Job Description

Job Title: Deputy Manager – Children’s Home 📍
Location: Carlisle

Salary: Base salary of £32,349.49, with the potential to earn up to £35,606.77 per annum including sleep-ins
Working Hours / Shift Pattern: 42 hours per week, shift pattern on rotation (2 days on / 2 days off) with staggered start times of 8am, 12 noon or 2pm
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time
Sleep-ins: Sleep-ins required at £62.50 per sleep (up to £3,257.28 additional per year)

Service: Children’s Residential Home
Service Users: Boys aged 6–18 with emotional and behavioural needs requiring therapeutic residential care
Qualifications Required: Level 3 Residential Childcare (or equivalent)
Experience Required: Previous experience within children’s residential care, EBD, social care, residential childcare or youth work. Previous leadership / deputy management experience within a children’s home preferred

The Home:
Our client provides therapeutic residential care designed to help children and young people build resilience, confidence, emotional stability and essential life skills within a structured and nurturing environment.

Number of beds: 4-bed children’s home

Who we are looking for:
We are seeking an experienced and approachable Deputy Manager who can support the Registered Manager in delivering high-quality care and operational excellence.

You will ideally be a confident leader who can motivate staff, maintain strong standards, and create a positive culture for both children and colleagues.

Key responsibilities include:
• Supporting the Registered Manager in the day-to-day running of the home
• Ensuring the home operates in line with the Statement of Purpose
• Leading staff supervision, appraisals, induction and development
• Maintaining safeguarding, compliance, health & safety and regulatory standards
• Supporting budgeting, record keeping and financial oversight
• Leading quality assurance and service improvement initiatives
• Monitoring the condition, safety and presentation of the home
• Promoting equality, diversity and child-centred practice
• Supporting multi-home operational needs where required

You will need:
• Strong understanding of the challenges faced by children in care
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• A willingness to learn and lead from the front
• Enhanced DBS eligibility
• Full clean UK driving licence

Who you will be working for:
Our client is a specialist therapeutic children’s care provider delivering residential care and education services for children and young people.

Company type/size: Established specialist provider

Why this home & company:
This is an opportunity to join a therapeutic provider with a strong focus on child development, structured care, and staff development. The service is designed around helping young people overcome challenges and achieve positive long-term outcomes.

Progression:
Excellent career progression opportunities available within the wider organisation

Training / qualifications:
Comprehensive annual training including:
• Therapeutic Parenting
• PACE
• Attachment Theory
• Child Development

Benefits:
• 6 weeks annual leave 🌴
• Company pension
• Employee discount scheme with major retailers
• Employee Assistance Programme / wellbeing support
• Enhanced overtime pay
• Enhanced pay for Christmas Day & New Year’s Day
• Career progression opportunities
• Enhanced DBS paid for

Ethos:
Therapeutic, child-centred, resilience-focused care

Culture:
Supportive, structured, collaborative, development-focused leadership environment

Sponsorship is not available.

How to apply:
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people and would like to join our client’s dedicated team, apply today.
To apply, click the apply button or contact us for more information.

For more information or to book a confidential chat, please contact: job@sgscare.co.uk