Job Description
Specialist Therapeutic Children’s Home – looking for Deputy Managers who wish to pursue the next step in their career.
Are you looking for a great opportunity to continue to develop your career in care, working as part of a team committed to helping young people? Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure, and you will be working in a setting where they maintain a strong safeguarding culture, where children and young people are listened to, respected, and involved in as many decisions as possible.
Join our client, they have the perfect role for you.
About the Role
The Deputy Manager is responsible for the effective day to day running of the home in the absence of the Registered Manager
Specifically, your responsibilities will be:
• To co-ordinate and oversee the provision of all aspects of the young people’s
individual placement plans; care, education, therapeutic Input, and assessment.
• The day-to-day administration of the home particularly in terms of meeting
legislative and business requirements.
• To provide leadership, guidance, and management
• Ensure that a model of supervision is offered to all staff.
• Ensuring that the home is meeting Ofsted requirements.
You’ll be an experienced leader and motivator of staff and you must have worked in a Children’s Home before supporting young people who have experienced childhood trauma.
Who is our client looking for?
When it comes to caring for the young people, only the best will do. We want friendly and responsible individuals who have a passion for caring and making a difference to young lives.
Our client is looking for someone who shares our clients vision and values and who can provide a safe and nurturing home for our clients young people. You will be calm, engaging, resilient, and able to use your own initiative.
You will ideally understand some of the challenges that you could be faced with as it can be a challenging yet rewarding role.
Our client needs someone who can be a role model, work well within a team, has great communication skills, is willing to go the extra mile and be prepared for the varying difficulties the role may present.
You will need 2 years working in a residential children’s service with at least 1-year supervisory experience working at a senior level. You will already have L3 Diploma for Residential Childcare or equivalent plus L5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or working towards, or a willingness to undertake this.
About our client
Our Client provide specialist care and education for young people with who have
experienced early years trauma.
Our Client works hard to help the young people develop into confident, safe young adults
who make a positive contribution to the wider community.
Our integrated approach is effective because it brings together different strands of
care, education, and therapy which are shaped to individual needs.
Why join our client?
Our Client offer the opportunity to work in a friendly specialist environment and be part of a
real integrated and inclusive multidisciplinary team who work hard to support each
other whilst delivering personalised care, therapy, and education to enrich the lives of there young people.
Our client offers a competitive salary and benefits.
• Salary from £31,669
• Additional sleep-in allowance
• Enhanced night waking rates (where applicable)
• 25 days annual leave
• Contributory Pension
• Extensive Induction and Training Programme
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