Being a Home Manager at Rosa House

We caught up with Louise , one of our dedicated Home Managers to ask a few questions about her role at Care Hubz.
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What is your background? And how did you become Home Manager at Care Hubz?
"I have worked in the education sector for 10 years, and then decided to change things up by moving into the hospital setting. However, I soon realised that I missed working with young people, so I left the hospital and joined Youth Hubz as one of their first full-time keyworkers in October 2019. I worked in their only three-bed property at the time. As the company grew, an opportunity arose for me to join the Care Hubz team. I felt that this was the right move for me, as I wanted to have a better understanding of the regulations surrounding under 16s and the care they require. I applied for a senior care worker role and was successful in obtaining it. I remained a senior at Care Hubz for 2 years before progressing to the deputy manager position. During this time, a registered manager role became available at Rosa House, and I seized the opportunity, thus starting my journey as a manager there in January 2024. My first Ofsted inspection came in July 2024, and I was thrilled to receive a "good" rating. I never expected to be in this role so soon, but the experience has been amazing. Since then, I have been continuously developing my skills and improving my practice to ensure that I am always in line with the regulations and quality of care standards.”
2
What is most rewarding aspect of being Home Manager?
“Being able to lead a team so we collectively are achieving positive outcomes for young people.”
3
What does a typical day look like as Home Manager?
“No day is the same, however I work Monday to Friday and am based in Rosa House to ensure the staff are managed and supported. Every day I would be auditing records, ensuring paperwork is up to date and meeting the regulations. I will support any issues or concerns that may have been arisen by staff. I will also have various meetings to attend from care planning meetings, educational meetings, professional meetings, and internal management meetings.”
4
What do you think makes Care Hubz stand out compared to other Children’s Home in the area?
“Care Hubz is a really caring and supporting company. We work collectively to support each other as we all want same outcomes for our young people.”
5
Would you recommend joining Care Hubz?
“Yes of course I would. It is a rewarding job and has high satisfaction, but I have found its like marmite, you either really love it or you may really not and I think this is down to the mental resilience you require to support some of the young people through their day to day living.”
6
What would your advice be to someone who is joining the Care Hubz Team and awaiting induction?
“If you haven’t heard anything, do not worry we haven’t forgotten about you. Due to safer recruitment, it sometimes can be a long process, try remain open minded and as soon as we have all information we require such as DBS and reference we would be in touch to provide you a start date for your induction.”

April

Floating Support keyworkers
After leaving school, I worked in the textile industry for over 20 years. To support and encourage my daughter to attend college I completed an access to higher education course, where I had the chance to volunteer at a homeless shelter as part of the curriculum.

My passion for helping others then led me to start working with young people, initially in a mother and baby unit. In 2003, I joined Calderdale Council as a casual residential worker, becoming a permanent staff member in 2007. I then moved to a short break unit for children with learning disabilities in 2011, where I stayed until 2015 before changing my career path to focus more on support than care.

For the next 8 years, I had the privilege of supporting 16-18 year old care leavers, and I was even promoted to manager in 2018. It was a very rewarding experience, but I was eager for a new challenge when the opportunity to become a team leader working with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) became available. I'm really enjoying the new experiences and the chance to support these young people as they navigate the asylum process and work towards living independently developing skills for community safety and involvement, personal hygiene, and basis English.

Outside of work, I cherish my time with my children and grandchildren. It brings me great joy to be able to spend quality time with my loved ones.

Babita Mehta

24/7 Operational Manager
Babita has worked with children for over 20 years. She has worked in the Education sector in a safeguarding role, before transitioning into Safeguarding Lead with Youth Hubz Semi Independent Support where she has worked for the last 18months. She is currently completing Level 4 in Children, Young People and Families Practitioner and ensures she keeps up to date with her role by attending various Safeguarding Leadership courses with new legislation and guidance. Babita has been Safeguarding Lead since 2021. She supports the implementation of policies and procedures with safeguarding practices. She ensures staff are up to date with all the developments in child protection policy, research, practice and guidance. In 2023 Babita was promoted to Operational Manager for 24/7 support.