Agency Manager inChieveley inChieveley PUBLISHED
WED 9 OCT 2024
PERMANENT
Prior's Court Foundation rWbAiQx1
The Agency Manager at Prior's Court Foundation in Chieveley will be responsible for effectively managing and deploying agency staff within the organisation. Key duties include overseeing the rostering and engagement of agency workers, acting as the Duty Manager for site management, and coordinating major incident management. The role also involves vetting and negotiating contracts with agencies, ensuring compliance with onboarding and performance management processes, and maintaining the Agency Single Central Database.
Additionally, the Agency Manager will monitor agency staff hours, approve invoices, support safeguarding investigations, and ensure high training compliance. Collaboration with the Learning & Development team to help agency staff achieve the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare is expected. The role requires strong interpersonal skills, the ability to work under pressure, and responsiveness to inspections from Ofsted/CQC or Local Authorities.
Additionally, the Agency Manager will monitor agency staff hours, approve invoices, support safeguarding investigations, and ensure high training compliance. Collaboration with the Learning & Development team to help agency staff achieve the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare is expected. The role requires strong interpersonal skills, the ability to work under pressure, and responsiveness to inspections from Ofsted/CQC or Local Authorities.
We are looking for a solutions-focused Agency Manager who will take prime responsibility for the management, engagement, and deployment of agency staff across the organisation. You will already have strong rostering /rota knowledge as well as having strong interpersonal skills all whilst working well under pressure.
The prime responsibility of the role is for the management, engagement, and deployment of agency staff across the organisation.
Additionally, you will act as the responsible person Duty Manager for overall site management working within the Duty rota. This would be upholding the title of major incident management coordinator and holding the duty site phone.
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- Agency vetting and contract negotiation.
- Requesting of agency resource primary liaison with agency suppliers
- Agency staff management to include Induction, quarterly check-in meetings and performance management.
- Compliance of all agency staff Safeguarding, right to work, references and tracking in our Prior Insight system (maintain Agency Single Central Database).
- Regular monitoring of agency hours removing non-active staff and ensuring agency staff are not working excessive hours.
- Approval of agency invoices against timesheets.
- Supporting all/any Safeguarding or other investigations relating to Agency staff members in conjunction with the Safeguarding lead/and or HR.
- Maintaining Agency Training records and ensuring a high level of training compliance. Conduct monthly training checks and provide the relevant Executive team members with monthly reports.
- In collaboration with our Learning & Development team, support Agency staff to achieve theLevel 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare.
- Respond to all Ofsted/CQC and/or Local Authority requests for information (including inspections.)
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