Deputy Home Manager

London Borough of Croydon; London; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job description

Deputy Home Manager - Calleydown Children's Home - New Addington

Salary: Grade 12 GBP48,531 - GBP50,574

Permanent - 36 hours per week

Job Purpose

Calleydown is a residential short break care home for Children with Learning Disabilities aged 5 to 18 years. Some of the children have associated physical disabilities and total care needs, and some have challenging behaviour. Calleydown forms part of Croydon's Services for Children with Disabilities Team and is located in New Addington. We are seeking an experienced professional with a passion for looking after children. Key tasks will include supervision of staff and their annual appraisals, overseeing the rotas, and responding to emergencies out of hours. You will be part of a team providing care to children and promoting positive outcomes. The post requires you to work on a regular shift pattern including weekends and bank holidays and sleep-in duties. It also requires an enhanced DBS.

About You

We are looking for an experienced and appropriately qualified professional that is able to demonstrate their knowledge and experience of working with children. You will also need to be confident in managing challenging behaviour and carry out permissible forms of physical interventions. You will have compassion and drive to effectively manage staff and engage with other professionals. The successful candidate needs to have a knowledge and understanding of the care of children and their disabilities. You will need to have experience in direct supervision and management of staff, and knowledge and understanding of the Children's Homes Regulations including Quality Standards. The appointed candidate must have the ability to represent the service in professional settings. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in a care, educational, or public services setting.

Benefits
You will be valued for your skills and expertise, supported by a team of experienced professionals, as well as the management at Croydon Council, one of the largest employers in the borough. We also offer:

1. Highly competitive compensation package
2. 29-31 days (grade equivalent) annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays and option to purchase more
3. A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%
4. Continuing Professional Development - genuine opportunities to grow, develop and specialise in your career
5. Management development programmes
6. Investment into your wellbeing
7. Access to Employee Discount scheme with a range of programmes (Cycle Benefit Scheme, GymFlex, Retail Discounts, and more)
8. We promote flexible & hybrid working arrangements where possible to support a healthy work-life balance

Full time 36 Hours
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Closing date 30 April :59pm

Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Statement

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check.