Deputy Manager Children's Services

Courtyard Care; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's residential care provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Deputy Manager for Children's Services. This position involves providing support and leadership to the care team, ensuring high-quality, person-centered care for children and young people. The successful candidate will need relevant experience, qualifications, and a commitment to fostering a positive and empowering care environment. Competitive benefits include referral schemes, funded qualifications, and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme

Above and beyond awards

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work scheme

Pension scheme

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Mental health first aiders

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a managerial position within a care environment is essential.
• Must have supervisory experience in a Residential Children’s home.
• Knowledge of Ofsted legislation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide emotional support and practical assistance to your team.
• Ensure person-centered, outcome-focused care for all individuals.
• Lead the team to maintain high quality care and meet compliance standards.

Skills

Experience in care setting

Leadership skills

Knowledge of safeguarding procedures

Motivational and inspiring leadership

Education

NVQ Level 3/4 in Children and Young People

Job description

About The Role

As Deputy Manager you will provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower your team to enable the people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations. The Deputy Manager will be responsible for supporting the service manager to set the culture of the service, leading and inspiring the teams to ensure that everyone within it lives and breathes our company ethos.

Position: Deputy Manager - Children's Services

Location: Kettering and surrounding areas (opportunity to work across additional services)

Hours: Full time, 42 hours per week

WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP.

The role

Working alongside and with the support of our Registered Manager you will be responsible for the provision of high-quality care by participating, observing, and sharing experience across all services. You will be supported in your work by various team leaders and senior support workers.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that each person we support receives person-centred, Ethos driven and outcome focused care which reflects their assessed and individual needs by encouraging discussion and input from the people we support.
• Taking responsibility for quality within the service by implementing and ensuring compliance with the company’s clinical governance and quality assurance systems.
• Ensuring that each person we support has documentation that is personal to them, that care/goal plans are reviewed monthly and good, accurate notes are made, allowing the reader to see the changes or progress made.
• Assisting the Registered Manager with reviewing budgets, staff rotas, complaints and relationship building with external regulatory bodies.
• Acting as a role model to staff at all times. Leading and managing an empowered, engaged, motivated and highly effective support team encouraging them to make a difference to the people we support and their lives, whilst providing the highest quality care.
• Ensure effective recruitment, induction, training, coaching and development of staff, and completing managerial supervisions and annual appraisals for all staff ensuring competencies are met and the values are maintained at all times.

About you

To be successful in this role, previous experience within a similar managerial position in a care setting is essential. In addition:

• Experience working within a Residential Children’s home and supervisory experience
• NVQ Level 3/4 in Children and Young People or equivalent (Essential)
• Knowledge of Ofsted legislation and safeguarding procedures.
• You will be enthusiastic and passionate about delivering high quality, person centered care for the people we support and be able to provide inspiring, motivational, clear and supportive leadership for our colleagues.

We are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words, these underpin the PRIDE we take in our services.

‘Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy’

What we can offer:

• Refer a friend scheme – we know that you will know fantastic people who will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made *
• Above and beyond – we recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams. We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!
• Long service awards – we recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service
• Employee benefits app – stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.
• Cycle to work – you can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme
• Pension – we will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Life cover – you will be entitled to the death in service benefit.
• Funded qualifications – earn whilst you learn! we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton *
• Career pathways – we invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!
• Swanton Educates – we have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development
• Trained mental health first aiders – available to support you when you need someone to talk to
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support
• Employee Voice – we hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us

*subject to eligibility & criteria

About The Service

We provide high quality, flexible and responsive residential care and support to children and young people with complex medical or mental health needs and associated self-harm responses.