Peripatetic Deputy Manager - Ofsted Registered Children and Young People Homes
As Deputy Manager, you will support the Registered Manager with the day-to-day running of the service, helping to create a caring, respectful environment for young people aged 10-18. You'll ensure individual needs are met, staff practice remains consistent with our values, and that all care delivery meets legal requirements and Jay Care Services Statement of Purpose.
We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic Peripatetic Deputy Manager for Residential Children’s Services to join our passionate team. This vital leadership role involves supporting the management of residential homes that provide safe, nurturing, and enriching environments for children and young people. The Deputy Manager will work across multiple settings, ensuring high standards of care, compliance with regulations, and the delivery of personalised support plans.
Joining Jay Care Services Ltd gives you the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people who need stability, understanding, and positive relationships. We are committed to creating a working environment where staff feel supported, professionally challenged and valued for the contribution they make. Through structured induction, specialist training, reflective supervision, mentoring and professional development, we aim to build a confident, capable and compassionate team committed to delivering high-quality residential childcare. We encourage staff to develop their knowledge, strengthen their practice and progress professionally while contributing to a positive, supportive and accountable workplace culture. Above all, we believe that children deserve adults who genuinely care, take time to understand them, recognise their potential and remain consistent even during challenging times. At Umoja House, our purpose is not simply to provide care. We create an environment where children feel they belong, build positive relationships, develop confidence, and begin to believe in their own future.
The Deputy Manager at Umoja House, Jay Care Services Ltd, is responsible for supporting the Registered Manager in the effective day-to-day leadership and operation of the children's home, ensuring that children receive safe, consistent and high-quality care in accordance with the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015, the Quality Standards and the home's Statement of Purpose. The role requires a confident, compassionate and proactive individual who can provide effective operational leadership, support staff development and maintain high standards of safeguarding and care. The Deputy Manager will promote Jay Care Services ethos of “Connection Before Correction”, ensuring trauma-informed, relationship-based, child-centred practice is embedded throughout the home. Working closely with the Registered Manager and Responsible Individual, the Deputy Manager will support the oversight of care planning, risk management, staff supervision, regulatory compliance and quality assurance. They will take delegated operational responsibility in the Registered Manager's absence, ensuring continuity of care, effective decision-making and appropriate escalation of concerns. The Deputy Manager will lead by example, promoting a positive, supportive working environment where staff feel valued, accountable, and confident in their responsibilities. They will actively contribute to service improvement, challenge poor practice, and ensure children's voices, experiences, and outcomes remain central to the home's development Above all, the Deputy Manager must help ensure that Umoja House is a home where children feel safe, respected and understood, experience positive relationships and are supported to develop the confidence, resilience and independence needed to achieve their individual potential.
About the role:
- Support the Registered Manager and deputise when required, helping oversee the day-to-day running of the home.
- Supervise, guide and support staff, ensuring effective communication, high standards of practice and completion of supervisions.
- Help manage key operational areas including care quality, recruitment, training, staffing, the home environment and basic financial duties.
- Assess young people's needs and contribute to personalised care plans, ensuring cultural, social and emotional needs are met.
- Promote positive behaviour, independence, wellbeing and active participation in decision‑making.
- Maintain respectful, non-discriminatory practice and provide high-quality personal care in line with individual plans.
- Ensure compliance with safeguarding requirements, Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, Ofsted standards, Health & Safety, COSHH and all relevant legislation.
- Keep risk assessments and health & safety checks up to date, ensuring a safe environment and supporting inspection processes (including Regulation 44).
- Maintain accurate records, including care plans, risk assessments, medication and financial documentation.
- Build strong relationships with young people, families, staff and external professionals.
- Support with staffing needs, including recruitment, induction and identifying training requirements.
- Assist with admissions, including visits, paperwork and ensuring a smooth and welcoming transition for each young person.
- Attend meetings and ensure key information is shared within the team and partner agencies.
- Ensure staff are trained and confident in relevant intervention strategies.
- Work within the rota pattern (08:00-20:00), supporting a minimum average of 168 hours per month.
Essential skills required:Residential childcare experience (2+ years)Minimum 2 years of leadership experience in residential children's care.Hold Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce or equivalentChild Protection experience orCurrently working to or acquired Level 5 Leadership and managementLeadership and staff supervision skillsWell-developed written and verbal communicationManagement of budgets and staff rotasProject management skills and have an enthusiastic dispositionDemonstrated commitment to ongoing personal developmentBe proactive, solution focused and have an enthusiastic disposition
JCS Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if suitable for the position.
Benefits:
- Company pensionDiscounted or free foodIncentives paymentsReferral programme
Peripatetic Deputy Manager - Ofsted Registered Children and Young People Homes in Stapleford employer: Jay Care Services Ltd
Jay Care Services Ltd is an attractive employer due to its commitment to a trauma-informed approach and the emphasis on building positive relationships with children. The company provides opportunities for professional development and fosters a supportive work culture that values the contributions of its staff.
