Deputy Home Manager

If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today Linden House Children's Home are recruiting for a Deputy Manager to join them on a fixed term contract basis, for 9 months. We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Deputy Manager to become an integral part of our support team. In this role, you will support and care for our young people and be responsible for a small staff team. Our benefits include Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme Comprehensive induction Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression Pension scheme Paid for enhanced DBS Wellbeing support Linden House provides care and support to children and young people with a primary diagnosis of moderate to severe autism with moderate challenging behaviour and associated conditions such as ADHD and Tourette's Syndrome. Here, daily living experiences and activities are meaningful and memorable and are designed to meet the needs of individual children in areas that are personal to them. All candidates must have a Full UK driving licence. As part of Aspris Children's Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills, and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress. If you can demonstrate the values needed for a role within residential childcare, we will give you all the training and support you need to become a dynamic Deputy Manager. A Level 3 qualification in Children and Young People is essential for this role and you should be willing to study towards the Level 5 Diploma. The ideal candidate will have experience of team leadership and the following characteristics to be successful in this role: Resilience - We support some of the most vulnerable children in society who have varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties so there will be times where your resilience is challenged. Communication - Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Good teamwork and communication plays a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff. Organisation - As well as supervising the staff team, you'll need to be confident and organised in updating care plans and reporting information that will be relevant to the care of our young people. Caring - Our young people require the best care we can offer. If you are a naturally caring and compassionate person, this is the role for you. Attentive - No young person is the same so being attentive to understand them and identify areas where we can support is important. Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most. If you want to progress your career in Children services, Aspris will help you get there. Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools. TJ SW25 ADZN1_UKTJ

Location: Basingstoke, GB

Posted Date: 1/22/2025