Responsible Individual, Consultant
Delphi Care Solutions Ltd
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Birmingham • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Operates lawfully under all relevant legislation
- Meets and sustains the Quality Standards
- Maintains safe, proportionate safeguarding systems
- Remains inspection-ready under the Social Care Common Inspection Framework
- Delivers measurable outcomes for children
- Represents the provider in regulatory engagement
- Provides independent governance oversight
- Provides strategic safeguarding leadership
- Ensures inspection-readiness assurance aligned to SCCIF
- Ensures provider-level accountability
- Ensures constructive professional challenge
Requirements
- Enhanced DBS including Children’s Barred List check
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management (Children’s Residential) or demonstrable equivalent senior leadership experience
- Significant senior leadership experience in children’s residential care
- Deep knowledge of:
- - Care Standards Act 2000
- - Children’s Homes Regulations 2015
- - Quality Standards
- - Ofsted Social Care Common Inspection Framework
- Strong safeguarding expertise
- Ability to evidence governance scrutiny
- Ongoing CPD
- Minimum: X days per month (dependent on client’s needs)
- - Monthly Registered Manager supervision
- - Quarterly governance review
- - Attendance during inspection
- - Immediate availability for serious safeguarding incidents
- Travel to services across UK regions will be required. Mileage and reasonable travel expenses may be chargeable in line with the agreed consultancy contract.
- Ethical Statement
- The Responsible Individual’s primary duty is to children’s safety and welfare.
- Commercial interests must never override safeguarding responsibilities.
- Delphi Care Solutions will not support or remain engaged with services where safeguarding standards fall below acceptable statutory thresholds without clear, measurable improvement action.
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Hard Skills & Tools
Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management (Children’s Residential)governance oversightsafeguarding systemsinspection-readiness assuranceregulatory engagementmeasurable outcomesquality standardschildren's residential caregovernance scrutinyongoing CPD
Soft Skills
strategic leadershipprofessional challengeaccountabilityethical decision-makingcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycritical thinkinginterpersonal skills
Certifications
Enhanced DBS including Children’s Barred List check