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Deputy Manager - Children's Home

A snapshot of the Deputy Manager role

Do you believe in the transformative power of nurturing, with a therapeutic approach and a family-style atmosphere for children to live and thrive in? If so, you could be one of the 2 new Deputy Managers to turn this into a reality at our new home opening in Spring 2024. As a Deputy Manager, you will have a hands-on approach in shaping the home and team to provide outstanding care.

You will encourage strong bonds between children and staff based on jointly undertaken activities, shared daily life, domestic and non-domestic routines, and established boundaries. By role modelling our culture and ethos, you’ll use this approach to lead, manage and motivate your team and drive them to deliver a quality service for the children we support.

About Bedspace

We are Bedspace. Our mission is simple - to transform the lives of vulnerable people.  Our team of 300+ people work to provide housing and support packages to our service users in asylum, young people leaving care, adults in social care and homeless families and individuals. 2024 sees us celebrate our 25th anniversary, in which time we’ve supported over 17,000 vulnerable people to transform their lives.

About you

With prior experience working in children’s residential care and working within UK regulations, you’ll share our passion for creating a supportive environment, and understand that it can be very difficult for trauma-surviving children, knowing that they may need extensive support to work through experiences and needs. You’ll have also strong leadership skills and experience in managerial administration and can navigate yourself around IT systems.

To be successful in this role these are the essential skills you’ll be able to showcase:

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Care (or willingness to complete Level 5 within 3 years).
• Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England)
• Leadership experience working directly with children in a residential setting
• An understanding of therapeutic models of care, evidence-based and research-led approaches
• Practical experience of planning staffing levels to meet the needs of the Service.

The Key info:

· 37.5 hours. Flexibility is required due to the nature of the role. On-call advice/support.

· £37,000

· Permanent

If successfully appointed references will be taken for all roles where you have worked with vulnerable adults and children; additionally a full work history needs to be included in your CV with explanations for any gaps.

At Bedspace, we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable people in our work. As part of our recruitment, selection, and appointment processes we conduct a range of vetting checks including Enhance DBS checks, to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children and vulnerable people are appointed.