Details:
- Salary: £35,000 - 38,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Harrow London
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
Deputy Manager
Harrow and Greenford | 40 hours across 5 days | on-call rota
If your week runs around one building, this one spans five. Supported accommodation for young people aged 16-25, across Harrow, Stanmore and Greenford, with a senior seat in the management team.
Deputise for the registered manager, with the whole service to cover
Lead team leaders and support workers, and set the standard they work to
Hands-on management: out at the placements, with the young people and staff
The role:
You are the senior pair of eyes across every placement, and the person staff call when something goes wrong.
Hold oversight of risk, incidents and safeguarding concerns in every setting
Audit support plans, risk assessments and daily records, and get shortfalls put right
Run supervisions, probation reviews and appraisals, and deal with performance concerns
Challenge practice that falls short, and make the changes stick after an incident
Help review new referrals and judge whether a placement can safely work
Keep the service in line with the Supported Accommodation Regulations 2023 and Ofsted requirements
About you:
Supervisory or management experience in supported accommodation or children's residential services
Experience managing complex safeguarding or behavioural risks with vulnerable young people
Experience completing or reviewing support plans and risk assessments
A valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work
A youth services or related care background works here too.
About our client:
Our client is a semi-independent living provider for vulnerable young people aged 16-25, running five accommodation settings across Stanmore, Greenford and Harrow. Support runs 24 hours, with tailored care plans, daily living and semi-independence training, and therapeutic input such as CBT, music and art therapy. The staff team includes managers, support workers and an in-house nurse.
The package:
£35,000 to £38,000 a year, depending on experience
Full-time, permanent
40 hours a week, worked flexibly across 5 days
Early, standard and late management shifts, usually between 8am and 8pm
Some evening and weekend work, plus the management on-call rota
Based across the Harrow and Greenford services
Appointment follows safer recruitment, including an enhanced DBS check
How to apply:
Send your CV using the apply button. We will come back to you within a few days. Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy