Deputy Manager – children’s home

🔒 Confidential Employer

Posted 24 April 2026

LOCATION

Peterborough

TYPE

Full-time

LEVEL

Mid-Senior level

SKILLS

Residential childcare Management Auditing Staff management Care planning Induction Budget management

FULL DESCRIPTION

Deputy Manager – children’s home

We are working in partnership with a provider of children’s services and have a permanent opportunity for a Deputy Manager based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. If successful, you will be working as part of a team in a EBD residential home. This is a permanent position working a mixture of shifts with the occasional sleep in duty. Our client will consider Senior’s looking to step up but they must have deputised at times. Level 3 / 4 Residential childcare and Full UK driving License is compulsory. Alongside countless benefits and progression opportunities, our client is paying a basic salary £14.60 per hour.

Deputy Manager – children’s home

As a Deputy Manager your main responsibilities will include:

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of statutory and procedural frameworks for residential care and communicate this to members of the team.
Support the Registered Manager with external audits.
Ensure that staffing levels and competencies meet the requirements of the home and its children.
Ensure each child has a care plan which reflects their emotional, care, social, and cultural needs.
Ensure all new staff receive a thorough induction.
Report and assist the manager in resolving issues relating to staff motivation, conduct and competencies of staff members.
Monitor finances and ensure budgets are managed effectively.

Our client is offering a whole range of benefits, including:

Genuine opportunities to progress to a Registered Manager
Opportunity to work towards a level 5 Leadership and Management.
Work alongside and support a passionate Registered Manager