Children’s Deputy Home Manager

Global Healthcare Jobs is currently seeking a Deputy Home Manager to join a residential children’s home based in Walsall.  

This residential children’s home supports vulnerable young people who have complex emotional and mental health difficulties.

• 40 hours per week shift work, including weekends and bank holidays

Duties

• To assist the manager in the management of the home, including the staff, the budget, the resources and fabric of the building and the welfare of the children and young people, with the objective of achieving the highest standard of service delivery as measured by Ofsted against the National Minimum Standards
• To promote the normal development of the children and young people and ensure staff are able to use appropriate strategies to address areas of concern
• To protect children and young people from threats to their health, welfare and normal development, inside or outside the home, and ensure that staff are aware of and use local safeguarding procedures and inter-agency arrangements to achieve this
• To participate in the development, implementation and monitoring of individual children’s care plans
• To ensure that key stages in the stay of children, such as admission and discharge, are properly managed and reflect decisions recorded in care plans
• To ensure that children facing particular crises and stresses are offered appropriate additional support, and to ensure that staff are supported in dealing with the most complex cases
• To develop and maintain good working relationships with parents and other family members where appropriate, social workers, school staff and other professionals with a concern for the children’s needs, such as general practitioners or psychologists
• To actively contribute to the development of the team, supporting the manager in giving constructive feedback on performance and providing leadership and guidance to ensure that the team works together collaboratively, and a consistent approach to childcare is achieved
• To personally model and maintain high standards of childcare practice and to be flexible, adapting to meet children’s needs
• To report to the manager, or other appropriate person, any malpractice or evidence which may suggest it

*This is NOT an exhaustive list of duties.

Requirements

• Two years’ recent experience of working with children/young people who are at risk in a residential or community-based setting.
• Degree in Social Work or equivalent or at least Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent

Benefits

• Real opportunities for development and career progression
• Comprehensive Training and Induction

Contact:

This job is advertised by Maisy Price; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications within a residential or supported living setting from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.