Kate Alexander
Summary
Hard-working with strong organisational skills. Achieves company goals through exceptional planning and prioritisation.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Children Home Manager
Within Reach Services
Gloucester
05.2024 - 04.2025
- Joined Within Reach to open brand-new service for up to 2 young people.
- Part of process of registering home from start until finish when home and was successfully registered with Ofsted.
- Implement systems into home
- Created Workforce development plan
- Onboarding
- Making sure that staff file are all correct and up to date
- Payroll
- Keeping up to date with all current legislation and employment law
- Conducting internal investigation and disciplinaries
- Completing audit prior to Ofsted visit
- Supporting other home with audits
- Completing leadership team supervisions, probations review and appraisals
- Building relationships with other relevant professionals such as Police, LADO, local authority, safeguarding board
- Recording and completing all appropriate documentation to ensure that individual records, observation or research results are accurate and informative.
- Implementing policies and procedures.
- Coordinated multidisciplinary team meetings for better communication and service delivery.
- Developed strategies for efficient resource allocation, leading to improved services.
- Ensured compliance with all regulatory standards through continuous monitoring and evaluation processes.
- Took charge of recruitment process for new employees; selected candidates best suited for job roles.
- Handled difficult situations calmly whilst maintaining professionalism at all times.
- Adapted swiftly to changing circumstances; ensured smooth operations even during crisis situations.
- Managed budgets effectively, ensuring optimal use of resources.
- Line managed 30 staff members by monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), overseeing appropriate training programmes and demonstrating inspirational leadership.
Registered Children Home Manager
Cambian Group
Hereford, Herefordshire
09.2018 - 05.2024
- Have progressed through Cambian from RCW to Registered Manager.
- Have been Registered manager for over 5 years working with young person with emotional and behavioral difficulties.
- Have had 5 Ofsted inspections, and all inspections have outcome of GOOD in all areas.
- Having good sound knowledge of Ofsted framework as well as regulations and quality standards
- Safeguarding of staff and young people.
- Rota Management
- Payroll
- Recruitment
- Onboarding
- Completing audits of home and making sure that home complies with legislation
- Going into other home to support by completing audits of home.
- Supervision and appraisal of all staff in home, having to have difficult conversations when discussion poor work practice.
- Completion of Reg 45 reports
- Support staff in managing difficult behaviour.
- Recording and completing all appropriate documentation to ensure that individual records, observation or research results are accurate and informative.
- Ensuring all policies and procedures applicable to service and company are followed
- Maintaining child cantered ethos in home and ensuring young people are at center of all decisions.
- Lead LAC reviews and Ofsted inspections
- Completing of management investigations and conducting disciplinaries
- Facilitated professional development trainings for staff, improving their skills and knowledge base.
- Coordinated multidisciplinary team meetings for better communication and service delivery.
- Developed strategies for efficient resource allocation, leading to improved services.
- Ensured compliance with all regulatory standards through continuous monitoring and evaluation processes.
- Took charge of recruitment process for new employees; selected candidates best suited for job roles.
- Handled difficult situations calmly whilst maintaining professionalism at all times.
- Adapted swiftly to changing circumstances; ensured smooth operations even during crisis situations.
- Managed budgets effectively, ensuring optimal use of resources.
- Line managed 10 staff members by monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), overseeing appropriate training programmes and demonstrating inspirational leadership.
Education
Working Towards Level 5 People Management
CIPD
Level 5 Leadership & Management
City And Guilds
2020
Level 3 Health And Social Care Children
City And Guilds
2016
Level 3 Health & Social Care Adults
City And Guilds
2012
Skills
- Personal data protection understanding
- Recruitment and hiring practices
- Staff management
- People Management
- Compliance understanding
- Absence management
- Conflict Resolution
- Quality Assurance
Timeline
Registered Children Home Manager
Within Reach Services
05.2024 - 04.2025
Registered Children Home Manager
Cambian Group
09.2018 - 05.2024
Working Towards Level 5 People Management
CIPD
Level 5 Leadership & Management
City And Guilds
Level 3 Health And Social Care Children
City And Guilds
Level 3 Health & Social Care Adults
City And Guilds
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