and negotiate at a senior level.
• IT Proficiency:
  Highly competent in the use of Microsoft Office packages and able to utilise digital tools for managing services and communication.
• Self-motivated:
  Demonstrate a high level of self-motivation and can work independently with minimal supervision, managing multiple priorities effectively.

Desired Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in successful tender submissions and service expansion within the public sector.
• A deep understanding of services for disabled children and young people.
• Knowledge of sector-specific legislation, funding streams, and best practice.
• Experience of working within the children’s disability sector.

Qualifications:

• Educated to Degree or NVQ Level 5 (or equivalent).
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services.
• A qualification in management, finance, social work, or nursing is desirable. Evidence of continuous professional development is essential

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to work for a well-established and respected organisation dedicated to improving the lives of disabled children, young people, and their families. You'll work with passionate colleagues who share your commitment to quality, inclusion, and equality. You’ll play a key role in driving positive change, not only for the individuals and families we support but also for the organisation itself.

For a more comprehensive look at this position, click on the documents attached.

Are you an experienced accredited IDVA with experience in a multi-agency?

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The Drive Partnership was formed by Respect, Safe Lives and Social Finance, is working to transform the national response to perpetrators of domestic abuse. 

The Triage IDVA will work as part of the Triage Team in their pilot area, reporting to the Triage Team Leader and working alongside the Triage Worker. They will be responsible  for supporting and presenting the voice of the victims and their children in cases where  the perpetrator has been referred to the team for an assessment of suitability for a Positive Requirement during an application for a DAPO.

They will be responsible for attempting to contact the victims to carry out the relevant safety checks, risk assessments and provide advocacy during the assessment stage and make onward referrals for further support for the victim. They will capture the voice of the victim as part of the overall assessment for a positive requirement and feed their views and any relevant information about risk or need into the overall recommendation. The IDVA’s work and expertise will ensure that the risks and needs for both the Perpetrator and Victims/families are considered so that a co-ordinated and individual intervention plan can be created when appropriate and safe to apply as part of the DAPO.

Are you an experienced accredited IDVA with experience in a multi-agency?

If so, the Drive Partnership is looking for a DAPO Triage IDVA in Manchester. 

The Drive Partnership was formed by Respect, Safe Lives and Social Finance, is working to transform the national response to perpetrators of domestic abuse. 

The Triage IDVA will work as part of the Triage Team in their pilot area, reporting to the Triage Team Leader and working alongside the Triage Worker. They will be responsible  for supporting and presenting the voice of the victims and their children in cases where  the perpetrator has been referred to the team for an assessment of suitability for a Positive Requirement during an application for a DAPO.

They will be responsible for attempting to contact the victims to carry out the relevant safety checks, risk assessments and provide advocacy during the assessment stage and make onward referrals for further support for the victim. They will capture the voice of the victim as part of the overall assessment for a positive requirement and feed their views and any relevant information about risk or need into the overall recommendation. The IDVA’s work and expertise will ensure that the risks and needs for both the Perpetrator and Victims/families are considered so that a co-ordinated and individual intervention plan can be created when appropriate and safe to apply as part of the DAPO. 

In this role you’ll be both strategic and hands-on, solely managing the financial controls for this small charity with a £350k annual turnover.  You will support the Director and senior management team through your management of financial processes, policy and planning.

This will include using accountancy software to process income and expenditure, producing management accounts for the senior management team and Board, and ensuring the charity reports to its key funders, including Arts Council England. 

You’ll process payroll for our small team of 6 employees, taking care of liaison with HMRC as well as handling external audit and company filing.

Who are we looking for? 

We’re looking for someone with focus, efficiency and precision to take responsibility of our company finances.

Unfazed by working mostly alone, you’ll be incredibly organised with your time and workload to ensure processes are handled in a timely and accurate fashion. Ideally, you’ll be passionate about the work that we do both as a professional arts organisation and also as a small charity based in Bedfordshire with altruistic values.

You’ll have experience of working with small organisations and charities, knowledgeable about the areas of financial control that you will be our expert on.

The role is an employee position for one day per week, however we are open to discuss flexibility of working hours and the possibility of freelance working with the successful candidate.

We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills and stories to join us and influence our working practice. We are particularly keen to hear from people from backgrounds that are currently under-represented on our staff team including people from UK minority ethnic backgrounds and candidates who self-identify as disabled, male, non-binary or trans and/or LGBTQ+.

Application deadline: 9am, Mon 30th Sept 2024

Interviews: Thurs 3rd October 2024

Terms and Conditions   

Hours of Work: 7.5 hours per week (1 day).  These hours can be worked flexibly.      

Contract: This is a permanent employment contract with a 3 month probationary period.    

Salary: The full-time equivalent salary for this position is £40,000 – 45,000 per annum (pro rata to 7.5 hours per week).        

Location: Home-working.

Benefits:  

BCA offers 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time employees).   

We offer a NEST pension scheme with a 3% employer contribution.   

Access to IT & equipment to enable efficient home-working can be provided.      

Proof of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment.