Deputy Manager

Job Description:

Deputy Manager – Children’s Residential Services (EBD)

Location: Derby (DE21)

Salary: £40,000

Homes: Established 4‑bed & 2‑bed Children’s Homes – Ofsted “Good” (March 2026)

Service: Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties (EBD)

About the Homes

These two warm, nurturing EBD homes—located just five minutes apart—offer safe, stable environments for young people to grow, heal, and feel genuinely valued. Both homes are well‑established, with strong staff teams and a positive family‑feel culture.

Each service has been thoughtfully created to feel homely, predictable, and supportive, helping young people develop confidence, resilience, and a sense of belonging.

The Role – Deputy Manager

This is a newly created role designed to strengthen leadership across both services as the company continues to grow.

The Deputy Manager will spend:

• 3 days per week at the 4‑bed home
• 2 days per week at the 2‑bed home

You will work closely with the Registered Managers to bring consistency, relationship‑building, and visible support across both settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Registered Managers in day‑to‑day operations across both homes

• Lead by example, providing guidance, structure, and emotional availability to staff

• Build strong relationships with young people and the wider team

• Uphold exceptional safeguarding and EBD practice

• Promote a nurturing, family‑style culture where staff feel supported and young people feel safe

• Support compliance, quality, documentation, and staff development

• Work flexibly — hours shaped around staff visibility and young people’s needs

Who We’re Looking For

Minimum Requirements

• A highly experienced Senior Support Worker ready to step up

• Level 3 or Level 4 in Residential Childcare

• Strong background in EBD residential practice

• Confident leadership skills and a desire to grow professionally

The Ideal Candidate

-Someone with warmth, resilience, and a positive presence — someone who fits effortlessly into a happy, supportive, family-feel team.

-This role may be perfect for an individual who has previously worked in a less supportive environment and is now ready to rediscover the impact, purpose, and joy that comes from working within a genuinely caring organisation.

Training & Development

-Level 5 Leadership & Management fully funded (if not already held)

-Enrolment guaranteed within the first 4 weeks

-Continuous support and professional development from an experienced leadership team

What Makes These Homes Special

-A settled, welcoming staff team

-Truly family-feel culture built on empathy, teamwork, and consistency

-A supportive ethos where every team member is valued and encouraged to grow

-An organisation that puts relationships at the heart of everything

Benefits & Incentives

-Ofsted Rating Bonus:

Good: Team meal & drinks

Outstanding: Team meal + £50 voucher for every staff member

-Birthday off and paid

-Parents with children under 16 also receive their children's birthdays off and paid

-Supportive leadership and flexible working expectations

Our Mission & Vision

The organisation is committed to creating homes where children feel safe, heard, included, and empowered. The focus is on nurturing relationships, building resilience, and helping each young person move toward a brighter, more confident future.

Staff are supported, respected, and encouraged to bring their best selves to work every day — because when adults thrive, young people thrive.

How to Apply

If you’re a compassionate, committed leader ready to step into a rewarding Deputy Manager role — and you want to join a genuinely uplifting, supportive team — we’d love to hear from you.

When advertising temporary roles, Net Temps acts in it’s capacity of an employment business.

Net Temps Limited supplies temporary, freelance and permanent labour to the social care, construction, precast and manufacturing industries across the UK. Combined, our staff have over 160 years’ experience placing candidates in roles that match their career expectations. Trading for over 25 years we have the client connections to assist your next move.

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We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.