Deputy Manager
| Posting date: | 11 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £42,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 March 2026 |
| Location: | ME10 3GP |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Platinum Housing Support and Care Ltd. |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
To conduct the Home in a way that promotes and make provisions for the welfare of the young people referred by placing authorities and accommodated within Platinum Housing Support and Care.
To ensure that systems are developed and are in place to regularly monitor and adhere to ‘The Children’s Homes Regulations 2015’.
To provide supervision and support for all members of staff, to ensure high standards of professional care and practice based on the individual needs of the Young People.
To participate in an acting managers role when the Registered manager is taking annual leave.
Plan and implementing models of care and activities for individual young people by collaborating with other professional colleagues (schools, staff, social workers and other health and local authority staff) and to maintain close liaison with their colleagues in this respect.
Ensure the allocation of staff duties are clearly and adequately defined.
Organize staff training when required in-house and external.
Maintaining reports and records in respect of individual young persons and their progress, and attending relevant meetings, care reviews, parent’s evenings etc. and make relevant referrals to other agencies should the need be.
Ensure that all drugs and medicines are safely stored, controlled, and administered as prescribed by each Young Person’s general practitioner.
Maintain good order in the Home by ensuring all house equipment and furniture is kept in good condition and that any defective furniture/equipment is reported to your line manager.
Enable Young People to develop and maintain relationships with staff through consultation.
Report issues of any service needs, whatever the nature which, directly or indirectly affects the organization.
Ensure that all relevant documentation is completed and accurate.
Participate in the recruitment, selection, interviewing and induction of new staff.
Ensure that all changes to policies and procedures are ratified by the Registered Manager prior to publication.
Exercise effective leadership of the home operations and Care staff, such that the Home is organised, managed, and staffed in a manner that delivers the best possible care.
Ensure that the home staffing levels is adequate to meet the Statement of Purpose and the staffing is evaluated in practice to meet the needs of the children accommodated there.
Ensure that all newly appointed staff (including any agency, Temporary, volunteer, and student staff) are taken through the induction training program and have signed as having done so and to ensure that a current DBS and safer recruitment processes have been followed.
Ensure that all staff are clear about accountability and reporting lines, and the procedures to be followed in relation to emergencies, health and safety, child protection and notification of incidents, including fire evacuation procedures and regulations.
Ensure you update the Registered manager with regular reports and updates of the Home’s operation.
Perform duties in compliance with the company's Equal Opportunities Policy
Perform duties in compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and subsequent Health and Safety legislation.
To ensure that systems are developed and are in place to regularly monitor and adhere to ‘The Children’s Homes Regulations 2015’.
To provide supervision and support for all members of staff, to ensure high standards of professional care and practice based on the individual needs of the Young People.
To participate in an acting managers role when the Registered manager is taking annual leave.
Plan and implementing models of care and activities for individual young people by collaborating with other professional colleagues (schools, staff, social workers and other health and local authority staff) and to maintain close liaison with their colleagues in this respect.
Ensure the allocation of staff duties are clearly and adequately defined.
Organize staff training when required in-house and external.
Maintaining reports and records in respect of individual young persons and their progress, and attending relevant meetings, care reviews, parent’s evenings etc. and make relevant referrals to other agencies should the need be.
Ensure that all drugs and medicines are safely stored, controlled, and administered as prescribed by each Young Person’s general practitioner.
Maintain good order in the Home by ensuring all house equipment and furniture is kept in good condition and that any defective furniture/equipment is reported to your line manager.
Enable Young People to develop and maintain relationships with staff through consultation.
Report issues of any service needs, whatever the nature which, directly or indirectly affects the organization.
Ensure that all relevant documentation is completed and accurate.
Participate in the recruitment, selection, interviewing and induction of new staff.
Ensure that all changes to policies and procedures are ratified by the Registered Manager prior to publication.
Exercise effective leadership of the home operations and Care staff, such that the Home is organised, managed, and staffed in a manner that delivers the best possible care.
Ensure that the home staffing levels is adequate to meet the Statement of Purpose and the staffing is evaluated in practice to meet the needs of the children accommodated there.
Ensure that all newly appointed staff (including any agency, Temporary, volunteer, and student staff) are taken through the induction training program and have signed as having done so and to ensure that a current DBS and safer recruitment processes have been followed.
Ensure that all staff are clear about accountability and reporting lines, and the procedures to be followed in relation to emergencies, health and safety, child protection and notification of incidents, including fire evacuation procedures and regulations.
Ensure you update the Registered manager with regular reports and updates of the Home’s operation.
Perform duties in compliance with the company's Equal Opportunities Policy
Perform duties in compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and subsequent Health and Safety legislation.