Assistant Manager - Children's Residential Service

Assistant Manager - Children's Residential Service

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Location – Cheadle Hulme, Stockport

Salary - £34,653 per annum (£17.77ph rising to £22.21ph for weekends)

Sleep in Payment of £100.80 per sleep-in shift.

On call payments of £40 – Monday to Friday, £80 for weekends and £120 for bank holidays

• 27 days holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years.
• Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions and up to 6 x basis salary death in service.
• Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoptive leave.
• Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card.
• Proud to be a real living wage employer.
• Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us.
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications.
• Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
• Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online.
• Access to our Employee Assistance programme for you and adults at your home.

• You will support the development of a style of leadership and organisational culture to ensure open and participatory management and practice, promoting the well‑being of individuals and a positive image of residential care.
• Participate to establish an enabling culture, and effectively manage a home which enables children and young people to achieve optimal outcomes in a safe and secure environment.
• To actively assist with the selection, recruitment and retention of staff to ensure a safe, nurturing and positive environment.
• Have responsibility for development and motivation of teams, individuals and self to enhance performance.
• Contribute to the management and monitoring of budgets to achieve efficient and effective use of resources and delivery of a high‑quality home.
• You will work flexibly to undertake the full range of duties in a well‑planned way that respects and values the Children and Young People as individuals.

• An essential for this role is a QCF level 3 or 4 Children’s Families and Young Peoples Practitioner Qualification or equivalent.
• A sound understanding of Ofsted regulations and expectations.
• Ability to demonstrate effective leadership.
• Ability to achieve service delivery to national standards.
• Passion to develop further services for children/young people.
• Has the right to work in the UK (we only accept applications from UK based candidates as we are not part of any visa sponsorship scheme).

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio‑economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.

If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can do to support you.

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).

This role will involve regulated activity.

We provide a caring, supportive environment for all our employees, with a strong emphasis on a good work / life balance, and this something you can’t put a value on.