Deputy manager - Children's residential

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to be part of a team that supports and improves outcomes for young people at risk of long-term care or inpatient psychiatric admission? Then join us for a new and exciting service, due to open early 2025. Westwood House will be a short stay (up to 28 days) Ofsted registered residential home for children aged 11-18 years old. This joint service between the NHS and SCC will provide four residential beds for children who are experiencing or are at risk of experiencing social, emotional and/or mental health crisis. We aim to provide a safe, stable environment where children's needs can be assessed and plans can be formulated to support children to return to living in the community, ideally within a family environment., Southampton city council are looking to recruit a passionate and experienced leader as deputy manager to support the day-to-day running of the residential home alongside the Westwood House leadership team, support the registered manager in developing the residential home in line with Ofsted registration, and create a culture that places the welfare of children and young people as paramount.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and creative deputy manager to be part of forming the service, supporting Ofsted registration, recruiting and training of new staff and delivering on the vision for Westwood House. We want to ensure that we provide a safe environment with highly skilled staff where we can understand the underlying issues behind presenting crisis and ensure that any future planning is undertaken in a calm, considered way to ensure longer term stability for children. You will be a culture carrier for high-quality, aspirational care of vulnerable young people to improve longer terms outcomes. Utilising your experience in residential care with children and young people, you will be pivotal in setting the standard for safe, compassionate, and evidence-based care as part of a wider multi-agency team. You will share your knowledge and experience of working with children and young people with complex needs, that current services struggle to meet. You will help to train residential staff to support young people's mental health needs and effectively risk manage. We look forward in receiving applicants from a variety of backgrounds with the relevant leadership and experience of working with children and young people in residential settings.

Here at SCC we have a range of different perks and benefits, a few examples can be found below.

• A generous local government pension scheme.
• Flexible working (role dependant). Up to 13 days of Flexi Leave.
• Hybrid working arrangements (role dependant).
• 25 days annual leave (pro rata), plus bank holidays.
• Online Benefits - salary sacrifice schemes, benefits and discounts.
• Great local transport links.
• Employee assistance programme with access to our health wellbeing and support.