Colin Burns

• Supported compliance with care inspectorate regulations for service operations.
• Assisted in maintaining health and safety standards within the building, including fire safety protocols and statutory checks.
• Participated in quality assurance activities, including preparation of annual returns and service development plans.
• To ensure that GIRFEC, UNCRC, Promise guidance is embedded in practice and is evidenced throughout all paperwork for young people.
• Child Protection and safe guarding lead for the the service .
• Reviewed reports for LACC reviews and children's hearings to ensure proper evaluation.
• Conducted impact assessments to aid in the review of placement plans.
• Prepared for inspections by organising electronic and hard copy evidence files.
• Guided and mentored staff to enhance team performance.
• Collaborated with learning and development teams to create training plans for service improvement.
• HR responsibility for the service including Absence management , Support and guidance, Capability support , Annual leave/Rota Management
• Engaged with internal and external stakeholders to foster positive relationships.
• Work alongside Children's service's, Education, Educational Psychology, CAHMS, Police, as part of the Team around the child.
• Support young people to access external advocacy services and therapeutic support.
• Development and review of policy and procedures.
• Organise and chair professionals meetings .
• Work as part of the Children's services management team to review and develop guidance/policy/procedures .

• Service manager for a care home for 12 adults with Prader -Willi Syndrome from the ages of 18 to 51. Responsible for day to day running of the service.
• Manage quality assurance, governance and compliance with internal and external partners such as Care inspectorate, SSSC, Disclosure Scotland, Social work teams.
• Manage safeguarding and adult protection issues in line with legislation and guidance.
• Management of developed budgets to ensure service is run to required operational standards and financial compliance is met.
• To ensure that a holistic, person centred approach that promotes positive risk taking is embedded with practice and care plans.
• To ensure that health & safety practices/processes meet legislative requirement's.
• To work alongside multi-disciplinary teams to ensure care packages are reviewed and meet needs of individuals.
• To ensure staff are trained effectively to meet company and SSSC requirements.
• To managed implement programs of positive behaviour support alongside the positive behaviour team.
• To review and manage risk assessments to ensure that they organisational and legislative requirements.
• Supervision and development of staff team in line with organisational requirements.
• Development of service action plan that sets goals-targets to develop and continuously improve the service.
• Management of internal financial procedures to ensure compliance and transparency of recording of service and supported individual finances.
• Audit, inspection and review of medication practice and procedures to ensure that practice meets required standards internally and externally inline with Handling of medicines in social care guidance and care inspectorate requirements.
• Management of staff performance and

practice issues including disciplinary and absence.

• Liaise with internal and external partners to market and promote the service.
• Develop and review the statement of purpose and aims/objectives of the service to ensure that it evidences the care and support that the service provides.
• To ensure that staff are recruited effectively and safely and meet internal and external requirements before employment commences.
• Work alongside clinical teams and stakeholders to evaluate the purpose of the service to drive continuous improvement and to implement a culture that promotes positive change and risk taking.

• Work within the care team to support young people from the ages of 11-18 years across two services. One service is a Care home for children and the other service is a supported accommodation service for young people 16 years and over.
• The main duties of my role are to support young people who are unable to live at home to function within a group setting, this in a done in a holistic manner using the model of Social pedagogy to develop the skills and abilities of the young person.
• To work with the young people using the Getting it right for every child principles to engage their participation in their care plan.
• To promote their health and well & being through exercise , diet and activities that meets their physical and emotional wellbeing.
• To work as part of the care team to ensure that risks are properly assessed and managed to ensure that a safe living and working environment is prompted in line with relevant legislation such as the health and safety at work act 1974.
• To complete reports for looked after and accommodated reviews, Weekly /Monthly update to local authorities ,Risk assessment and individual crisis management plans .
• To attend reviews and work in partnership with statutory agencies such as the police and social work to support the need s and development of young people in care and to manage risk appropriately.
• Work alongside specialist agencies such as Barnardo's , Positive changes to support young people who are experiencing or have involvement in offending behaviour or anger management issues.
• To work in partnership with education services to support young people to manage their education and to attend regularly.
• Responsibility to implement and manage Medication system in line with National care standards and relevant legislation and practice guidelines.
• To ensure that safe care guidelines are followed in line with “Holding safely “ and that local and national policy ,legislation are followed in regards to Child protection and whistle blowing
• To work with families, young people and social work to facilitate contact arrangements with young people and their families.
• Ensured contact arrangements aligned with the needs of young people.
• To support young people with through and aftercare acting in the role of “Corporate parent “ as per Children and young people (Scotland)Act 2014 alongside other teams such as social work to support and nurture the young people into adult life.
• Developed new risk assessment template based on the National risk framework guidance that reflected a narrative based approach toencourage more comprehensive analysis of risk of children and young people . Also to encourage a culture within the service that promotes positive risk approaches for children.

• The main responsibilities of my role was to oversee the direct provision of the service to ensure that it met National care standards and that Getting it right for every child principles were embedded within the systems and processes of the service. I did this by the design of systems / processes and the development of staff training and practice programs to ensure effective skills development.
• I was responsible for ensuring that the staff team were managed, trained and supervised in line with organisational policy and procedure and to ensure that Staff was trained to Scottish social services Council registration requirements,
• Through programs of training with organisational and external partners to ensure both organisational and SSSC registration requirements were met.
• I also developed resources on relevant legislation such as the Children (Scotland) act 1995, Getting it right for every child principles, National care standards, Looked after & accommodated Children principles and responsibilities to develop staff knowledge and practice within the service.
• I was responsible for ensuring that partnerships and relationships with parents/families were developed maintained and nurtured from children transitioning into the service to them moving on to other services or throughout their journey through the residential units and school.
• As parts of the school leadership team it was part of my role to engage with the school's parent council to look at service development and to engage parents to participate in the school development plan.
• Within my organisation I engaged with senior management as part of the learning and development strategy for the organisation sitting on the learning and development sub group. This group looked at the development of training, information and resources that would be implemented across the organisation. As part of the function of the group all training would be bench marked and quality assured before being rolled out to front line staff.
• I also sat on my organisations child and adult protection forum which looked at how the organisation developed policy, practice and service delivery in line with National care standards ,SSSC requirements and adult/child protection legislation.
• As part of my role I engaged with Social work services from initial enquiry to the service, to transitional work , development of care plan/service and through care/after care for the young people. I worked in conjunction with social work teams from all over Scotland to support young people and their families, To develop services and to investigate complaints and concerns.
• I worked in partnership with families to ensure that their Child's needs were assessed, developed and progressed in an empathetic,nurturing and holistic manner.
• Development and design of programs of care and autism specific training that supported families to develop a deeper understanding in how to support their child to develop.