Deputy Manager

Location High Wycombe
Job type Permanent
Salary £28k - 32k per year
Reference 220712

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Deputy Manager to work full-time based in a Children’s home in High Wycombe.

The salary for this permanent Deputy Manager job is up to £32,000.

Main Duties:

  • To provide leadership and support to staff teams to ensure high-quality therapeutic care is delivered to young people as part of Woodbridge’s integrated service. Ensure that the regulation requirements are met through the Statement of Purpose and that this statement meets organisation requirements and is implemented, evaluated and reviewed within the appropriate timescales. To take full responsibility for the management of the Home in the absence of the Registered Manager and to provide the highest quality of care and support to Young People in accordance with Company policies, procedures and practices and the standards set by the Regulatory Body
  • To meet the requirements of the Registered and Placing Authority
  • To ensure that the Home always meets the regulations set by the Regulatory Body
  • To deliver services in line with the Children’s Home Regulations, including quality standards and Ofsted Social Care Common Inspection Framework (SCCIF) and company policies
  • To safeguard all Young People in the Home and to ensure good safeguarding procedures and principles detailed by your local safeguarding board are always in place and applied consistently
  • Work with the Manager to ensure that appropriately qualified and experienced staff are recruited in accordance with Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body
  • Work with the Manager to ensure that staffing meets the standards and levels as set out in the Home’s Statement of Purpose
  • Ensure that all staff complete a full induction in accordance with Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body
  • Support the Manager to effectively apply the probation process and contribute to decisions regarding ongoing employment of staff

Key Requirements:

  • Within the last 5 years, worked for at least 2 years in a position relevant to the residential care of children
  • Experience at management level in a residential setting
  • Worked for at least one year in a role requiring the supervision and management of staff working in a care role
  • Have appropriate experience, qualification and skills to manage the home effectively and lead the care of children; and (ii) be physically and mentally fit to manage the home, and (c) full and satisfactory information is available in relation to each of the matters in Schedule 2
  • Willingness to work towards further qualifications as required
  • Undertake relevant group induction training on commencement

Contact:

This job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position, please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers, and others within a residential or supported living setting, as we might have other roles applicable to you.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, we regret that we can only respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their roles. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well as being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.