🌟 Children’s Home Deputy Manager – Compass Community 🌟
📍 Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
💷 Salary: £32,000 – £35,500
⏰ 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
📄 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
🚫 Do not apply for this role if any of the following apply:
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 HealthCare, 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
MediCash – 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.
To apply, click the apply button or contact us for more information.
📧 For more information or a confidential chat:
job@sgscare.co.uk
Mission statement...
To help SMEs get the talent they need to help grow their businesses.
Our promise…
Deliver a Passionate Manager, at a Realistic Price, who can hit the ground running, within 21 days; allowing you to continue to build, consolidate and progress your business.
So who are we…
We help SMEs in the Children’s Service Sector, who struggle to find highly skilled and experienced Middle and Senior Management within Budget.
