Deputy Children's Residential Manager

Service Care Solutions Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; Full time

Job description

Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting for a Children’s Deputy Manager to join a newly opened 4 bed children's home in Cardiff. As a Deputy Manager, you will assist in the management and administration of the home, ensuring the home meets all regulatory standards and provides an excellent quality of care to the children and young people who may stay up to 12 weeks. The aim is to understand their needs in greater depth and secure a placement more able to meet their needs. This is initially a temporary, full-time position for 37 hours per week offering a pay rate of £22.84 per hour.

Duties of the role will include:

1. Ensuring that young people receive a sensitive service, which best meets their social, racial, medical, psychological, educational, cultural, physical identity and health and wellbeing needs.
2. Ensuring that young people are empowered to have a voice when making decisions about their lives, futures and encouraging independence.
3. Building positive relationships with families and others, ensuring consultation and participation.
4. Ensuring integration with communities, using local facilities whilst developing and maintaining relationships with the local community.
5. Assisting the manager to ensure the professional competence of the staff team is maintained.
6. Taking responsibility at the direction of the Manager for ensuring that delegated budgets are managed effectively and the use of finances is properly monitored.
7. Co-ordinating, attending and chairing meetings as required and ensure that meetings are conducted in a manner which promotes inclusion and achievement of objectives.

The ideal candidate will have:

1. Enhanced DBS
2. Experience of working with young people in a residential childcare environment
3. L Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care (Children and Young People)
4. Social Care Wales registration
5. Full UK Driving Licence

The benefits of working with Eilidh at Service Care Solutions include:

• You will receive a dedicated and personal consultant with a vast knowledge of social work.
• We are a nationwide supplier of Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities which means we have a wide variety of exclusive roles based all over the country.
• We provide frequent updates of new opportunities via text and email.
• We have an expert payroll service which is processed twice a week.

At Service Care Solutions we also offer a £250 bonus for referrals! If you think you know someone who would be ideal for this role and they are placed in the job you will then receive £250 at the end of their probationary period.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply now. Don't miss your chance to become a Deputy Manager at Cardiff Council! To apply for this role, or to refer someone else, please do not hesitate to contact Eilidh at Service Care Solutions on 01772208964 or [e-mail].