Deputy Manager - Boothroyd House

Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Boothroyd House

To Start As Soon As Possible

We have exciting opportunities for therapeutic care givers to join our brand-new Residential Service at Boothroyd House and join our Leadership and Management Team.

Could you help us in our mission to create a warm, safe, and happy home for our children where all can thrive? We have created a house that is both welcoming, warm, and safe for all and now need to take the next step to make it a home.

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic, reliable, and proactive individual who has a strong commitment to ensuring all within their care are both safe and cared for. They must be nurturing and supportive, with excellent communication skills and can form strong relationships with children and young people, team members, parents and carers and key stakeholder partners.

Our home will provide care for up to 4 boys aged between 7-12 who may have a range of complex needs in addition to impaired social or cognitive functioning due to early life trauma and attachment difficulties. By working in partnership with a supportive and experienced Registered Manager, Senior Residential Care Workers, Clinical Lead, and other colleagues you will be responsible for creating and maintaining an environment where safe, consistent, creative, and enabling care for the children and young people (who can present with complex and challenging behaviours) is the standard. Alongside our Safeguarding stakeholders in the wider community, your role through collaborative partnerships, will be to help develop and safely lead the team within our Model of Care, promoting and facilitating positive outcomes.

As part of The Smith Foundation, we will work in partnership with our colleagues at The William Henry Smith School to provide Outstanding individualised learning opportunities for our children and young people. You will actively model safe and effective positive relationships, ensure that the children and young people are supported to safely tackle areas of difficulty, be enabled to develop, and ensure opportunities are created in which they can thrive.

The successful candidate will have the characteristics, personality, and resilience to handle challenging behaviour effectively and professionally, and be physically fit to provide social learning experiences. Active participation in daily activities both within the home, and in the community, is required.

Working full time will require flexibility and the ability to undertake shift work including weekends, evenings and sleep-ins, bank holidays and on-call duties.

Our Commitment to you:

• A friendly and inclusive working environment
• Opportunities to truly enrich the lives of our children and young people and make a positive difference
• A therapeutic model of care providing individualised guidance to support you in your role
• Clinical supervision
• Dedicated career pathways to enable you to achieve your full potential
• Accredited training programmes including Diplomas and Apprenticeships
• Supportive and dedicated leadership through our multi-disciplinary management team
• Work patterns that support your quality of life and wellbeing
• A competitive defined contribution pension scheme
• Life assurance scheme (3x annual salary)
• Employee assistance healthcare cashback plan
• A strong focus on staff health & wellbeing
• Access to Head Space and Perks at Work which offers hundreds of discounts and benefits
• Assistance with childcare savings and cycle to work scheme.

The successful candidate will:

• At least 3 years’ experience within children's residential homes, with a minimum of 1 year in a senior role
• Diploma Level 3 Children and Young Persons Workforce qualification
• Have or be enrolled on Level 5 Management, or willing to work towards achieving this
• Be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Ofsted frameworks, Children's Home Regulations, Quality Standards and relevant legislation
• Act as a role model; be able to empower, motivate and provide a high level of support for the team and young people
• Demonstrate experience of acting ethically, with integrity and empathy as well as commitment to working towards these values
• Be passionate in motivating, inspiring and safeguarding young people, and the team members in their care
• Have a proven track record in supervising and managing people
• Ensure Boothroyd House operates to a high standard in the absence of the Registered Manager
• Lead the team and support the Registered Manager with the overall running of Boothroyd House confidently and competently
• Collaborate with colleagues to implement the best possible care practices
• Embrace and support Boothroyd House’s Quality of Life and Positive Behaviour Support ethos
• Ensure that Quality of Life underpins all work with children & young people/families and fellow colleagues
• Have the ability to develop positive and sustainable relationships with children and young people
• Be a creative and reflective individual who inspires confidence in meeting the needs of our young people
• Be highly motivated and able to contribute to collaborative working with colleagues and wider partners
• Be able to demonstrate resilience, motivation and commitment
• Have a positive attitude and mind-set, embracing the positive physical and mental health and wellbeing ethos. This includes role modelling self-care and reflection
• Have the ability to promote and celebrate diversity, collaboration, and equality at all times
• Be honest and act with integrity, be trustworthy and understand the need for confidentiality.

Please note that you must be 22 years old or above to apply as per Children’s Home Regulations. You must also have a valid driving licence.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff to share this commitment. Our recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and an enhanced DBS check (you are applying for a position working in regulated activity). In order to be successful in your application, you will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding your behaviour at all times.

The Smith Foundation values equality and diversity across its workforce and aims to ensure our staff community is reflective of the diversity of the children and young people within our care. In support of this commitment, we welcome applications from individuals of Black, Asian and mixed ethnic minority backgrounds.

Interview Date: Week Commencing 3rd June 2024