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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