Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Supporting the manager and team to comply with HIQA standards. The successful candidate will need to be update with current legislation
• Supervisory responsibility: Responsibility for supervising social care staff
• Deputise for the Manager in all operational aspects concerning the running of the establishment.
• Be responsible for the administration tasks including rotas, audits, SEN reporting and medication policy
• Take ownership for educating themselves about each young person within the service.
• Be up to date on Safeguarding and Children First requirements.
• Report and recording and carrying out assessments.
• Be accountable for supporting the day to day running of the service and responsible for the execution and delivery of the therapeutic community approach.
• Be accountable for organising, planning and executing training and development of the staff team through goal setting in supervision or through other communication methods.
• Work as part of a team. The Deputy Social Care Manager will be responsible for leading the team in the absence of management.
• Be responsible for chairing meetings, setting agendas and ensuring actions from meetings are followed up on.
• Supporting staff members in relation to taking ownership of their workload, engaging in supervisions and participating in meetings both within and outside the service.
• The Deputy Social Care Manager may be required to work shift work, weekends and or night duties.
• The Deputy Social Care Manager may be required to be a part of the on-call management rota.
• Responsible for building and maintaining a professional rapport and communicating with Social Workers, families and other personnel as required.
• Adhere to GDPR legislation, ensuring the upmost confidentiality always and role model this to staff members.
• Participate in ensuring that the service is of a high quality and ready for Inspection from HIQA at all times.
• To work alongside the regulations set out by HIQA and the National Standards for Residential Care.
• Ensure that all administration tasks are kept up to date and in line with policies and standards.
• Complete audits and follow up on actions pertaining to these audits.
• Support key workers and that they are keeping their files and administration work up to date and completed at a high standard.
• Complete meaningful plans and goals for the young person, in consultation with their desires and choices.
• Ensure continuous review and improvement through evaluations of the service.
• To oversee that staff are motivating, supporting and encouraging young people to engage in planned activities of their choice.
• Undertake required Health and Safety checks and Risk Assessments and record and report effectively.
• Carry out required Health and Safety related observing and reporting.
• Contribute to Young Person Centred Planning meetings and other relevant meetings pertaining to Service User, follow up on any actions, outcomes from the meetings.
• Endeavour to ensure that young people receive support in their daily lives.
• Support young people to make appropriate choices.
• Report concerns in relation to their welfare inclusive of safety and health requirements.
• Record accurately in line with National Standards.
• To effectively support the young person in managing behaviours of concern, utilise Positive behaviour support plan, individualised to each young person.
• Participate in maintaining a high-quality service by adhering to all internal/ external audits and ensuring that all actions are followed up on.
• Ensure that all quality reporting required are completed in a competent and suitable manner.
• Follow all financial procedures in line with policies, report and record all discrepancies. Work within the budget.
• Develop and maintain professional rapport with co-workers and team to ensure an effective service is provided for the young person. Offer day to day support to your team.
• Create opportunities for young people to be a part of the community.
• Promote opportunities for supporting young people in employment/ educational needs.
• Attend all applicable and mandatory training and any other specified development programmes.
• Have the ability to use your own initiative.
• The ability to organise and prioritise your workload.
• Attend and engage positively to supervision and appraisals, utilising reflective practice to enhance development and skills and to reflect on practice.
• Take ownership of own professional development.
• Endeavour to ensure that any feedback, inclusive of suggestions, compliments and complaints is supported, encouraged, reported, recorded and utilised to enhance the improvement of the service.
• Undertake any other work which may arise within the scope of Deputy Social Care Manager in order to meet the requirements of the service.