Home Manager-Jobs in Großbritannien

Deputy Residential Manager Children s Home
Hours: Full-time
Contract: Fixed Term: 16 months (Maternity Cover)
Salary: £50,000 to £56,000 pa + benefits
Location: London, Zone 2 - Lambeth SW8
Women only Genuine Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010

Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of young women in care aged ?

We are looking for a Deputy Manager to join our children s home, supporting young people aged . This is a leadership role, but we are also very happy to consider experienced Senior Practitioners or Keyworkers with supervisory experience who are ready to step into management.

You will lead and inspire a team of Practitioners, ensuring care is always unconditional, trauma-informed, compassionate, and high quality. You ll play a key role in ensuring compliance with the Children s Homes Regulations and Ofsted Quality Standards, while promoting a culture of love, kindness, authenticity, and professional integrity.

• Provide day-to-day leadership and supervision of staff, promoting a supportive and reflective culture
• Ensure practice is trauma-informed, nurturing, and responsive to young people s needs
• Support staff development through coaching, supervision, and performance management
• Contribute to care planning, risk management, and multi-agency working
• Uphold professional boundaries while modelling high standards of practice
• Lead on group and individual activities to support young people s emotional, social, and educational development

• Competitive salary, pension, staff wellbeing fund, and travel allowance
• Monthly Management Coaching and 1-to-1 Supervisions
• Ongoing training & development
• Support to complete the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Childcare

Every young person deserves care that is safe, kind, and unconditional. If you are ready to lead with compassion and inspire others, we d love to hear from you.

Timescales: Application submission: ASAP and before 5pm Friday 19th September
Interviews: 1st Round online on Teams from Monday 15th September
Start date: October 2025

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Investing in our People
We value the importance of determining the right strategy, keeping everyone on board, enhancing our management practices and continuously evaluating what s working or needs further improvement. We deliver services in an increasingly competitive, rapidly changing sector with limited resources.

For us, the effective development of our collective talents and career prospects is the only way we can ensure sustained growth and competitive advantage.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equality
We are committed to embedding inclusive practices, promoting equality and valuing diversity in all of our activities. We understand and acknowledge the positive benefits that this commitment will bring to the young people we support, our staff and our partner organisations.

We are striving to be an employer of choice for all and take measures to ensure that Young Futures is attracting recruits from the most skilled and committed people regardless of their background. Whilst we can already be proud of some examples of excellent practice, we are not complacent and recognise that we can always do better.

No agencies please.