Shelter Matron at Cece Yara Foundation

Reports to: Assistant Director CAC

Job Description

• The post holder will be accountable to the Assistant Director CAC.
• The CAC Shelter Matron will be responsible for all staff working within or from the Shelter as identified by the Assistant Director CAC.

Description of Role

• The post holder will be responsible for managing all aspects of running the Shelter to ensure all children and families are supported and prepared to move on to independent living.
• To ensure that high levels of emotional and physical care, appropriate activities, comfortable accommodation and the service of keyworkers are planned, provided and applied in accordance with CAC Shelter policies.

Context of the Post

• The CAC Shelter will provide short term shelter to children and their non-offending families where the case management plan indicates this to be the most suitable intervention.
• Therefore, emotional sustainability, sound partnership practice, verbal and written communication techniques, the ability to form lasting relationships, commitment to working issues through, to be tenacious in working with children and families through establishing small achievable targets are required.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the management, co-ordination and development of a range of quality services for residents referred and/or accommodated within the home.
• To promote the practice of working in partnership with children, their families, other staff within the CAC, and other agencies, in order to meet the required needs.
• To provide effective leadership by implementing organisational strategies, in order to enable objectives of the CAC to be achieved.
• To promote team development and effective team working.
• To maximize the effectiveness of staff through motivation, development and the application of personnel policies.
• To take the lead in setting standards and evaluating achievements; to take a proactive role in securing improvements in the quality of services provided by the CAC Shelter.
• To contribute to the development of corporate policies and service initiatives, aimed at improving the service provided by the CAC Shelter.
• To set and review targets and objectives for the shelter’s staff team in order to ensure that work is focused and has clear direction.
• To provide operational management of the staff team and to deploy appropriate staff resources in order that key tasks are fulfilled.
• To ensure that sufficient back up resources are available in emergency/out of hours situations.
• To have line management responsibilities for a staff team, ensuring that all staff receive appropriate induction, supervision and appraisal.
• To take a lead role in the gate keeping and allocation of a range of services provided to meet identified needs.
• To actively participate in recruitment