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Head of Care/Registered Manager

Endeavour Academy, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 8DD

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• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 July 2021 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 June 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £38,167.43- £49,072.42* (*for exceptional candidates there may be scope to increase)
• Additional allowances:

  We can offer you a competitive salary, local government pension scheme, an Employee Assistance Programme to support your health and wellbeing and full induction, training and career opportunities. We also offer enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave schemes (once you have a year’s service with us), annual flu vaccinations and a cycle to work scheme alongside our tailored wellbeing offering.

Head of Care/Registered Manager job summary

We are currently recruiting for an inspirational and committed Head of Care to join the leadership team at Endeavour. As the Head of Care, you will be the Registered Manager for the Children’s Home, Endeavour House, as specified in the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and will fulfil the obligations set out in the National Minimum Standards for Children’s Homes 2002. The Leadership team within the Children’s home is comprised of a Deputy, 4 Team Leaders and a Service Co-ordinator. 

You will lead them to deliver an outstanding quality of support and care to children and young people on full time and short break placements. You will be responsible for the day to day management of the home, promoting a child centred, caring environment through high standards of professional practice which are conducive to the physical, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual needs of the children and young people. This also includes acting as the dedicated Child Protection and Safeguarding Officer within the Academy. 

You will work closely with families, carers and the wider community to share the vision and direction of Endeavour. You will contribute to and maintain a single philosophy across the School and House and lead a residential service which prepares our students for the responsibilities and experiences of adult life. 

 

About You 

 

Ideally you will be a Registered Manager within a children’s home, have or working towards an NVQ level 5 in Child Care/Health and social care or equivalent and be prepared to work towards other qualifications.  You will have practical experience of working with children and young people who have Autism and Severe Learning difficulties, be a confident, effective manager with knowledge of regulatory standards and requirements.   

 

You will have demonstrative experience of leading large staff teams and be able to demonstrate you have a flexible, calm and organised approach to work, even under pressure. You will need to have excellent written and verbal communications skills. 

 

There may also be a requirement to travel when necessary. You will be able to drive and have access to your own transport. You will also work flexibly in accordance with the rota including bank holidays, nights and weekends on occasion. 

The Trust reserves the right to close applications early where a high level of interest is expressed by candidates.


No Recruitment Agencies

 

MacIntyre Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.  All positions will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and registration with the DBS Update Service together with all other relevant recruitment checks including obtaining references.  Referees will be asked to assess suitability of candidates to work with vulnerable adults, children or young people and will be verbally verified.   MacIntyre Academies’ Safeguarding Policy can be found on our website and candidates will be asked about this as part of the recruitment process. 

 

*Salaries are FTE and dependent on experience and qualifications 

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Endeavour Academy, Oxford

• School type: Academy, ages 8 to 19
• School size: 32 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 8 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Endeavour Academy, Oxford website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: Recruitment@macintyreacademies.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/endeavour-academy-oxford (opens in new tab)

MacIntyre Academies Trust opened its first academy, in Headington, Oxford in September 2014. Endeavour Academy is a school and a Children Home for children and young people with Autism and associated severe Learning Difficulties aged from 8 to 19 years old. The school has space for 32 students and the Children Home provides full time care for up to 7 young people and respite provision for up to 4 young people each day.

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