Deputy Children's Home Manager
Stockport Council
Deputy Children’s Home Manager
SO1 (£36,363 - £40,777 inclusive of 2 increments)
37 Hours, Full Time
Permanent
Carr Brow Children’s Home
Application Deadline: 11:59pm 29th May 2026
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 4th June 2026
Interview Date: 9th & 11th June 2026
Interview Type: Face to Face
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Your Role
Stockport borough Council are developing new children's homes borough wide creating 'Stockport homes for Stockport Children'. As part of Stockport's capital development works and investment we have a new children's homes. The home is waiting for a committed staff team to join us and offer outstanding care for our children and young people.
This is an exciting time to join us and develop your career in our brand-new homes.
Each of our residential homes is a specialist in a specific area of need and we are therefore looking for people with a passion to help children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties who may also be at risk of exploitation, and/or children with disabilities.
As a Deputy you will work alongside the Manager and other Deputy Managers and have responsibility for the day-to-day leadership and management of one of our registered children's home and any linked services, ensuring the service provided is effective at promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and delivering positive outcomes for them.
As a senior member of the team, you will supervise and support staff to deliver what is needed to meet children and young people's needs, including managing complexity, risk or vulnerability. You therefore need to know the Ofsted inspection framework, the quality standards governing children's homes and be able to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of our work for your home.
About You
We are looking for someone with a proven ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with children/young people, their families and professionals involved in their care, and knowledge of the issues that affect them, including Disability, trauma, attachment, and contextual safeguarding.
You will have proven experience in supervising, inspiring and leading staff, enabling them to improve practice and outcomes for young people and be able to evidence demonstrable competence in effective assessment, risk management and strengths-based care planning and an in-depth knowledge of delivering statutory childcare services including at extensive experience relevant to the residential care of children and knowledge of the Children's Homes Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards.
You will hold a Level 3 or 4 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent, GCSE or equivalent in maths and English and strong IT skills.
About Us
In return for your expertise, commitment and experience we will support your ongoing learning and development through a culture of high support and high challenge. We offer market leading training opportunities and, with a developing and expanding residential service, there will be lots of opportunities to progress in your career.
We can support you to obtain a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Care (if not already held) as well as access to a range of learning and development activities including Restorative Approaches, Motivational Interviewing, Positive Behaviour Support and Contextual Safeguarding.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Sarah Pearce via email sarah.pearce@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme
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We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.