Deputy Manager – Children’s Home (Bradford)

Deputy Manager required children residential home based in the BD9 area of Bradford.

Hourly rate: £15.05 + £45.00 per sleep

Requirements:

• Level 3 or 4 Children and Young People’s Workforce or equivalent Level 5 Management is desirable
• 2 years of experience in a senior role within a children’s residential setting
• Candidates must be drivers with a full, clean UK driver’s license and experience of driving Manual/Automatic vehicles (company vehicle provided)

About You:

We are recruiting a Deputy Manager who is highly motivated and who can make a positive difference to young people in changing their lifestyle and have a proven record of working in residential care. Experience of direct work with young people within a Children’s Residential Home with emotional and behavioural difficulties is essential.

Responsibilities:

• Support the manager in all aspects of running the home, ensuring compliance with the Children’s Home Quality Standards 2015.
• Assist in ensuring each young person’s needs are met through effective assessment and care planning, including reviewing and monitoring care plans.
• Lead in setting standards and driving improvements in service quality.
• Promote team development and effective teamwork.
• Facilitate and support young people in decision-making, promoting choice and involvement in house meetings.
• Apply and review strategies developed for managing challenging behaviors.
• Liaise with other agencies/professionals, as necessary.
• Ensure proper record-keeping and communication with staff, signing off records at the end of each shift.
• Handle young people’s personal and financial matters with integrity.
• Participate in and document staff and young people’s meetings as needed.
• Direct staff in the absence of managers, ensuring all tasks are completed.
• Delegate tasks to Residential Child Care Workers/Team Leaders and monitor their implementation.
• Ensure effective induction for new employees.
• Conduct timely supervision and appraisals for the staff team.
• Undertake on-call duties as directed.
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures.

Benefits:

• Christmas bonus
• Blue Light Card
• Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards – earn up to £2500 per referral!
• Financial wellbeing service
• Life Assurance
• Option to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave.
• Tastecard – spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
• Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
• Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
• Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
• Employee assistance programme – free, confidential support.
• Community and wellbeing – Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. We’re in this together.
• Supportive management and senior leaders.
• High quality CPD opportunities.
• Free eye checks.

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