Post Title Deputy Manager Reports to Registered Home Manager Hours 3 on 3 off (10.00 – 22.00) Salary TBA Purpose of role: To provide leadership and support to staff teams to ensure high quality therapeutic care is delivered to young people as part of Choices Homes for Children’s integrated service. Acting as leader, role model and co-ordinator of shifts and fully deputising for the Registered Home Manager in their absence. To champion our core values to staff and young people Do the right thing – We have made a good decision to benefit others and not ourselves. Step up – We have taken a situation and turned it around to our own and others benefit. Stronger together - As a team we reached our goal. Listen and talk – We always take time to listen to others even when we don’t agree. We can talk freely about our own values and opinions. Try something new – We put trust in ourselves and our own capabilities Main Duties and Responsibilities • To apply a comprehensive understanding of Choices Homes for Children’s policies and procedures to all aspects of employment and working practice. • To demonstrate a clear understanding of relevant legislation (Children’s Home Regulations 2015, Quality Standards 2015 and how these are reflected in daily working practice. • To help develop the staff team’s knowledge and understanding of safeguarding practices and processes, taking the lead and co-ordinating as required. • To contribute to the meeting the organisations Key Performance Indicators. • To communicate effectively with staff teams regarding regulatory requirements to support the homes delivery of high-quality care. • To take a lead in the development and implementation of the young person’s Care Plan across the integrated services. To communicate needs, goals, and objectives to the staff team. • To provide co-ordination and leadership to the team to meet all the basic physical needs of the young person on a daily a basis. • To keep up to date accurate records for the young people in line with systems of the home and provide direction to colleagues, actively monitoring quality and providing feedback to staff teams. • To demonstrate a strong understanding of Therapeutic Parenting models, implement, daily in the care of young people and demonstrate the ability to develop learning for staff teams. • To act with vigilance when supervising young people in line with risk assessments to ensure that significant behaviours are noted and recorded, actively monitor and provide feedback to individuals and home manager. • To recognise signs of distress or abuse, ensuring that the young people are monitored and protected, acting as a role model, providing direction to colleagues, actively monitor and provide feedback to individuals and home manager. • To co-ordinate and take a lead in carrying out tasks to maintain all relevant records pertaining to fire safety, health & safety etc. as directed by home manager, actively monitor, provide direction and feedback to colleagues. • To provide co-ordination and leadership to ensure all domestic duties in the home are carried to the highest possible standard, role modelling this standard to others and challenging poor practice. • To contribute actively to a therapeutic homely environment - planning, organising and delegating to others to ensure this is met. • To set high standards in homemaking and care for the fabric, equipment and grounds of the home and wider organisation, role modelling this standard to others and challenging poor practice. • To be pro-active and use initiative to ensure that all working hours are used effectively and motivate and direct others, actively monitor and provide feedback to individuals and home manager. • To promote equality and diversity such as race, culture, language, and religion, to ensure that every young person is treated fairly and as an individual entitled to respect and dignities, acting as a role model, providing feedback to individuals and home manager. • To act with initiative, accountability, and responsibility always to assist with functioning of the team, providing leadership, direction and guidance on shift. • To role model a ‘can do’ attitude in all areas of working practice and demonstrate a willingness to learn and take on new challenges • To conduct supervision meetings as directed by the Home manager • To develop skills, knowledge, and experience in accordance with a personal development plan agreed with line manager to develop working practice and set professional goals Regulatory and Administrative: • To attend internal and external professionals’ meetings as required. • To adhere to the whistle blowing policy to ensure that poor practice, negligence, and dishonesty is raised appropriately. • To ensure own and others understanding and compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Equality and Diversity Act. • To be accountable for the homes petty cash and ensure financial systems and processes are followed correctly, actively monitoring, providing feedback to individuals and home manager. • To be accountable for all records, systems and operating procedures of the home as set by the company, providing feedback to individuals and home manager. • Ensure regulatory training is completed and refreshed Other Requirements: • To contribute to other projects, initiatives and recruitment processes in the wider organisation as required • Any other reasonable duties as may be required from time to time by line management. This job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities but indicates some of the main areas attached to the post of Deputy Manager. It may be amended in consultation with the post holder, to take account of changing trends in social care regulation, legislation and how our LA partners operate.