Children, Young People and Family Manager - Level 5

Apprenticeships are jobs with accompanying skills and development that are designed by employers. These develop technical knowledge, skills and behaviours which include the capability within English, Maths and interpersonal skills that are required for current and future aspirations within the sector. Development is acquired through a blended mix of 20% off the job training and 80% workplace skills.

With a focus on excellence in practice and improved performance, you will encourage Children, Young People and Family Practitioners to gain the skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours that will enable them to actively support each child, young person, young adult and family to achieve their potential. You will inform and improve practice by acting on research and new developments into how the needs of children, young people and families are best met. You will model the behaviours that encourage reflective practice, professional confidence and humility. You will challenge and support practitioners and ensure their practice is safe. You will develop and lead an ethos that will enable and inspire practitioners to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families.

You may work either as a Manager in Children’s Residential Care or as a Children, Young People and Residential Manager in the Community in a range of settings in local authorities, within health organisations, educational and early years settings or children’s centres, as well as a wide range of private voluntary and community organisations. You could be solely responsible for the management of a team or service, or be part of a management team. To deliver effectively on a wide range of outcomes you will work on a multi agency basis with professionals from a wide range of backgrounds, as well as team leaders and managers from your own organisation.

Leaders will be employed within a role, working towards, being developed or on a placement that allow for the opportunities for:

• 100% of programme components with 20% off the job training entitlement and 80% workplace experience
• Developing and applying systems and processes needed to ensure compliance with regulations and organisational policies and procedures
• Implementing strategies to support others to manage the risks presented when balancing individual rights and professional duty of care
• Developing and applying systems and processes that monitor and sustain quality of the service, including assessments, care plans and service delivery
• Managing all resources in delivering complex care and support efficiently, effectively and safely
• Developing and implementing organisational practices and culture that embraces and champions dignity and respects diversity, inclusion and fairness in the workplace
• Translate, cascade and interpret policy and guidance to a range of audiences including those who access care and support services, carers and families, colleagues, professionals and the wider society
• Developing, leading and embracing a working culture that values courage in working in ways that challenge workers’ own cultural, belief systems and misconceptions
• Implementing systems to train and support staff to enable them to recognise and respond to signs of abuse and unsafe practices that follow organisational policies, procedures, best practice and protocols.
• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of organisational policies, systems and process within safeguarding practices
• Managing the implementation of policies, procedures and practices to manage health, safety and risks to individuals and others in social care to ensure compliance of legislation, standards and protocols.
• Implementing health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices to create a culture that values the health, safety and well-being across the organisation
• Monitoring, evaluating and improving health, safety and risk management policies and practices in the service
• Researching and disseminating current drivers in the children’s, young peoples and families landscape
• Embedding systems to improve performance of self and/or work colleagues through supervision, reflective practice and learning and development opportunities
• Showing a well-developed sense of their own behaviour and impact on others modelling a values-based culture
• Creating a supportive culture that values initiative and innovation and recognises the variety of skills of all within the service, both workers and individuals supported
• Adopting a full team approach, recognising contributions of team members and able to manage a team

Leaders will develop substantial knowledge, skills and behaviours that guide and inspire teams to provide high quality services that make a positive difference to someone’s life when being faced with physical, practical, social, emotional, psychological or intellectual challenges. Managers will develop and implement evidence based practice at a senior level. Developing confidence and capability for business development, change management, economic stability and continuity as well as risk management, initiating organisational change and practices.

Developing skills to ensure effective support and development of care services, leading on change and enhancing service delivery. Leaders will develop practical understanding of the full depth, breadth and requirements within regulatory frameworks, codes of conduct, legislation and current best practices of staff to ensure services that are safe, effective, caring and responsive to people’s needs that are well-led.

Leaders will develop wider skills that enhance confidence, resilience, capability, coping strategies and competence to ensure effective and sustained employment prospects and progression opportunities.

Delivery will be based on a mix of blended learning that includes:

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