Deputy Manager

Deputy Manager – Therapeutic Children’s Homes

About the Homes

Warwickshire County Council's Children's Homes provide safe, nurturing, and therapeutic environments for children and young people who are unable to live with their families. The homes are designed to offer stability, positive relationships, and opportunities for children to thrive within their local communities, helping them maintain important connections with family, friends, education, and support networks. Warwickshire's residential services are built around a restorative and child-centred approach, ensuring that every child feels safe, valued, heard, and supported to achieve positive outcomes. The Council has expanded its residential provision across areas including Stratford-upon-Avon, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton, and Bedworth, with homes being rated as Good by Ofsted and focused on delivering high-quality care through skilled and dedicated staff teams.

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.

Our Offer to you includes:

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply
• Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure

As a Deputy Manager within Warwickshire's Children's Homes, you would play a key role in leading staff, promoting excellent standards of care, supporting children's emotional wellbeing and development, and helping to create a warm and caring home where young people can build confidence, develop independence, and achieve their full potential.

About the Role

• Provide strong leadership and support to the team, ensuring therapeutic care is at the heart of everything we do.
• Work collaboratively to create a safe, stable, and child-centred environment.
• Ensure compliance with Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, Quality Care Standards, and safeguarding policies.
• Support the Registered Manager in staff development, supervision, and performance management.
• Lead by example in delivering trauma-informed, relationship-based care.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure all statutory requirements are met.
• Participate in the on-call duty system and oversee day-to-day operations.

Key Requirements

• Minimum experience as a Deputy Manager or Senior Residential Support Worker in a Children’s Home.
• Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (or equivalent).
• Knowledge of therapeutic and trauma-informed approaches.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to inspire a team.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• Full UK Driving License.

Why Join Us

Joining Warwickshire County Council as a Deputy Manager in a Children's Home offers the opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of children and young people while being part of a supportive and ambitious organisation. The role provides the chance to lead and develop a dedicated team, promote high standards of care, and help create a safe, nurturing environment where children can thrive. Warwickshire County Council is committed to achieving positive outcomes for children, investing in staff development, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. As a Deputy Manager, you can build on your leadership experience, contribute to the home's success, and play a key role in ensuring children receive the stability, care, and opportunities they need to reach their full potential.

What We Offer

• Caring for Warwickshire’s own children.
• All our homes are rated Good by Ofsted
• Competitive pay and additional benefits.
• Comprehensive training and funded qualifications, including Level 5 Diploma.
• Clear career progression pathway.
• Access to employee assistance programme and Local Authority pension scheme.

Interested?

If you’re passionate about making a difference and want to help shape a therapeutic home environment within Warwickshire, we’d love to hear from you!

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below:

Deputy Manager

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

For an informal discussion, contact:

Nicola James – nicolajames@warwickshire.gov.uk

Ian Parker – ianparker@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date: 4th November 2026
Interview date: 9th November 2026

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more