Deputy Manager - (Children's Residential Home)

Eden Brown Synergy has an exciting opportunity for Deputy Manager for a Children's Residential Home with exciting career progression opportunities withing a growing group.

This role offers development opportunities for the right person that includes performance based salary reviews after a successful probationary period, professional training, flexi-hours within a 40 hours work week and overtime.

Requirements for this role:

• A Level 3 Residential Childcare Diploma or relevant Level 4 or 5 equivalent qualification
• At least 2 years' previous experience in a similar environment (Residential Children's home)
• Senior Residential Support Worker or Team Leader with experience supervising shifts, and staff
• Previous experience assisting the RM with Ofsted preparation, maintaining health & safety procedures, promoting development and wellbeing of children and young people, implement and review placement plans, maintaining daily routines,
• Strong leadership and reporting skills
• Knowledge of Children Act 1989, children's rights, Children's Home Regulations 2015, Care Standards Act 2000 , Safeguarding children's procedures

The person would be responsible to:

• Deputise in the absence of the manager.
• Assist in the day to day management of the home and to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children young people.
• Ensure that occupancy is maintained at the optimal level, liaising with relevant commissioners when there are vacancies and working closely with the Director
• Contribute to the provision of a secure, stable, supportive environment for young people which respects and promotes their health, culture, religion, race, identity and lifestyle.
• Assist in ensuring full compliance with all regulatory bodies, including: Ofsted, Fire Authority, Health and Safety Executive and Environmental Health.
• Assist in developing, managing and leading the staff team in working with children with learning disabilities/autistic spectrum disorders.
• Implement policies and procedures and ensure a safe, secure and healthy environment at all times.
• Adhere to the aims, objectives and values at the highest levels and provide best possible outcomes for all children
• Assist in the management of the residential unit in order that these tasks are successfully achieved.
• Assist in ensuring that the Home complies with regulations and work towards meeting the requirements, standards, aims and objectives, policies and procedures of the company.
• Assist managing the home to the highest professional standards and within the agreed budget.
• Assist regularly reviewing the level of achievement of services against service objectives and standards.

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

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