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Children's Residential Deputy Manager Opportunity
We are looking for a Deputy Manager for our Children's Residential home located in Ilford. It is a 4 Bed Home that specialises in Children with Emotional Behavioural disorder.
Are you a strong Senior Support Worker looking to step up? Or are you a Deputy Manager looking for a new start?
Requirements:
* You must have children's Residential Experience
* Hold NVQ Level 3 Residential Childcare or equivalent
* Driving Licence Essential
* Salary £34k Depending Upon Experience
* 40 hours per week
* One sleep in a week
Role Responsibilities:
* To support the home manager in undertaking the following responsibilities or in their absence to take on the management of the home and be directly responsible for these;
* To provide leadership and management of the home.
* To maintain an in-depth knowledge of The Children's Homes Regulations and Quality Standards, the Children Act, other relevant legislation and guidance and company policy and procedure.
* To safeguard and promote the wellbeing of the resident young people.
* To manage the homes staff team.
* To continue to manage the quality service aiming to achieve a 'Good' or 'Outstanding' Ofsted rating.
* To provide a therapeutic environment that promotes and supports children / young people's recovery from their abusive and traumatic life experiences.
* To represent the home to outside agencies and ensure compliance with the statutory requirements imposed by them and requirements of commissioners.
* To work with the wider management team to contribute to the planning and development of the group and to provide management support to other areas of the service where required.
* To maintain occupancy levels that are both commensurate with the business needs of the service and needs of the young people placed.
Personal Attributes:
* Enthusiastic, resilient and good with people.
* Ability to inspire, develop, grow and lead exceptional teams.
* Have good judgement about when to act to ensure the safety of others and to seek advice from others.
* Ability to apply and maintain appropriate professional boundaries, standards and values in practice.
* Self disciplined.
* Self awareness and ability to reflect on own practice and that of others.
* Child focused.
* Motivation/ desire to improve the lives of children and young people.
* Psychologically minded - ability to look beyond behaviour and understand causes and meaning.
* Ability to accept guidance and direction from senior managers.
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Pay:
From £34,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Casual dress
* Free parking
* On-site parking
Schedule:
* Day shift
* Monday to Friday
* Night shift
* Overtime
* Weekend availability
Licence/Certification:
* Driving Licence (required)
* NVQ 3 Children and Young people or Residential Childcare (required)
Work Location: In person
Meditemp is acting as an employment agency on behalf of our client in relation to this vacancy.
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