Head of Care Operations (Maternity Cover)
Mary Hare School
West Berkshire
- £48,177.50 per year
- New
- Salary:
- NJC44
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 01/12/2024
- Apply by:
- 21 October 2024
Job overview
Head of Care Operations (Maternity Cover)
Hours: 41 Hours per week including some working alongside the shift patterns
Term: Permanent Term Time Contract (39 weeks per annum / 37 weeks)
Setting: Mary Hare Schools (Primary, Secondary & Sixth Form)
Location: Snelsmore Common, Newbury
Role Start Date: 2nd December 2024
What we’re looking for
Reporting to the Director of Care you'll be required to lead and manage Mary Hare's residential care team to provide the highest quality of care and attain and maintain excellent standards across the residential care division attaining the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Candidates will have Registered Manager experience or experience of running residential service in a registered residential children's provision or within a residential special school and their motivation will demonstrate the highest commitment to children and young people within our provision.
Mary Hare educates 250 profoundly deaf children at its residential school in Berkshire, and we pride ourselves on our pupils’ achievements at GCSE, A Level as well as B Tech and Vocational Courses. Our boarding provision enables our pupils to experience a safe and homely environment while they live away from family. No knowledge of sign language is required, as we follow an auditory/oral philosophy.
What you need to bring.
To be successful in the role we think you’ll need the following competencies:
- Lead and manage the residential care team to provide the highest quality of care and attain and maintain excellent standards focused on the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
- Be part of an active and visible leadership team who are responsible for developing and sustaining a culture of excellence and continuous improvement in the residential provision by ensuring effective management, organisation, delivery and quality of all care services and activities in line with and exceeding National Minimum Standards and Quality Standards
- Ensure the progress of children and young people across the residential care setting is effectively measured and recorded, using appropriate and relevant data, and that suitable targets are shared with pupils, parents and colleagues
- Lead the care team to perform to the highest standards and play an active part in the strategic direction of the school through its residential provision for pupils
- Have a clear integrated approach to working with SALT, Pastoral, SENCO and Education colleagues placing the best interests of the children and young people at the centre of their practice
- Experienced in leadership and management in a residential childcare setting
- Passionate about supporting young people with special educational needs
- Outstanding skills in forming positive relationships and developing positive partnerships
- Self-motivated and driven by opportunities to make a positive difference children and young people
- Have a firm understanding of the National Minimum Standards for Residential Special School
- Have a level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Childcare (or equivalent) or be willing to work towards
- Efficient at monitoring essential compliance
- A highly skilled communicator
- Positive, resourceful, innovative
- Skilled at managing and supporting a large team
- Practical and constructional
- Able to be part of an on call rota
What we offer in return
As well as an inclusive and supportive work environment, and a stunning location benefits also include:
- School holidays / term time only working
- Generous pension scheme
- Subsidised canteen
- Free on-site parking
- Free use of school swimming facilities
- Discounted tickets for shows at the Arlington Arts center
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for employee's and household members
- Employee Referral Program
Could this be you?
If you think so, then we’d encourage you to find out more so we can show you how wonderful and unique our school and businesses are and also how you could contribute to our continued success. If you'd like an informal discussion with our Director of Care before applying, then please contact Sarah Stefano on s.stefano@maryhare.org.uk
Completed application forms should be sent by the closing date of 21st October 2024.
Start date for post will be from 2nd December 2024.
Applicants should please note that Mary Hare adheres to Safer Recruitment Standards and as such all applications must be made via the Mary Hare website and using the Mary Hare Application Form.
Applications will only be considered via a completed Application Form; CV's cannot be accepted.
Mary Hare | Arlington Manor | Snelsmore Common | Newbury | Berkshire | RG14 3BQ
This School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal records self-disclosure form and successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks. We are committed to securing genuine equality of opportunity in all aspects of our activities as an employer and education provider.The role you are applying for is ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Attached documents
About Mary Hare School
- Mary Hare School
- Arlington Manor, Snelsmore Common, Newbury
- Berkshire
- RG14 3BQ
- United Kingdom
Our vision
That all deaf children should receive the education and support which will enable them to achieve their full potential at home, school and in their subsequent careers
Objectives
- Achieve the highest possible standards of educating deaf children, from early learning to tertiary education
- Be a major influence of national policy, practice and guidance in relation to deaf children and their education
- Enable families to achieve their vision and aspirations for their deaf child
- Support deaf children and young people in their emotional and social well-being
- Be recognised as a key provider of the highest quality training for all practitioners working with deaf children and young people
- Provide consultancy, advisory support, assessment and technical services that support the vision
Our history
Towards the end of the 19th Century, a number of prominent women were beginning to influence events in ways which were to have a profound effect on developments in 20th Century society. One such woman was the educationalist Miss Mary Hare. Her vision was that deaf children were capable of realising the full potential of their intellect and that they had no need of shelter from the rigours of hearing society in the growing number of asylums for the deaf and dumb. Such shelter served only to deny them opportunities and fundamental rights. She set about overturning the short-sighted view that the deaf child's prime needs were for care and protection, by establishing a small school in London in 1883. By 1916 this centre of learning had blossomed into the Dene Hollow Oral School for the Deaf based in Sussex and widely regarded as one of the best schools for deaf children in the Kingdom. During these twenty or so years of growth and development, Mary Hare had been able to show that her vision was not only justified and realistic, but achievable.
It was to honour the great contribution that this pioneer had made to the education of deaf children, that shortly after her death in 1945, Dene Hollow School was redesignated as the National Grammar School for the Deaf. Bearing her name, The Mary Hare Grammar School came to serve the needs of potentially able severely and profoundly deaf children throughout the United Kingdom. The rapid growth that this change brought necessitated a move to larger premises, and in 1948 the school acquired and occupied its present beautiful site close to Newbury in Berkshire. It is our hope that half a century after Mary Hare's death, the achievements of our pupils today still serve to honour her name and her vision.
Local information and facilities
Newbury is a market town located in West Berkshire in England in the UK with good bus, rail and road links and is located 50 miles south west of London. There are a wide selection of hotels in Newbury offering good hotel accommodation and bed and breakfast accommodation for visitors in and around Newbury. The Kennet and Avon Canal disects the town which has many historical buildings and places of interest including the Corn Exchange Theatre and the Museum by the Canal. The Newbury Racecourse is within 1 mile of the town centre and nearby are Highclere Castle, Donnington Castle, Snelsmore Countryside Park, the Ridgeway, the Downs and a host of other attractions.
School Information
Mary Hare School is the largest school for profoundly and severely deaf children in the UK. Mary Hare teaches using an auditory oral approach, so that children learn though spoken and written English – no sign language is used in teaching. The school has maintained a high standard, with over 85% of pupils gaining 5 or more GCSEs for the last 5 years and 95 % pass rate at A level. Nearly all leavers go on to further education.
The school is part of a large national charity and benefits from the additional activities of the Mary Hare Charity. An active fundraising department and various trading activities generate funds to support the development of the school. The Training Division provides opportunities for teachers to attend national and international conferences organised on site. The Training Division also offers post-graduate courses including the mandatory qualification for Teachers of the Deaf and the MSc in Educational Audiology and MA in Special Education (Hearing Impairment).
Mary Hare also has an Arts Centre on site, which houses the school’s music and performing arts department, but also offers a programme of arts events including music, theatre dance and comedy.
For further information please visit our website: www.maryhare.org.uk
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