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Job Role: Deputy Homes Manager for our new Bournemouth home opening soon!
Deputy Homes Manager Welcome Bonus - £10,000 if you apply between 11th September - 13th October 2025**Terms and Conditions Apply
Salary: £39,680 - £40,720 OTE £47,280 - £48,320
Salary inclusive of: Sleep Ins - £30 & On Call shifts - £60
Rota expectation - 40 hours per week, 6 sleep ins and 3-4 on call shifts (Depending on the needs of the Home)
Qualification / Experience:
12 months in a Deputy role, QCF Level 3 minimum, willingness to complete QCF Level 5
White Trees group is owned and operated by SureCare Residential Ltd. Our role as a company is to provide a home for vulnerable and complex young people who find themselves in residential care for a magnitude of reasons, often completely out of their control and/or comprehension. Our company was founded on the belief that what we do, not only keeps our young people safe and away from harm, we actually grow and develop and build brighter futures for all of the young people in our care.
It is important that you understand your role within the company as a Deputy Manager and spend as much time as possible learning about and understanding your role within the company. It's not the individual that makes the difference in the long-term changes to a young person, it's the continuity that's provided through rigorous care planning, therapeutic interventions and understanding that the consistency of the team approach is what builds the brighter futures for all of our young people.
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB:
To support on the rota and shift cover mentoring senior staff and TPW’s to ensure that the daily operational systems within the home are effective, and meeting the needs of our young people and the home.
To be responsible for effective day to day running of the home in the absence of the homes manager - be responsible for a team of staff and work allocations, as well as undertaking direct work with children in the residential home when necessary.
To be responsible for all aspects of the residential premises.
Key Duties
- To support the Registered Homes Manager in ensuring compliance with the company Policy and Procedures and meeting all OFSTED regulations.
- To deputise/act up for the Registered Manager in their absence.
- To ensure that the young people’s needs are recognised and met.
- To support the manager and the team to ensure that when the young person comes to leave the home that this is done sensitively and within the company’s discharge/transitions policy and procedures.
- To be instrumental in overseeing the development, monitoring and implementation of the individual young people’s care plans and case records.
- To ensure that they are informed of their rights and responsibilities enabling them to have their wishes and feelings heard.
- To plan, manage and lead shifts ensuring children are kept safe and engaged throughout the day.
Practical Duties
- To ensure all policies and procedures, as well as risk assessments, are adhered to at all times.
- To ensure that all staff have written up any incident/accident forms, or restraint forms as applicable and that such information is passed to the Registered Manager within the agreed timescale.
- To ensure that all staff are familiar with and follow Local Authority Safeguarding Child Protection Procedures and SureCare Safeguarding & Child Protection Procedures’.
Managerial duties
- Demonstrate effective leadership to direct and support the staff team to deliver person centred childcare working towards the best outcomes for each young person
- Demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, The Quality Care Standards and the SCCIF, under which each home is measured and judged against and promptly implement any recommendations or address requirements to improve the service after any Ofsted inspection.
- Ensure Local Authority Social Workers are notified of all significant events, incidents, important changes and physical interventions within 24 hours.
- As directed by your manager, ensure that the home is fit for purpose by ensuring that Fire Regulations and Health and Safety Regulations are met, Quality Assurance and Regulation 44 Reports action points are addressed promptly.
- Supporting the Manager in the performance and development of staff by conducting regular supervisions and annual appraisal process.
Training
- Partake in Monthly Supervisions from our Senior Leadership Team and Wellbeing Service to support your Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
- Complete regular NFPS Physical Intervention and Behaviour Management Training (at times and as a last resort, you may need to use physical intervention to keep young people safe from themselves and to keep other young people, yourself and your colleagues safe.)
- Attend all trainings which are booked in for you – these are all of value and should be privileged.
- Access to Level 5 through our internal promotions programme.
- DSL- Level 3 safeguard training for designated leads.
