Assistant Home Manager chez Queen Alexandra Charity

The post-holder will lead a team of full-time and part-time residential staff, providing support to residential students attending programmes of rehabilitation, continuing education and/or vocational training.

The post holder will work in collaboration with the Home Manager and Residential Services Manager to manage the everyday operations of the residential home.

·         Support the Home Manager in ensuring that the service is Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well Led and in compliance with CQC Regulations in relation to the Health & Social Care Act. To keep up to date with CQC Regulations and to support with CQC inspections.  

·         Support with managing a team of full time and part time staff to ensure all supervisions & appraisals are complete. 

·         To support the Home Manager with carrying out staff induction, training, performance management and development plans. To play an active role in developing the skills of the staff team. To ensure that staff are appropriately trained for designated tasks.

·         Keep up to date with any significant changes in the student’s situation within the residential home and other provisions with reference to the staff team, relevant meetings, care log, communications book, care plans, targets, and student reviews.

·         Support with initial and on-entry student assessments, ensuring that all collated information is reflected in the student’s care plan and set targets. 

·         Supervise staff to record Student’s progress within the colleges systems and complete biannual reviews of progress.  Support with student review and transition meetings.

·         Support the staff team with activity planning in accordance with students planned targets, ensuring all necessary risk assessments are completed to a high standard. 

·         Encourage integration and inclusion into the wider social community. Supporting the residential service with wider community schemes. 

·         To support the Home Manager with the management and prevention of any incidents occurring within the home, ensuring appropriate action has been taken and followed up. 

·         To support the Home Manager with ensuring effective positive support plans are in place as required. To support the staff team with behaviour management on shift. 

·         To assist during internal and external audits of the home.

·         To have a good working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and to support with Mental Capacity Assessments/ DOLs/ Best Interest meetings.

·         Maintain quality communication with families, health professionals, external agencies and other internal departments to ensure optimum student experience. To also ensure overall effective communication is taking place within the staff team. 

·         Ensure that all medicines are administered as directed/prescribed and in accordance with QAC’s medication policies. Support the staff team with following the medication policy and health protocols. Complete staff’s ‘in house’ medication training. 

·         Ensure the health and safety of staff and students. Ensure compliance/application of the health and safety policies within the residential homes. Ensure completion of health and safety checks and risk assessments as required.

 

·         Devise, develop and maintain effective record systems to a quality standard which complies with internal and external regulations.

 

·         To support the Home Manager with ensuring the rota meets service needs. Cover staff absence as required, act as a point of contact for the RSW team, and support the ‘shift leads’.  To complete house rota in Home Manager’s absence. 

·         Respond flexibly to timetable or rota requirements (including completing one sleep in per week) - i.e. occasional cover for sickness or holidays of colleagues and devise cover for sickness or holidays of colleagues.

·         Perform such other duties commensurate with the status of the post as the Principal shall from time to time decide.

The above list is not exhaustive, but is indicative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the work to be undertaken. The responsibilities and duties may vary from time to time without changing the nature of the post. The post holder will be expected to adopt a flexible approach to enable the efficient and effective running of the College.

 

Queen Alexandra College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and all staff and volunteers are required to act in such a way that at all times safeguards the health and wellbeing of our students/clients.  Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and two employment references.

Join our team at Queen Alexandra College!

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of students with special educational needs? Do you thrive in an inclusive and supportive academic environment? If so, we want YOU to join our team. QAC has just gone through an exciting rebrand, dealt with a period of swift growth and academic improvement and this is your opportunity to become part of a vibrant College that is moving forward and making a real difference to the lives and futures of our students.  

The newly structured Queen Alexandra Charity Birmingham offers you the chance to have a positive impact as you join a committed group of colleagues in ensuring that all students achieve their aims and aspirations. We are dedicated to providing exceptional education and support to students with diverse learning needs and life experiences. Our specialist setting fosters an inclusive community where every student is valued, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. 

QAC offers a vibrant, varied and enriching educational experience for both residential and day students. Our curriculum aims to maximise adult life, independence and work opportunities for all students. Class sizes are designed to meet specific needs and support levels are high. 

Joining our supportive team, you will have the opportunity to:

 

·      Work closely with students with SEN to achieve their goals

·      Make a difference to the educational experience of young people

·      Be a voice for students and staff in specialist education

·      Foster a positive and inclusive learning environment, promoting academic growth, self-development and self-confidence

·      Develop your own skills, aspirations and progress your career.

Our benefits include;

 
This list is not exhaustive and may be subject to review and/or change.

We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills,
personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to QAC. Please take time to
review the job description above.

Please upload a CV/Resume* with details of your full employment history (since leaving school,
including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in
employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you
believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and
person specification requirements. Your CV/Resume* will be re-produced in a standard format by
the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.
Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from
engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The College's Safeguarding Policies are
available here

As part of our commitment to safer recruitment, and in line with updated guidance published in 
September 2022, we will carry out an online search of all shortlisted candidates. This search may 
enable us to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and publicly available for review 
online, which we may wish to explore with you in further detail during the interview process. As part 
of your application we have asked you to provide the account names, usernames and/or handles for 
any social media platform that you use, as well as the names of any websites that you own, post on, 
or contribute to. A Google search will also be conducted. These checks will only be conducted if you 
are shortlisted for interview. Please see our safer recruitment and selection policy for further 
information.