Deputy Manager

Wmjobs; Stafford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffordshire County Council is seeking a Deputy Manager for its residential children’s homes in Staffordshire. You will lead a team, support daily operations, and ensure high standards of care in a trauma-informed, safeguarding-focused environment.

You will work shifts including evenings, weekends, and sleep-ins, and liaise with professionals to support looked after children and families. Interviews commence soon after the closing window.

Qualifications

• Full UK manual driving licence is required.
• Level 3/4 in CYPW or equivalent.
• Experience in a children’s residential home.
• Ability to be a great role model to looked after children.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Flexibility to work shifts including evenings and weekends and sleep-ins.

Responsibilities

• Support and assist the Registered Manager in the effective day to day running of the residential children's home, and oversee a staff team and allocations.
• Support encouragement of individual young people to achieve potential and live a safe, caring life.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, Ofsted, and quality standards.
• Collaborate with Police, Social Workers, Education and Health to assess and meet children's needs.
• Deputise for the Registered Manager and oversee financial transactions within guidelines.
• Monitor care plans and involve young people and families in their care planning.
• Maintain records in line with guidelines; supervise premises and housekeeping duties.
• Cover other homes across the county as needed; be available for unsocial hours and sleep-ins.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Communication

Empathy & safeguarding

Education

Full UK Manual Driving licence

Level 3/4 in Children’s and Young Peoples Workforce Qualification or Equivalent

Job description

Join us in Staffordshire to work with our children, young people and families.

We are committed to providing the best care and support, fostering lifelong relationships with our children. Creativity and fun are at the core our approach, both inside and outside the homes. Our specialist teams support children and young people across Staffordshire, with numerous vacancies available.

As we continue to develop and enhance our in house residential service towards a more therapeutic and trauma-informed offer, we currently have 3 Deputy Manager vacancies for our homes in Stafford.

Working hours vary between the homes, but we operate on 15 hour shifts on a 1 on 2 off basis or a mix of early and late shifts. Our new increased pay range also recognises the challenging nature of the role.

We embrace strength-based approaches and offer a rewarding work-life balance.

Main Responsibilities

As aDeputy Manager, you will support young people in the many different aspects of daily life within our homes including:

• Supporting and working alongside the Registered Manager in the effective day to day running of the residential children's home, to be responsible for a team of staff and work allocations and to be responsible for all aspects of the residential premises.
• Supporting encouragement of individual young people to achieve their potential and live life to the full in a safe, caring, consistent environment in which growth and independence are encouraged and nurtured.
• Ensuring that you and the team work in accordance with the Statement of Purpose that governs the function of the home and it accurately reflects the ethos and stated aims of the home and is regularly reviewed and updated as directed by the Registered Manager.
• Assisting the Registered Manager in ensuring that correct compliance with all relevant legislations, statutory regulations and Quality standards including those matters that require Ofsted notifications, inspection recommendations and learning from reg 44 reports.
• Working collaboratively and in partnership with the children, team members and other professionals (Police, Social Workers, Education and Health) to contribute and monitor the multidisciplinary assessment of children's needs, support children to ensure their needs are met and for them to reach their full potential as outlined in their care plans.
• Where appropriate, deputising for the Registered Manager ensuring that all financial transactions are certified for payment and conducted within financial regulations and Departmental guidance.
• Monitoring the implementation of care plans in respect of all children and promote increased participation by children and their parents in their own care planning and other relevant forums to ensure a high quality care and support for the children.
• Assisting the Registered Manager in ensuring that staff in the establishment maintain appropriate records in accordance with departmental guidelines and procedures.
• Monitoring and ensure that the use of physical intervention is in accordance with the Departmental Guidelines and Procedures whilst ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all young people including safeguarding and child protection.
• Ensuring medication is administered to individual young people and ensuring that an adequate supply of prescribed medication, medication is stored in line with policy and legislation and that there are regular stock audits.
• Monitoring and ensuring that buildings and furnishings are maintained to an acceptable level and to be responsible for some general housekeeping duties including household chores to ensure that the residential home is operating to a high standard.
• Undertake any other duties required by management, which are commensurate with the grading of the post.
• This includes covering at other homes across the county which could be at short notice.
• To be available to work unsocial hours including weekends and bank holidays.
• To share sleep-in duties
• To be part of the of the 'on call rota' for all homes across the service

The Ideal Candidate

Minimum Criteria

• Full UK Manual Driving licence
• Level 3/4 in Children’s and Young Peoples Workforce Qualification or Equivalent
• Have qualifying experience working in a children's residential home
• Ability to be a great role model to our looked after children.
• Be a strong leader with good team management skills, and ability to build trusting relationships with staff and the looked after children.
• A genuine care and compassion to work with looked after children
• Flexibility to be able to work shifts that include evenings and weekends and sleep ins and bank holidays.

Interviews will be commencing from 19th October 2026

For information, please note that there is currently an ongoing review within Children and Families to realign individual teams and the wider team’s ways of working. As a result, this role may be affected by the review. For further information, please speak to the hiring manager.

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

Please note: The minimum essential criteria in the ideal section detailed above will be used if you are applying under one of our Interview Guarantee Schemes.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as yourapplication meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you'll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that's why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.