Destini Ltd Residential Children's Homes
Deputy residential manager
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Company Description
Destini Ltd Residential Children’s Homes provides safe, nurturing homes for children and supports young people until they are ready for independent living. The organization offers residential care with a strong emphasis on nurturing and educational approaches that promote stability and long-term growth. Most team members, including the director, come from health and social care backgrounds and share a commitment to improving children’s lives. Staff use a trauma-informed approach to help young people build positive relationships, remain engaged in education or employment, avoid offending, and achieve personal goals. Destini focuses on kindness, healthy living, and ethical values to strengthen family and community connections for children who remain in their care throughout their school years.
Role Description
The Deputy Residential Manager is a contract, on-site role based in Tamworth, responsible for supporting the Registered Manager in the day-to-day running of the children’s home. This role oversees daily operations, ensures a safe and nurturing environment, and helps implement trauma-informed care practices aligned with the home’s values and regulatory standards.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Supervise and support staff
- Contribute to rotas
- Oversee record-keeping
- Participate in care planning and reviews for each child
- Liaise with external professionals, families, and local authorities
- Monitor budgets and resources
- Ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and relevant legislation
- Help deliver staff training
- Promote professional development
- Model high-quality, child-centered practice
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Qualifications
- Strong Communication skills, including clear written reporting, active listening, and constructive feedback.
- People Management experience, including team supervision, performance support, and staffing coordination.
- Knowledge of Residential Real Estate or residential settings, including premises management and safety standards.
- Budgeting skills, including monitoring expenses and contributing to resource planning.
- Training skills, including supporting staff induction, ongoing learning, and coaching in trauma-informed practice.
- Experience in children’s residential care, social care, or a related setting, with a child-centered and trauma-informed approach.
- Understanding of safeguarding, risk assessment, and relevant regulations and standards for children’s homes.
- Ability to work flexibly, including some evenings, weekends, and on-call duties as required.
- Relevant qualification in social care, childcare, or a related field (e.g., Level 3 or Level 4 in Children and Young People or equivalent) or willingness to work toward it.
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