Registration with Ofsted
As a registered Children’s Home Manager you have an incredible amount of responsibility, including managing a staff team, meeting relevant regulations, and prioritising the care of children. It is quite common for Children’s Home Managers to be promoted internally without having been exposed to some of the situations or tasks which they are then expected to navigate. This often results in overwhelmed managers who end up leaving their role due to lack of support.
Contact us today to discover how Changing Outcomes can support you in your successful transition to this role.
How Changing Outcomes Help Registered Children’s Home Managers
Our friendly team of consultants are vastly experienced and have all previously been registered managers of children’s homes. Not only does this help them understand the difficulties and dynamics of any given situation, but their experience since has equipped them with useful tools that are ready to be shared. As part of our managerial support package you could receive:
- Regular mentoring sessions (in person or remotely).
- Supervision.
- Assistance with quality assurance systems, devising risk assessments, developing forms and templates, and/or putting together Ofsted action plans.
- Formal training.
- A tailored management support program.
Are you promoting a member of staff and want to ensure they receive correct guidance? Or have you been promoted yourself and are looking for some support? Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us today and we can provide you some bespoke guidance.
Benefits of Children’s Home Manager Supervision
External support for Children’s Home Managers can provide an array of benefits including:
- Stress Management – Seeking support can provide you the opportunity to discuss the various challenges you are facing as well as receiving expert advice on difficult decisions. Naturally, this can take a lot of pressure off your shoulders.
- Personal Development – By working with experts you are able to reflect and receive feedback on your performance. This is a great way of enhancing your skills relevant to the role and becoming a more effective manager. .
- Compliance with Regulations – It is well known that running a Children’s Home involves adhering to a vast amount of important legislation. In working with Changing Outcomes, we will help you meet these regulations and keep you up to date with any changes.
- Successful Care – Ultimately, by receiving support and implementing what you are learning, the young people are going to benefit and have better outcomes because of it.
Take advantage of the benefits available to you, by contacting us about our bespoke Children’s Home Manager supervision.
Why Should You Trust Changing Outcomes’ Guidance?
Still not convinced? Read what people say about working with us?
From the outset, Andy took time to understand the organisation and build the relationship as a critical friend through regular dialogue. His support and service has been instrumental in helping Beaufort improve the quality of our service for young people through the regulation 44 independent visitors.
As we have grown, Changing Outcomes had grown with us. Providing an increased number of quality independent visitors. In addition to this, Andy and his team have also supported us in developing our supported housing provision by providing professional independent visitor reviews.
We have been working with Changing Outcomes for 4 years now. The Reg 44 visitors are always knowledgeable and familiar with the standards. We have found the visits to be thought provoking and a useful tool for personal and service development. The Reg 44 reports are well written and cover all of the standards thoroughly, with easy to evidence month to month progress on recommendations.
Changing Outcomes have always acted in a professional manner and have been dedicated to helping us set up and develop our service. They have provided helpful feedback and suggestions and have always been willing to offer constructive advice. It is refreshing to have such a positive and constructive relationship with our reg 44 visitor, who offers an invaluable third-party view of the care that we provide.
Having supervision with Changing Outcomes has been so beneficial to me as a newly qualified Children’s Home Manager. Our sessions are a safe and confidential space, where I am able to enhance my professional skills, attitudes, and knowledge in order to achieve competency in providing quality care. My supervisor also gives great advice and shares resources that I can implement into my service. I am really grateful to have been matched with her!
I use Changing Outcomes for my Reg 44 monitoring. I find they provide a professional service and use personnel that are experienced in Residential care and in particular the OFSTED inspection criteria. Every month I am given advice and suggestions to make my service better. The monitoring format is clear and covers all the regulations relating to the Quality Standards. Each month Andrew Roberts picks a theme, and this is explored and discussed during the monitoring visit. Overall, I am very impressed with Changing Outcomes.
Residential Group received a really professional service from Changing Outcomes. The team have been accommodating and very knowledgeable. Nothing has been too much trouble in their support of our Children’s home enquiries and we have had great support both face to face and online. Changing Outcomes has been able to educate us toward the benefit of our young people and the service we are looking to provide. Aftercare has been exemplary and we feel like we have a very knowledgeable ally moving forward with our business plan for the future. We hope that our business relationship with Changing Outcomes is one of longevity and confident that with their support, our business will go from strength to strength.
We spent a lot of time researching consultants in helping us set up our home. After many conversations with Andrew, we decided to go with Changing Outcomes. Even before any payment was made, Andrew was really helpful on the phone answering my questions. Andrew supported us in creating a business plan and financial forecast. He did extensive research in the area we wanted to open a home. He even had a meeting with children’s services in the area we wanted to open a home. Andrew sat with us and explained our business plan and financial forecast at great length. He is always a phone call away for advice and is very honest. With his guidance and support, we have been able to get funding to open our home.
Changing Outcomes has ensured that interviews occur within the required timescales and an in depth report is completed highlighting what happened and suggesting possible methods of reducing / eliminating missing episodes.” The report is centred around the voice of the child and in instances where the child is not willing to engage the interviewer will try different methods before liaising with the adults working at the home to gain detailed information.
From the outset, Andy took time to understand the organisation and build the relationship as a critical friend through regular dialogue. His support and service has been instrumental in helping Beaufort improve the quality of our service for young people through the regulation 44 independent visitors.
As we have grown, Changing Outcomes had grown with us. Providing an increased number of quality independent visitors. In addition to this, Andy and his team have also supported us in developing our supported housing provision by providing professional independent visitor reviews.
We have been working with Changing Outcomes for 4 years now. The Reg 44 visitors are always knowledgeable and familiar with the standards. We have found the visits to be thought provoking and a useful tool for personal and service development. The Reg 44 reports are well written and cover all of the standards thoroughly, with easy to evidence month to month progress on recommendations.
Changing Outcomes have always acted in a professional manner and have been dedicated to helping us set up and develop our service. They have provided helpful feedback and suggestions and have always been willing to offer constructive advice. It is refreshing to have such a positive and constructive relationship with our reg 44 visitor, who offers an invaluable third-party view of the care that we provide.
Having supervision with Changing Outcomes has been so beneficial to me as a newly qualified Children’s Home Manager. Our sessions are a safe and confidential space, where I am able to enhance my professional skills, attitudes, and knowledge in order to achieve competency in providing quality care. My supervisor also gives great advice and shares resources that I can implement into my service. I am really grateful to have been matched with her!
I use Changing Outcomes for my Reg 44 monitoring. I find they provide a professional service and use personnel that are experienced in Residential care and in particular the OFSTED inspection criteria. Every month I am given advice and suggestions to make my service better. The monitoring format is clear and covers all the regulations relating to the Quality Standards. Each month Andrew Roberts picks a theme, and this is explored and discussed during the monitoring visit. Overall, I am very impressed with Changing Outcomes.
Residential Group received a really professional service from Changing Outcomes. The team have been accommodating and very knowledgeable. Nothing has been too much trouble in their support of our Children’s home enquiries and we have had great support both face to face and online. Changing Outcomes has been able to educate us toward the benefit of our young people and the service we are looking to provide. Aftercare has been exemplary and we feel like we have a very knowledgeable ally moving forward with our business plan for the future. We hope that our business relationship with Changing Outcomes is one of longevity and confident that with their support, our business will go from strength to strength.
We spent a lot of time researching consultants in helping us set up our home. After many conversations with Andrew, we decided to go with Changing Outcomes. Even before any payment was made, Andrew was really helpful on the phone answering my questions. Andrew supported us in creating a business plan and financial forecast. He did extensive research in the area we wanted to open a home. He even had a meeting with children’s services in the area we wanted to open a home. Andrew sat with us and explained our business plan and financial forecast at great length. He is always a phone call away for advice and is very honest. With his guidance and support, we have been able to get funding to open our home.
Changing Outcomes has ensured that interviews occur within the required timescales and an in depth report is completed highlighting what happened and suggesting possible methods of reducing / eliminating missing episodes.” The report is centred around the voice of the child and in instances where the child is not willing to engage the interviewer will try different methods before liaising with the adults working at the home to gain detailed information.
Get in touch!
If you want to work with children’s home consultants who go the extra mile to ensure a high standard of care, get in touch with us today.
