Deputy Manager - Children's Homes and Supported Accommodation
Accommodation that feels like a home
Teams that feel like families
We have an unwavering commitment to Children in our Care. You will be taking a lead role in ensuring our Children's Homes and Supported Accommodation are providing the best outcomes for our children ensuring they receive stability, care and love.
You will be joining a service on a relentless journey with collaboration at the forefront of our provision. Working with colleagues across our Children's Services and community partners, we continue to develop networks of support, stability and unlimited potential for our young people.
Join us in making a lasting impact for our children, our future.
Deputy Manager - Children's Homes and Supported Accommodation
We're looking for a dedicated Deputy Manager to lead, inspire, and support our teams across Children's Homes and Supported Accommodation, ensuring the highest standards of care, compliance, and positive outcomes.
You'll work alongside the Registered Manager, championing best practices, driving continuous improvement, and building strong partnerships with key agencies in education, health, and policing.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, with a strong leadership presence and a deep understanding of safeguarding, relational practice, and regulatory frameworks.
The nature of this role means that you will work on a rota basis covering evenings and weekends routinely with a pattern of working one weekend in every four- patterns covering 09:30am - 20:00pm.
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a meaningful difference, we'd love to hear from you.
For more information, please refer to the role profile You can also email Queenie Carrie - Deputy Service Director - Regulated Services or Claire Oliver - Service Lead - Children's Homes and Supported Accommodation for an informal discussion about the role.
We reserve the right to close our adverts early if we have received a significant volume of suitable applications.
As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.
You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.
This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.
NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme.
In order to fully comply with Safer Recruitment guidelines, if you are successful with your application, you must meet the below criteria and be able to provide:
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At least one reference must be from your current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (if you are an agency worker at NELC, please provide your agency as a reference)
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You must provide a professional/company email address (we cannot accept personal email addresses)
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References must cover the last 3 years, any reasons for gaps should be detailed in your enhanced reference form. Your references will only be requested if you are offered and have accepted a position
Do you need support?
If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on (text or call). Wendy can support with digital access as well as offering advice and guidance about completing the different sections of the application form.
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