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Children, young people and families manager (level 5)

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Information about Children, young people and families manager (level 5)

Manage teams to help and advise families that need support.

• Knowledge, skills and behaviours:
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  Knowledge

  • Current research and development in the health and social care sector
  • Theories underpinning the learning, development and motivation of individuals and teams
  • The role of the team and the internal and external environment in which it operates
  • Values and ethics and the principles and practices of diversity, equality, rights and inclusion
  • Approaches to dignity and respect
  • The principles and practice of supervision with their staff
  • The theories and up-to-date research and best practice that underpin practice decision making
  • The working practices surrounding legislation, national and local solutions for safeguarding and risk management of children, young people and families
  • A healthy, safe and stimulating environment that fulfils health & safety legislation and requirements
  • The safeguarding requirements contained within mandatory local safeguarding training or nationally accredited equivalent
  • The principles and practice of statutory frameworks, standards, guidance and Codes of Practice
  • The quality assurance of health and social care in line with OFSTED, CQC and other regulatory bodies
  • Approaches to developing and implementing improvement, including use of data
  • The theories of intervention that meet the needs of children, young people and adults within the family
  • The practice and principles of resource management
  • How to create engagement and innovation in the development of practice
  • The commissioning cycle and its application
  • Inter-agency and multi-agency work and its role in ensuring positive outcomes
  • Techniques to influence, persuade and negotiate with others
  • Principles of: reflective practice; how people learn; effective continuing professional development
  • Academic research, evidence-based data, policy developments, practice developments
  • The principles of long term care and support for children and young people
  • The legislation, the theoretical approaches and the compliance requirements for running a residential care home for the care and support of children and young people
  • The theory and best practice in the use of restraint
  • The national systems of social welfare
  • Local agencies and community groups
  • Theoretical approaches to the practice and principles of effective multi-agency working
  • Theoretical approaches to contemporary social issues that affect family life and the care of children and young people
  • The priority practice areas in the specific context and their responsibilities within it
  • Ethical and professional approaches to practice in a partnership context
  • Current research and development in the health and social care sector
  • Theories underpinning the learning, development and motivation of individuals and teams
  • The role of the team and the internal and external environment in which it operates
  • Values and ethics and the principles and practices of diversity, equality, rights and inclusion
  • Approaches to dignity and respect
  • The principles and practice of supervision with their staff
  • The theories and up-to-date research and best practice that underpin practice decision making
  • The working practices surrounding legislation, national and local solutions for safeguarding and risk management of children, young people and families
  • A healthy, safe and stimulating environment that fulfils health & safety legislation and requirements
  • The safeguarding requirements contained within mandatory local safeguarding training or nationally accredited equivalent
  • The principles and practice of statutory frameworks, standards, guidance and Codes of Practice
  • The quality assurance of health and social care in line with OFSTED, CQC and other regulatory bodies
  • Approaches to developing and implementing improvement, including use of data
  • The theories of intervention that meet the needs of children, young people and adults within the family
  • The practice and principles of resource management
  • How to create engagement and innovation in the development of practice
  • The commissioning cycle and its application
  • Inter-agency and multi-agency work and its role in ensuring positive outcomes
  • Techniques to influence, persuade and negotiate with others
  • Principles of: reflective practice; how people learn; effective continuing professional development
  • Academic research, evidence-based data, policy developments, practice developments
  • The principles of long term care and support for children and young people
  • The legislation, the theoretical approaches and the compliance requirements for running a residential care home for the care and support of children and young people
  • The theory and best practice in the use of restraint
  • The national systems of social welfare
  • Local agencies and community groups
  • Theoretical approaches to the practice and principles of effective multi-agency working
  • Theoretical approaches to contemporary social issues that affect family life and the care of children and young people
  • The priority practice areas in the specific context and their responsibilities within it
  • Ethical and professional approaches to practice in a partnership context

  Skills

  • Maintains and develops a leadership style that sets the ethos, aims and approach to the work
  • Manages the application of professional judgement, standards and codes of practice
  • Creates a strong sense of team purpose
  • Models an ethos that actively promotes equality, resilience, dignity and respects diversity and inclusion
  • Actively seeks the views of others
  • Develops and delivers good quality supervision practice and decision making
  • Demonstrates evidence based practice and models the effective use of up to date research and theories
  • Identifies and manages risk
  • Monitors, evaluates and improves the working environment to ensure it is safe
  • Sets clear, measurable objectives
  • Uses data to evaluate the effectiveness of outcomes
  • Develops, facilitates and leads changes in working practices that deliver improved outcomes
  • Actively encourages the participation of children, young people and families in service improvement
  • Manages the quality assurance of the service provided and proposes improvements
  • Manages and deploys total resource (e.g. people, finance, IT property) to maximise outcomes
  • Mobilises collective action across service boundaries and within the community to manage resources
  • Commissions and contract manages external providers
  • Collaborates with partner agencies and resolves complex issues to achieve best outcomes
  • Builds an ethos of learning and continuous improvement across partner organisations
  • Evaluates practice of team members
  • Assesses learning styles of self and team members and identifies development opportunities
  • Listens to, challenges and supports practitioners
  • Engages in reflective practice and develops a learning culture across the team
  • Ensures each child receives the care and that the continuity of care for each child is in place
  • Models the behaviour expected from staff and communicates a clear message about the responsibilities required in the care and support of children
  • Manages and monitors safe systems of physical restraint
  • Proactively develops and sustains strategies for joint working , to improve outcomes
  • Demonstrates good awareness of stakeholders
  • Contributes to and initiates appropriate joint budget arrangements
  • Leads, implement s and evaluates effective approaches to practice in specific contexts
  • Audits and measures performance effectively within a multi-agency context
  • Effectively uses and shares information and data
  • Leads and develops new approaches to early intervention in a partnership practice
  • Maintains and develops a leadership style that sets the ethos, aims and approach to the work
  • Manages the application of professional judgement, standards and codes of practice
  • Creates a strong sense of team purpose
  • Models an ethos that actively promotes equality, resilience, dignity and respects diversity and inclusion
  • Actively seeks the views of others
  • Develops and delivers good quality supervision practice and decision making
  • Demonstrates evidence based practice and models the effective use of up to date research and theories
  • Identifies and manages risk
  • Monitors, evaluates and improves the working environment to ensure it is safe
  • Sets clear, measurable objectives
  • Uses data to evaluate the effectiveness of outcomes
  • Develops, facilitates and leads changes in working practices that deliver improved outcomes
  • Actively encourages the participation of children, young people and families in service improvement
  • Manages the quality assurance of the service provided and proposes improvements
  • Manages and deploys total resource (e.g. people, finance, IT property) to maximise outcomes
  • Mobilises collective action across service boundaries and within the community to manage resources
  • Commissions and contract manages external providers
  • Collaborates with partner agencies and resolves complex issues to achieve best outcomes
  • Builds an ethos of learning and continuous improvement across partner organisations
  • Evaluates practice of team members
  • Assesses learning styles of self and team members and identifies development opportunities
  • Listens to, challenges and supports practitioners
  • Engages in reflective practice and develops a learning culture across the team
  • Ensures each child receives the care and that the continuity of care for each child is in place
  • Models the behaviour expected from staff and communicates a clear message about the responsibilities required in the care and support of children
  • Manages and monitors safe systems of physical restraint
  • Proactively develops and sustains strategies for joint working , to improve outcomes
  • Demonstrates good awareness of stakeholders
  • Contributes to and initiates appropriate joint budget arrangements
  • Leads, implement s and evaluates effective approaches to practice in specific contexts
  • Audits and measures performance effectively within a multi-agency context
  • Effectively uses and shares information and data
  • Leads and develops new approaches to early intervention in a partnership practice

  Behaviours

  • Care: Respecting and valuing practitioners, encouraging and enabling them to deliver excellent practice
  • Compassion: Consideration and concern, combined with robust challenge and support
  • Courage: Having honest conversations and encouraging practitioners to offer their own solutions to improving practice
  • Communication: Building relationships with practitioners, peers and partner organisations
  • Competence: Knowing the business, knowing what good practice looks like in others and having a relentless focus on delivering improved outcomes
  • Commitment: Demonstrating a strong moral purpose, modelling the ethos and building the skills of others and retaining and maintaining and own practice skills through effective CPD
  • Care: Respecting and valuing practitioners, encouraging and enabling them to deliver excellent practice
  • Compassion: Consideration and concern, combined with robust challenge and support
  • Courage: Having honest conversations and encouraging practitioners to offer their own solutions to improving practice
  • Communication: Building relationships with practitioners, peers and partner organisations
  • Competence: Knowing the business, knowing what good practice looks like in others and having a relentless focus on delivering improved outcomes
  • Commitment: Demonstrating a strong moral purpose, modelling the ethos and building the skills of others and retaining and maintaining and own practice skills through effective CPD
• Apprenticeship category (sector): Care services
• Qualification level: 5; Equal to higher national diploma (HND)
• Course duration: 24 months
• Funding: £6,000 ; Maximum government funding for ; apprenticeship training and assessment costs.

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