Children's Home Deputy Manager

🌟 Children’s Home Deputy Manager – Compass Community 🌟

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Location:

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

💷 Salary: £32,000 – £35,500

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Working Hours:

Full-time, shift pattern including sleep-ins

🛏️ Number of Sleeps

Required:

As per rota

💵 Pay Per Sleep: £50 per night

🏠 Service: Children’s Home

👧🧒 Service Users: YPs (10–18) | SEMH, Trauma, Complex Needs

🎓 Qualifications

Required:

NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare

📅 Experience in Years

Required:

Minimum 2 years in residential childcare

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Employment Type:

Permanent

• Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

• Type of YPs: Children and young people with SEMH, trauma, and complex needs

• Ratio of staff to children: High staffing to meet individual needs

• Experienced, determined, caring, and thoughtful Deputy Manager

• Age 22+ to meet Ofsted regulations

• Minimum 2 years’ experience working in residential childcare

• NVQ Level 3 in Residential Childcare

• Full UK Manual Driving Licence

• Leadership experience: supervising staff, leading shifts, making rotas, leading staff meetings, ensuring placement plans and education support are followed, maintaining policies, procedures, and risk assessments

• Ability to create positive, long-term relationships with children

• Committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare

• You do not hold a Full UK Driving Licence and do not have a car

• You only hold a Level 3 in Health & Social Care (not deemed equivalent)

• Candidates with only Health Care, NHS, CQC, or Nursery Practitioner qualifications

• You require sponsorship – no sponsorship available

Individuals with only CQC experience and who have not worked in an Ofsted Registered Children’s Home will not be considered.

• £50 per sleep-in

• Ofsted outcome bonuses: £100 for ‘Good’, £200 for ‘Outstanding’

• Service awards: £200 (2 years), £400 (5 years), £600 (10 years)

• Up to £500 special recognition award for outstanding practice

• 224 hours holiday, increasing to 248 hours after 4 years

• Additional 3.5 days leave (birthday, health/wellbeing, volunteering, festive half-day)

• Monthly REACH Awards – win up to £150

• Medi Cash – cash back for medical and wellbeing appointments

• Group Life Assurance: 3x annual salary after probation

• Supportive, child-centred, therapeutic environment

• Clear progression opportunities and management pathways

• Compass Community – therapeutic, child-focused residential organisation

• Innovative and values-led, committed to diversity and inclusion

• Internal frameworks: REACH and GRACE to support staff wellbeing and practice

• Ethos: “Potential Not Perfection”

If you are passionate about transforming the lives of children and young people and have the leadership skills required, Compass encourages you to apply today.

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