Assistant Childrens Home Manager / Residential Home
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 22 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £44,711 i £49,764 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | + Benefits |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 21 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Wokingham, Berkshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | AWD online |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | AWDO-P13685 |
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Assistant Childrens Home Manager with demonstrable management, leadership or supervisory experience, working effectively with children, parents, colleagues and partner agencies in a children’s residential setting, is required for a well-established organisation based in Wokingham, Berkshire.
SALARY: £44,711 - £49,764 per annum + Benefits
LOCATION: Wokingham, Berkshire
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent
WORKING HOURS: 37 hours per week – candidates will need to be flexible and able to work alternate weekends, overnight and late shifts
JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity for an Assistant Childrens Home Manager with demonstrable management, leadership or supervisory experience, working effectively with children, parents, colleagues and partner agencies in a children’s residential setting.
Working as an Assistant Childrens Home Manager you will play an active role in the day-to-day operation of the homes and provide key support to the Residential Homes Manager in their responsibilities for the effective management of the children’s homes.
As an Assistant Childrens Home Manager you will support the provision of a professional, child-centred service, ensuring its accordance with the relevant regulations, legislation, codes of practice and policy and procedures.
The organisation’s aim is to enable the most vulnerable children and young people in care to live close to the things they hold dear – close to family, friends, community, and those who care for them most. This service comprises a multi-building children’s home including a 4-bedroom Emotional Behaviour Disorder/Difficulties (EBD) home and the addition of a smaller Complex home.
These homes will enable more children with complex needs to remain in or return to Wokingham and to avoid the use of unregistered placements and children living away from their communities and networks.
DUTIES
Your duties as an Assistant Childrens Home Manager will include:
• Support the Homes Manager to ensure that the service meet its statutory responsibility and is compliant with the Children’s Homes Regulations (2015)
• Assist in the development of a professional team that performs to the highest standards, ensuring effective supervision, staff development and training
• Support the Homes Manager to exceed expectations at Inspection and Regulation 44 visits in terms of delivering positive outcomes for young people
• Work openly with Quality Assurance to ensure good safeguarding standards and high-quality information recording are maintained
• Line management for 8/9 members of staff over a working week, including 2 Senior Support workers, 4/5 Support workers and 1/2 Waking night staff
• Take immediate management action when the welfare or safety of children or young people is as risk
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
• Hold a professional qualification in Level 3 Residential Childcare or equivalent
• Extensive professional work experience in a management position in a children’s residential setting
• Knowledge of Children Act 1989 & CH regulations and good standards of practice
• Demonstrate experience of working effectively with children, parents, colleagues and partner agencies
• Ability to work the required shift patterns including alternate weekends, overnight and late shifts
BENEFITS
• A generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days (rising to 36 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays
• Enrolment to an excellent local government pension scheme
• An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline
• A range of local & lifestyle discounts
• Use of a free onsite gym
• Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes
And much more!
APPLY TODAY…
By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.
JOB REF: AWDO-P13685
Full-Time, Permanent Social Care Management Jobs, Careers and Vacancies. Find a new job and work in Wokingham, Berkshire. Multi-Job Board Advertising and CV Sourcing Recruitment Services provided by AWD online.
AWD online specialise in sourcing candidates and advertising vacancies on multiple job boards for companies on a non-commission basis. AWD online operates as an employment agency.
awd online | http://www.awdo.co.uk
SALARY: £44,711 - £49,764 per annum + Benefits
LOCATION: Wokingham, Berkshire
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent
WORKING HOURS: 37 hours per week – candidates will need to be flexible and able to work alternate weekends, overnight and late shifts
JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity for an Assistant Childrens Home Manager with demonstrable management, leadership or supervisory experience, working effectively with children, parents, colleagues and partner agencies in a children’s residential setting.
Working as an Assistant Childrens Home Manager you will play an active role in the day-to-day operation of the homes and provide key support to the Residential Homes Manager in their responsibilities for the effective management of the children’s homes.
As an Assistant Childrens Home Manager you will support the provision of a professional, child-centred service, ensuring its accordance with the relevant regulations, legislation, codes of practice and policy and procedures.
The organisation’s aim is to enable the most vulnerable children and young people in care to live close to the things they hold dear – close to family, friends, community, and those who care for them most. This service comprises a multi-building children’s home including a 4-bedroom Emotional Behaviour Disorder/Difficulties (EBD) home and the addition of a smaller Complex home.
These homes will enable more children with complex needs to remain in or return to Wokingham and to avoid the use of unregistered placements and children living away from their communities and networks.
DUTIES
Your duties as an Assistant Childrens Home Manager will include:
• Support the Homes Manager to ensure that the service meet its statutory responsibility and is compliant with the Children’s Homes Regulations (2015)
• Assist in the development of a professional team that performs to the highest standards, ensuring effective supervision, staff development and training
• Support the Homes Manager to exceed expectations at Inspection and Regulation 44 visits in terms of delivering positive outcomes for young people
• Work openly with Quality Assurance to ensure good safeguarding standards and high-quality information recording are maintained
• Line management for 8/9 members of staff over a working week, including 2 Senior Support workers, 4/5 Support workers and 1/2 Waking night staff
• Take immediate management action when the welfare or safety of children or young people is as risk
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
• Hold a professional qualification in Level 3 Residential Childcare or equivalent
• Extensive professional work experience in a management position in a children’s residential setting
• Knowledge of Children Act 1989 & CH regulations and good standards of practice
• Demonstrate experience of working effectively with children, parents, colleagues and partner agencies
• Ability to work the required shift patterns including alternate weekends, overnight and late shifts
BENEFITS
• A generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days (rising to 36 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays
• Enrolment to an excellent local government pension scheme
• An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline
• A range of local & lifestyle discounts
• Use of a free onsite gym
• Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes
And much more!
APPLY TODAY…
By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.
JOB REF: AWDO-P13685
Full-Time, Permanent Social Care Management Jobs, Careers and Vacancies. Find a new job and work in Wokingham, Berkshire. Multi-Job Board Advertising and CV Sourcing Recruitment Services provided by AWD online.
AWD online specialise in sourcing candidates and advertising vacancies on multiple job boards for companies on a non-commission basis. AWD online operates as an employment agency.
awd online | http://www.awdo.co.uk