JOB TITLE: Deputy House Manager
SALARY RANGE: £51,773 to £57,137 (L1 – L5) + Local Government Pension Scheme
INTERVIEW DATE: (Provisional date) 14th July 2026
START DATE: As soon as possible
LOCATION: Oasis Restore school in Rochester, Medway, Kent.
Are you passionate about transforming the lives of the most vulnerable children?
Can you see yourself taking responsibility for ensuring the safe functioning of the school, and the care and development of our children and the staff who work with them?
Could you bring energy, authority and compassion to the care of the children at the school?
Your role as a Deputy House Manager offers a unique opportunity to be part of a comprehensive team at Oasis Restore, joining us as we continue to recruit a large team of residential staff and onboard a new cohort of students, taking up a crucial role in their care and development. It will be your role to inspire and develop staff practice, manage their activities, utilise our management information systems and provide safety, care and well-being for children while developing a sense of safety and boundaries in their work.
You will be an important figure for children across the school and particularly in one of the three houses, representing a kind, decent and caring source of authority, present and involved in their daily lives. You will be someone who can work well in complex, demanding and emotive situations. You will have excellent relational skills and will be naturally curious and keen to learn about your own and others’ feelings and experiences. You will be a champion of high standard of Children’s social care, with demonstrable experience of developing practice that delivers to Children's Homes Quality Standards. You will be someone who can think well under pressure and who can empower and contain others in their work.
