Deputy Children's Home Manager

Stockport Council; Marple; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Stockport Council seeks a Deputy Children’s Home Manager SO1 to lead Bredbury Green Children’s Home, ensuring safe, nurturing care for ages 8–18. You will deputise for the Registered Manager, oversee safeguarding, care planning, and staff development, and drive trauma-informed practice.

You will apply strong leadership, professional judgement and relationships to deliver consistent daily practice and ensure high-quality outcomes within regulatory frameworks.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build safe, respectful and trusting relationships with children, families and professionals with trauma-informed understanding.
• Experience leading, supervising and coaching staff with constructive feedback.
• Competence in assessment, risk management, care planning and accurate recording.
• Must have Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent; GCSEs in maths and English; IT skills.
• Regulatory knowledge of Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, Quality Standards and Ofsted framework; senior experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee safeguarding, care planning, risk management and quality assurance.
• Lead staffing, recording and supervision to ensure high support and continuous improvement.
• Deputise for Registered Manager and maintain visible engagement with children and staff.
• Drive improvements aligned with regulations, standards and trauma-informed care.

Skills

Relationship building

Staff leadership

Care planning

Risk management

Professional accountability

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare

GCSE Maths

GCSE English

Level 5 leadership (desirable)

Job description

Deputy Children’s Home Manager SO1 (£37,563 - £42,123 inclusive of two increments for evening and weekend working) 37 Hours, Full Time Permanent Bredbury Green Children’s Home

Application Deadline: Friday 9th October 2026 at 11:59pm Shortlisting Date: Monday 12th October 2026 Interview Date: 15th October 2026 Interview Type: In person

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Your Role

Bredbury Green is a new three-bed children’s home in Romiley for children aged 8 to 18. We are creating a warm, nurturing and stable home where children feel safe, cared for, listened to and able to thrive. As Deputy Manager, you will work closely with the Registered Manager and take a leading role in turning this vision into consistent everyday practice.

You will be the operational leader of the home, confidently deputising when the Registered Manager is unavailable and remaining visible and connected to children and staff. You will lead through relationships, professional curiosity and sound judgement: supporting the team to understand behaviour as communication, apply trauma-informed and PACE-informed care, maintain safe and predictable boundaries and keep children’s lived experience at the centre of decisions. You will oversee safeguarding, care planning, risk management, staffing, recording and quality assurance, and help create a culture of high support, respectful challenge, reflection and continuous improvement. Your knowledge of the Children’s Homes Regulations, the quality standards and Ofsted’s inspection framework will help you recognise what good care looks like in practice, monitor children’s experiences and progress, identify concerns early and lead improvements that make a meaningful difference to their lives.

About You

We are looking for someone who can combine warmth and emotional intelligence with clear accountability and operational confidence. In your application, please explain how you meet the following criteria:

• Proven ability to build safe, respectful and trusting relationships with children, families and professionals, with a good understanding of trauma, attachment, disability, identity and contextual safeguarding.
• Experience of leading, supervising, coaching and developing staff, including giving constructive feedback and helping colleagues translate learning into everyday practice.
• Demonstrable competence in assessment, matching, risk management, care planning, safeguarding decision-making and accurate, defensible recording.
• A Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or an accepted equivalent qualification, GCSEs in maths and English or equivalent, and confident IT skills. A relevant Level 5 leadership qualification is desirable; where this is not held, you must be willing and able to work towards it within agreed timescales.
• In-depth knowledge of the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015, the Quality Standards and Ofsted’s inspection framework, with at least two years’ relevant experience in residential childcare within the last five years and at least one year in a senior role.

About Us

Come and work in the public sector, where your leadership can make a difference to children and young people in your own community. At Stockport, we strive for excellence in the care we provide and want every child and young person living in our homes to receive thoughtful, consistent support.

In return for your expertise, commitment and experience, we will support your learning and development through a culture of high support and high challenge. You will receive reflective supervision, coaching and practical leadership opportunities, with space to develop confident decision-making, safeguarding leadership, quality assurance and preparation for future Registered Manager responsibilities.

We can support you to obtain the relevant Level 5 leadership qualification if you do not already hold it. You will also have access to a strong programme of learning and development, including trauma-informed and relational practice, PACE, safeguarding, contextual safeguarding, restorative approaches, risk management and leadership development.

At Stockport Council, we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. We are keen to recruit people with the values and behaviours to put our workplace values into practice every day.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter for our commitment to colleagues’ wellbeing. As members of the charter, we pledge to pay the real living wage, involve staff in key decisions and support fair and flexible working conditions.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

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