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Experienced leadership for safe, accountable children's care

Animate Care is led by professionals with deep expertise in safeguarding, social work, residential childcare and regulatory quality - people who hold the service to the highest standard every day.

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Responsible Individual

Taps Kundoro, Responsible Individual at Animate Care

Taps Kundoro

Responsible Individual

Creating safe, nurturing and developmentally supportive environments for vulnerable children and young people.

Taps Kundoro is a compassionate and results-driven professional with a substantial background in child protection and supported accommodation management. Committed to creating safe, nurturing, and developmentally supportive environments for vulnerable children and young people, Taps excels in leading multidisciplinary teams, implementing effective care strategies, and fostering a culture of accountability, safety, and inclusion. His dedication to regulatory compliance, safeguarding best practices, and ethical standards makes him highly suited for the role of Responsible Individual within a children's home setting.

Qualifications and Experience
  • Diploma in Theology - Oasis of Grace Theological College
  • BA (Hons) Informal and Community Education - Canterbury Christchurch University
  • Master's in Business Administration - University of East Anglia
  • 5 Day Signs of Safety Lead - Signs of Safety
  • Supervision of Newly Qualified Social Workers - NSPCC
  • Responsible Individual Training - Children's Home Quality
  • Regulation 44 Visitor Training - Reconstruct
Professional Summary

With extensive experience in youth work, early help support, fostering services, setting supported accommodation, Regulation 44 visiting, and care management as a CQC Registered Manager and Nominated Individual, Taps is well-versed in maintaining the highest standards of care and compliance. As an experienced Responsible Individual, he has consistently demonstrated his ability to support, supervise, and uphold Ofsted standards in children's services. Taps' approach is rooted in ensuring that all practices align with safeguarding requirements and statutory guidelines and fostering a robust culture of safety and support for children and staff.

Core Skills
  • Child Safeguarding and Compliance
  • Regulatory Standards
  • Safeguarding Protocols
  • Leadership
  • Coaching
  • Team Development
  • High Standards of Care
  • Compliance
Personal Attributes

Taps is recognised for his proactive, innovative approach, constantly striving to enhance care practices and operational effectiveness. His empathy, integrity, and dedication to delivering positive outcomes for children make him a trusted and capable Responsible Individual. With a long professional background of working with children and young people and a commitment to inclusivity, Taps is well-equipped to support children and families from diverse backgrounds, ensuring that all children in his care receive the highest standards of support and protection.

Role Oversight

The Responsible Individual provides oversight of the service and ensures that the home operates in accordance with the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015, Quality Standards, and organisational values. The Responsible Individual works closely with the Registered Manager to monitor quality, promote continuous improvement and ensure positive outcomes for children.

Registered Manager

Toni Berry, Registered Manager at Animate Care

Toni Berry

Registered Manager

A strong advocate for children, trauma-informed care and co-produced planning with young people.

Qualifications
  • Diploma in Social Work
  • Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare
  • Nursery Nurse Examination Board
Experience

Toni is a qualified senior social worker who has worked with children and young people for twenty-six years. Her experience has been within Norfolk County Council, beginning her social work journey as an education social worker within local schools. Toni has worked predominantly with adolescents and care leavers. She is passionate about providing the right support for children and young people to prepare them for their future. Toni is a very strong advocate for children and demands nothing less than the absolute best for the children in her care. Toni has worked within multi-agency teams and has a great deal of experience collaborating with partner agencies.

Toni has extensive experience working with young people who have suffered multiple traumas, preparing them for independence. Taking a trauma-informed approach and providing a consistent, dependable source of support resulted in positive outcomes for those in her care. Her knowledge and experience of the teenage brain and impact of adversity on development is embedded in her practice and is at the core of how her team work with children and young people.

Toni has previous experience in the role of Registered Manager in a Local Authority residential setting. Toni completed the Level 5 accreditation in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare and Supervision training. Toni's strengths in child-centred practice and overall protection of children were noted by Ofsted and reflected in their positive rating.

Toni leads by modelling what she expects from her staff team and all those involved in the lives of children. Her expectations are high and she adopts an open-door policy to the children placed in her care. Toni works with children and young people, encouraging co-production of plans and decision-making at every juncture.

Toni's Skills
  • Child-centred practice
  • Protection of children and young people
  • Strong advocate for children's rights
  • Child criminal exploitation
  • Serious youth violence
  • Gang culture
  • Contextual safeguarding
  • Multi-agency collaboration
  • Care and pathway planning
  • Teenage brain development
Additional Training
  • Autism Awareness
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Harmful Sexual Behaviour
  • First Aid
  • Care of Medications
  • Fire training
  • CMPI restraint
  • Safeguarding and child protection
  • Teenage brain
  • Adolescent Neglect
  • County Lines, Child Criminal Exploitation, serious youth violence, and gangs
Role Responsibility

The Registered Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the home and ensuring that children receive high-quality care which promotes their safety, wellbeing, and development. The Registered Manager leads the staff team, oversees safeguarding arrangements, and ensures that practice remains consistent with the ethos and values outlined within this Statement of Purpose.

Quality leadership

How leadership protects children and supports staff

Regulatory Oversight

The Responsible Individual monitors quality, promotes continuous improvement and ensures the home operates in full compliance with the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015.

Daily Management

The Registered Manager leads day-to-day operations, staff supervision, safeguarding arrangements and ensures every child receives high-quality, consistent care.

Open Culture

Leadership promotes transparency, professional curiosity and decisions always informed by children's welfare, lived experience and individual needs.

Leadership: questions answered

Who is the Responsible Individual at Animate Care?

Taps Kundoro is the Responsible Individual at Animate Care. He provides strategic oversight and ensures the home meets all regulatory requirements.

Who is the Registered Manager at Animate Care?

Toni Berry is the Registered Manager. She is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the home and leads the staff team in delivering high-quality therapeutic care.

What does the Registered Manager do?

The Registered Manager leads daily operations, staff supervision, safeguarding arrangements and care quality. Toni holds an open-door policy and actively involves children in care planning decisions.

How is leadership accountable?

The Responsible Individual conducts regular oversight visits, the home undergoes independent Regulation 44 monitoring, and Ofsted registration means external inspection of standards and outcomes.

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