Care Manager

St Philip's School are recruiting for a Care Manager to join our expanding leadership team as we develop our services within our campus in Airdrie and our community services in Lanark.

St Philip’s School and associated services have actively embedded the key principles from The Promise, UNCRC and GIRFEC into our practices and children’s plans. The new developments within our services allow the organisation to demonstrate its commitment into investing into children’s services with a launchpad into throughcare services.

St Philip’s School require staff with the values and behaviours that align with our strategic vision and the needs of our children and young people who range from 10-18.

The Care Manager will be responsible for running multiple teams and will work a five over seven rota which will include on call responsibilities as per the rota. Shifts will be a mixture of dayshifts, backshifts, weekend and public holiday working.

We are recruiting for an ambitious, experienced and motivated Care Manager who understands the benefits of trauma informed practice and wants to work in a nurturing and caring environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and dynamic childcare professional.

The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement, free on-site parking, meals on shift, generous pension scheme, death in service benefits, access to a fitness suite and swimming pool.

Key Attributes-

· Extensive residential childcare experience, which has been demonstrated in a management position.

· Can demonstrate skills in managing a team who are supporting children and young people to achieve their individual education, health, and wellbeing outcomes.

·Lead the team(s) to work collaboratively with families and external agencies to meet the needs of children and young people.

· Working knowledge and a history of implementing current legislation and policy including St Philip’s School Strategic Plan, GIRFEC, the National Care standards, SSSC codes of conduct, The Promise, School Improvement Plan and UNCRC in their current practice.

· Will lead supervision and support the Assistant Service Managers associated with their service(s).

.Will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrate alignment to the school values of Trust, Support and Resilience

· Responsibility to ensure the development of a supportive and nurturing environment which is maintained daily to a high standard.

Applicants must have a current UK driving license and access to own personal transport due to the needs of the job role.

The Care Manager will be required to have:

· Registration with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) as a registered manager

· Completion of SVQ Level 4 and working towards completion of Leadership and Management within SSSC registration timeframe

Additional desirable skills and qualifications include:

· Degree Qualification in relevant discipline.

· Psychology Qualification.

· Registered Managers Award.

Additional Information

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and Protected Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children or protected adults.

Successful candidates will require PVG Scheme membership for Regulated Work with Children. You will be required to join the Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to commencing employment with St Philip’s School, the cost of which will be met by you.

Completed application form should be sent to admin@stphilipsschool.org.uk