Deputy Children’s Home Manager – Wheaton Aston

Job Description

Medsolve are proud to be working with a client who are recruiting for a Children’s Home Deputy Manager.

This is a permanent role.

My client offers a rate: Circa £37,600

Other benefits for the Children’s Home Deputy Manager include:

• Competitive pay and sleep-in allowance
• Enhanced overtime rate of time and a third
• Access to employee wellbeing programme
• 28 days annual leave entitlement, rising to 33 days with 5 years service

Excellent opportunity for enthusiastic candidates to join the team in one of our children’s residential homes. They are a rapidly expanding organisation and are offering a very competitive salary plus benefits including a quality bespoke training package and generous renumeration for sleep-in shifts. They specialise in supporting Children and Young People who have suffered early life trauma, neglect or abuse and may display challenging behaviours.

The role of the Deputy Manager:

• To lead the team to deliver high quality care to our young people
• To ensure that all risks are safely managed in line with the company policies and procedures.
• To review the young people’s care plans and other associated documentation
• To act as an advocate for the young person whilst using a positive parenting model
• To work with young people using positive support strategies including de-escalation tools and techniques using in-house training (PRICE)
• To provide support to the Manager in order to complete day to day tasks
• To run the home in the absence of the Manage
• To complete on-call duties as and when required

The requirements of the Deputy Manager:

• Must have a full manual driving licence
• Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare or equivalent
• Must be prepared to complete Diploma Level 5 Children’s Residential Care
• To participate in further continuing professional development support the needs of our young people
• To be open minded, empathetic in a calm and professional manner

If you would like to work for a professional and passionate company who has the interests of their children/young people and employees at heart. If you have personal passion and drive to make the difference to the lives of children and young people, then please apply today!

Please note our client does NOT offer sponsorship.

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £37,600.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• Experience with children: 1 year (required)
• Management: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)
• Level 5 Children’s Residential Care (preferred)
• Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Location:

• Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire (required)

Work Location: In person