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.