Deputy Manager

Children's Residential EBD Home

Salary: £38,000 to £40,000 per annum (inclusive of sleep-ins)

Shift pattern: 2 on / 4 off

This is a Deputy Manager role in a two-bedded children's residential home supporting a young person with emotional and behavioural difficulties, and it comes with a salary of up to £40,000 per annum inclusive of sleep-ins, a genuinely supportive leadership structure, and the kind of working environment that people in this sector spend years looking for and rarely find.

What makes this different

The home currently supports one young person, which means the quality of care you can offer is high, the relationships you build are genuine, and the work isn't diluted by volume. There's an experienced Registered Manager on site, and a Responsible Individual with real sector knowledge who provides oversight that feels like support rather than scrutiny. That combination is maybe more important than any salary figure, because it's the difference between sinking and developing.

The organisation behind this home has a clear mission: to provide outstanding residential care for children and young people, with everything designed around a 'home from home' ethos. Their approach is child-centred in the truest sense, that actually shapes decisions about staffing, environments, and culture. They're also growing, with further homes planned, which means there's a realistic pathway here for someone who wants to step into a Registered Manager role when the time is right.

About the role

As Deputy Manager, you'll be working alongside the Registered Manager to lead the day-to-day life of the home, supporting a young person with EBD who potentially has a complex background and needs consistency, relationship-based care, and the kind of thoughtful, skilled support that you can only get from someone who's been doing this long enough to understand what that actually looks like in practice.

• Leading and supervising the staff team, modelling best practice and holding a high standard of care

• Supporting the Registered Manager with compliance, Ofsted requirements, and the operational running of the home

• Holding shift leadership responsibility and making sound, confident decisions when it matters

• Contributing to care planning, reviews, and the ongoing development of the young person's support

• Building and maintaining positive relationships with placing authorities, families, and external professionals

• Completing recording, documentation, and reports to the required standard

• Holding sleep-in responsibilities as part of the rota, already factored into the salary above

• Driving the home's vehicle as required

What we're looking for

• A genuine minimum of two years' experience working in children's residential care, at Senior or Deputy level

• A Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent) as a minimum, with willingness to work towards Level 5 if not already held

• A full, manual UK driving licence

• Strong working knowledge of the Children's Homes Regulations 2015 and the Quality Standards

• Experience supporting young people with EBD and an understanding of trauma-informed approaches

• The confidence to lead a team with warmth and authority in equal measure

• Someone who takes the wellbeing of a young person personally, without losing their professional perspective

The package

The salary of £38,000 to £40,000 per annum is inclusive of sleep-ins, which are averaged at around ten per month.

The 2 on / 4 off rota also gives you a working pattern that, over the course of a month, averages around 160 hours, structured in a way that allows you to be genuinely effective when you're present and genuinely rested when you're not.

A word on where this could go

Maybe you're a Senior Support Worker who's been doing the work of a Deputy without the title, and you're ready for that to change. Maybe you're already in a Deputy role but you're propping up a home without the support you need, and you're wondering if it has to be this way. Either way, this is an organisation that's actively opening new homes and that means there's a concrete reason to think about where you could be in two years, not just where you are now.

If this sounds like the kind of move you've been thinking about, we'd genuinely love to have a conversation, no hard sell, no pressure, just a proper chat about whether it's the right fit for you. Get in touch or apply below, and someone will be back to you quickly.