The Care Manager and Registered Person manage and report to Blackpool Homes Care Provider.

STAFFING STRUCTURE

The staffing structure at Blackpool Homes is as follows:

Management

• Our Manager has DipSW ( Diploma in Social Work )  and NVQ Level 4 Qualified and has over 20 years experience in youth and social work.

Deputy Manager

Our deputy manager will have a minimum NVQ Level 3 qualification.

Child Care Practitioners

The staffing deployment allows for handover meetings, information sharing meetings and training. Where extended training needs are identified, known and fully referenced supply staff will be used.

All our care staff receive comprehensive induction. Basic food hygiene certification, Health and Safety certification and First Aid form part of our essential training programme, Staff also receives training relating to Child protection, the complaints procedure and in the Team Teach Approach towards behaviour management.

At Blackpool Homes we provide a gender balance amongst the staff group. All staff will be required to share various responsibilities, which will be free of gender stereotyping. All members of staff will be expected to act and behave as positive role models.

At Blackpool we train our staff to be able to judge whether specific behaviours are symptomatic or cultural and, in order to fulfil this role, they socialise not only with the young people they are for, but also the wider community.

Knowledge of cultural diversities, acceptance of cultural pluralism, recognition of the need for integration on everyone’s part and not assimilation on the part of the minority, are all the essential elements of the ongoing employee training programme. Through their training they will become aware of the dangers of the subconsciously imposing expectations of ‘British’ culture and will instead consciously undertake to add the richness and variety of the cultures of the young people they work with.

The cultural diversity staff offer in the richness of dual heritage experiences ranges from countries including; Jamaica, Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, England and Wales.

At Blackpool Homes we have a supervision policy and all employees receive regular supervision.

In all circumstances that necessitate a referral to the Secretary of State, pursuant to section 2(1) (a) of the protection of Children Act 1999 (a), of an individual working at the home, will result in both placing authority/s and OFSTED being notified.