Deputy Manager

Position: Deputy Manager (Permanent)
JOB DESCRIPTION
DEPUTY MANAGER

ACCOUNTABLE TO:
Registered Manager, Clinical Lead

LOCATION:

Birmingham /Walsall / Wolverhampton

JOB SUMMARY
To deputy manage one of Care Perspectives Ltd children’s homes providing care for young
people with a mental health and associated learning disabilities and emotional & behavioural
difficulties agedyears, with occupancies up to 8
RESPONSIBILITIES

• To provide leadership and management of the home.

• To deputise as manager in RM absence

• To maintain an in-depth knowledge of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, incl. The
Quality Standards , Every Child Matters, the Children Act, other relevant legislation and
guidance and company policy and procedure.

• To support the manage to manage the home to safeguard and promote the wellbeing of
young people.

• To support the manager to manage the home’s staff team.

• To support to manage a quality service aiming to achieve a ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted
rating.

• To represent the home to outside agencies and ensure compliance with the statutory
requirements imposed by them and requirements of commissioners.

• To work with the wider management team to contribute to the planning and development
of Care Perspectives and to provide management support to other areas of the service
needing this.

• To increase and maintain occupancy levels that both appropriate with the business needs
of the service and needs of the young people placed.
MAIN DUTIES
Leadership and Management of the home

• To understand the ethos and work to the basic principles of the business as set out in the
organisational literature.

• To be support the manager and be responsible for the overall day to day running of the
home.

• To manage practical issues, conflicts and dilemmas, undertaking direct work and providing
an on call support and reporting service.

• To provide out of hours support service to the home.

• To be available for phone support and when required, call-out support.

• To work as part of a shift pattern but be flexible with hours if required to meet the needs
of the service and young people, which may involve working at short notice, sleeping-in
duties, public holiday and weekend working and attendance on holidays.

• To manage time and resources within the home including managing financial expenditure
against budgets and ensuring recording is accurately completed.

• To be responsible for ensuring the home provides a positive physical environment, with
regard to design, comfort and homeliness as well as hygiene and cleanliness.

• To ensure the home operates in compliance with the standards and regulations set out in
the current version of the Quality Standards for Children’s Homes and Children’s Homes
regulations.
Wellbeing of young people

• To contribute to the referral, assessment and admission procedures, ensuring effective pre
- placement assessment of need (including risk assessment) and placement planning and

ensure all relevant documents are obtained.

• To ensure all young people have written placement plans in place setting out identified need
and plans to meet this need. Ensure ongoing assessment, development and review of the
young people’s individual plans.

• To ensure the promotion of education, physical health and emotional well being of the
young people.

• Ensure provision is made to cater for young people’s social, leisure, cultural and religious
needs.

• To facilitate psychological assessment of young people placed where appropriate and
develop therapeutic care plans based on content and recommendations.

• To operate an effective key worker system that ensures;
All young people are allocated a carer responsible for ensuring that their day-to-day care
needs are met and placement plans implemented and that Key workers are provided with
appropriate guidance and support in fulfilling this role.

• To ensure a safe environment is maintained that safeguards and promotes the wellbeing of
the young people.

• To ensure risk assessments are kept up-to-date and appropriate action taken to protect
young people from identified or assessed risk in line with relevant child protection
procedures and working together guidance.

• To maintain an environment that promotes positive acceptable behaviour…