Deputy Manager - Children's Homes and Supported Accommodation

Tunnell Financial; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Grimsby seeks a Deputy Manager for Children's Homes and Supported Accommodation. You will inspire and support teams, ensuring compliance and the best outcomes for children in care. This role requires a strong leadership presence and understanding of safeguarding regulations. Benefits include flexible working and access to well-being support.

Benefits

Generous leave entitlement

Local government pension

Access to salary sacrifice schemes

Wellbeing support

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must meet Safer Recruitment guidelines.
• At least one reference from recent employment required.
• Professional email address needed for application.

Responsibilities

• Leading teams across Children's Homes and Supported Accommodation.
• Ensuring compliance with care standards.
• Covering evening and weekend shifts as per rota.

Skills

Leadership presence

Understanding of safeguarding

Knowledge of relational practice

Familiarity with regulatory frameworks

Job description

Overview

Accommodation that feels like a home. Teams that feel like families. We have an unwavering commitment to Children in our Care. You will be taking a lead role in ensuring our Children\'s Homes and Supported Accommodation are providing the best outcomes for our children ensuring they receive stability, care and love.

You will be joining a service on a relentless journey with collaboration at the forefront of our provision. Working with colleagues across our Children\'s Services and community partners, we continue to develop networks of support, stability and unlimited potential for our young people.

Join us in making a lasting impact for our children, our future.

Role

Deputy Manager - Childrens Homes and Supported Accommodation

We’re looking for a dedicated Deputy Manager to lead, inspire, and support our teams across Childrens Homes and Supported Accommodation, ensuring the highest standards of care, compliance, and positive outcomes.

You\'ll work alongside the Registered Manager, championing best practices, driving continuous improvement, and building strong partnerships with key agencies in education, health, and policing.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, with a strong leadership presence and a deep understanding of safeguarding, relational practice, and regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• The nature of this role means that you will work on a rota basis covering evenings and weekends routinely with a pattern of working one weekend in every four patterns covering 09:30am - 20:00pm.

Qualifications / Requirements

To apply, you should meet Safer Recruitment guidelines as below:

• At least one reference must be from your current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (if you are an agency worker at NELC, please provide your agency as a reference)
• You must provide a professional/company email address (we cannot accept personal email addresses)
• References must cover the last 3 years, any reasons for gaps should be detailed in your enhanced reference form. Your references will only be requested if you are offered and have accepted a position

Rewards and Benefits

As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension. You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform, which includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker Car Lease), discounts at local venues, wellbeing support, car parking, and savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels. NELC staff can benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme.

Safer Recruitment

In order to comply with Safer Recruitment guidelines, if you are successful with your application you must meet the below criteria and be able to provide:

• At least one reference from current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (agency references accepted)
• You must provide a professional/company email address
• References must cover the last 3 years; any gaps should be detailed in your enhanced reference form

If you need support applying, please contact Wendy Trask on 07702 338542 (text or call). She can assist with digital access and guidance on completing the application form.

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