Deputy Manager Residential Child Care

Job Title: Deputy Manager Residential Child Care
Location : Reading
Salary: £32,708 to £36,556 per year
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
About Us:
At Positive Footsteps we aim to create a safe and nurturing environment; enabling children and young people to recover from past trauma and grow to achieve their full potential. We provide an outstanding quality of care for a child/ young person or sibling group, who, for whatever reason, are unable to live with their own families.
About The Role:
We are looking for an exceptional individual to join our Management team as the Deputy Manager of our 4-bed home in Reading. We support young people in care with emotional, behavioural difficulties.
Applicants Should Have:
A genuine commitment to engaging with children who have challenging behaviour and complex history
The ability to create positive relationships with the children, meeting their needs and safeguarding them at all times
An understanding of Safeguarding legislation and Children's homes regulations 2015
The ability to support the management of a diverse staff team, role modelling and developing them to reach their potential
An interest in supporting the development of the organisation and engaging others in working collaboratively
Ability to build and maintain professional relationships with parents, carers and professionals
Commitment to engaging in continuing professional development
Ability to react calmly in stressful situations
Self-motivated with the ability to manage a busy workload with oversight from a Registered Manager
Empathy and understanding, ensuring the children's views and wishes are heard and communicated
The ability to be a good role model
High personal and professional standards
Flexibility when needed to cover unsocial hours, shifts at short notice, and participate in on call rota
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
A willingness to arrange and engage in Social Activities and holidays, our children ask for adults who can have 'fun'
We are looking for someone with:
NVQ Level 3 in Children and Young People Workforce (Essential)
Experience of working in a supervisory capacity
Experience of working with young people that have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties (Desirable)
Up to date and in-depth knowledge of Children's homes regulations 2015
Ability to work with web-based information systems and good IT skills
Full, clean UK Driving Licence (Preferred)
A full list of responsibilities will be shared at point of interest.
Benefits Include:
Entitlement to 28 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
Progressive pay scale
Referral programme
Employee Assistance Programme
Paid Training, including additional training to support progression
Enrolment into the NEST Pension scheme
Staff incentives, achievement awards
Access to hundreds of discounts and benefits through the high street and online
Working hours will include evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
Sleep in rate: £50 per night. Average of 1 sleep in a week.
All candidates will be subject to Safer Recruitment and DBS checks.
Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role.
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