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Deputy Manager

Deputy Manager

Fieldview Care Recruitment SolutionsUnited Kingdom
5 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Deputy Manager Children's Home Hillingdon W London HA4 GBP36,000-GBP40,000

We require a Deputy Manager for our modern and spacious detached children's homes, situated in Hillingdon W London, offering a unique Emotional Behaviours service for children and young people and specialising in children and young people with complex mental health & EBD needs & associated challenging behaviours.

  • The ethos of our children homes is to provide safety and stability to children in a time of great difficulty and change, enabling them to continue with everyday life even though they may be facing tough challenges.
  • Our homes provide therapeutic and nurturing environments so that the children feel safe and cared for whilst learning boundaries and self-care skills.

Requirements for Deputy Manager

  • Diploma L3 Residential Childcare (or equivalent)
  • Willingness to complete Diploma L5 L&M in H&S
  • Knowledge of CHR 2015 and the QS
  • Awareness of Equal Opportunities / ADP issues
  • Knowledge of the Children Act and other relevant legislation
  • Team-building skills
  • Supervision skill
  • Ability to manage teams effectively.
  • Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing.
  • Understanding the needs of looked-after children including managing challenging behaviour.
  • Excellent organisational skills 12 months relevant supervisory experience
  • 24 months experience of working in a residential setting with and managing challenging behaviour.

    • Shift Pattern

    We require flexibility from potential candidates as in Days, Night(Wake or sleep in), weekend and bank holidays. Sleep in rate is GBP60 per night. You must be flexible ( liable to change)

    Salary for Deputy Manager

    Competitive 40 hours per week annual salary GBP36-GBP40K plus some sleeps

    You will be required to be flexible in your hours supporting the children the staff and the Manager

    Deputy Manager Key Responsibilities

  • Assist and support the Registered Manager in all aspects of the residential care of the Ofsted registered home, to provide a high quality service which meets the individual needs of the children and young people and to help create and maintain a non-institutionalised, child centred safe community home for extremely vulnerable children.
  • Take on on-call duties outside of working hours in support of the home dealing with situations in line with children's homes regulations and company procedures
  • Support staff on a day to day basis promoting good practice and responding to concerns or first line complaints.
  • Take part in the assessment process of potential new admissions to the home.
  • Oversee record keeping and take part in the regular auditing of the children and young people\'s records, responding to any issues requiring further action, including those identified at reviews.
  • Manage and provide supervision for designated support workers and night waking support worker
  • You will oversee the working rotas.

    • To apply or for more information about this Deputy Manager opportunity please contact Mick Hull Fieldview Care Recruitment Solutions

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