Senior Residential Manager

Main Responsibilities

Senior Residential Manager

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

Oakhill Secure Training Centre, Milton Keynes, MK5 6AJ

Salary £45,980.00 per annum

Permanent, Full Time, 40 hours per week

Benefits: Company Pension, free on-site parking, uniform, on-site canteen, access to High Street Shop discounts and ongoing training and development

At Oakhill Secure Training Centre we look after young people aged 12 to 18 years old who have been remanded or sentenced to periods of detention. The vulnerable young people in our care can be challenging with a wide range of social and emotional complex needs. This is an environment that calls for high standards of social care and service delivery to provide a secure and stable environment for young people to develop their life skills and address the behaviours that have led them into custody.

Oakhill Secure Training Centre works closely with the Youth Custody Services to ensure that its regimes and designs reflect best practice in residential care to prevent offending.

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Residential Manager to join the team at Oakhill Secure Training Centre

The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of community safety, including promoting the safeguarding of the children’s welfare. You will lead and develop Residential Managers and Secure Care Officers effectively ensuring consistent performance delivery and adherence to contractual expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the promotion of creating a positive Health & Safety culture across the site leading by example, this includes reporting accidents and near misses in a timely manner & follow the applicable safe systems of work for the role.
• G4S is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and the post holder must support these goals.
• Lead and develop the Residential Managers, including supervision, to maximise their management performance and ensure high standards of care, values, ethical standards, equality and diversity, policies and procedures, legislation and contractual and inspection framework requirements are met.
• Participate in centre assessment days, following safer recruitment guidelines to ensure delivery of the recruitment plan
• Manage the induction, coaching and support of new employees to effectively manage transition into the operation and maximise retention.
• Review, plan and manage the effective and efficient utilisation of resource to optimise service delivery.
• Participate in admissions, initial assessment and care planning to ensure that effective support plans are produced to meet individual requirements, minimise vulnerability and maximise resettlement outcomes.
• Analyse and act upon information in relation to contractual service delivery, staff performance and effective behaviour management.
• Ensure delivery of routine, activities and engagement, maximising relationships between Secure Care Officers and Children to enhance behaviour, safety and resettlement potential.

The duties and responsibilities listed within this job description are not exhaustive and the job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary from time to time.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Skills

• Managerial experience within child-care
• Managing Professionally
• Delivering Performance
• Leading People
• Customer Thinking
• Collaborating & Co-operating
• Willingness and ability to undertake QCF level 5 in Leadership & Management
• Ability to use google docs

Desirable Skills

• Experience of project/ work planning, monitoring and reviewing

At G4S, we invest heavily in our people.  If you join us you will have a job specific induction programme to equip you with the skills and knowledge for the job. As well as ongoing support and development opportunities we offer generous holiday entitlement, company pension, an onsite gym, free onsite parking and the chance to do an extraordinary job – every day.

For more information on Oakhill Secure Training Centre please visit, https://oakhillstc.co.uk/

Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.

Safeguarding children and young people is our primary focus and the welfare of the child is paramount. Therefore we have a corporate responsibility to ensure that the safeguarding and our G4S values are at the centre of all we do.​

To apply for this role, you must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 3 years.   You will also be required to undergo DBS enhanced level security clearance and will need to provide full details of your work and educational history covering the last 10 years as part of the screening process.