Pebbles Care has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Residential Child Care Worker to join our dedicated team as an Interim Deputy Manager until 31 December 2026.  

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further develop their leadership skills and gain valuable management experience within Pebbles Care, while making a positive difference to the lives of our young people.

Your role and responsibilities as Interim Deputy Manager 

• This role is ideally suited to someone with two years of experience in children's residential care who is ready to enhance their leadership skills within a progressive and collaborative environment.
• Your role as an Interim Deputy Manager will be to support the Registered Manager by organising and leading a team of Residential Child Care Workers. You will lead the team as their role model, planning shifts, and working as part of the rota.
• You will work with your team to promote the principles of therapeutic parenting as a way of caring for children and young people.
• You will offer continual support, share knowledge, and supervise team members to ensure they can fulfil their daily duties.
• You will promote learning and development opportunities and ensure the team is motivated to strive for improvement and best practices continually.
• You will perform an essential and valuable role supporting the Registered Manager in training, health and safety, safer recruitment, HR, and administrative duties.
• You will build long lasting relationships with your team, develop positive relationships with families and communities, and liaise with multi-agency partners to ensure the continual welfare and development of our children and young people. 

What we offer you

• A salary of £ 39,002.57 per annum.
• Your full-time role operates on a rota pattern of two days on (48 hours including sleepover) and four days off.
• Your average working hours, including your sleepovers, are 56.4 hours per week.
• You will receive 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum, pro rata.
• Auto-enrolment into our salary sacrifice pension scheme (Scottish Widows)
• A cash back health care plan via Medicash, allows you to claim for dental and optical treatments, discounted gym memberships, 24/7 access to a GP, free access to counselling and much more.
• Access to our Enjoy Benefits portal, which offers salary sacrifice purchase options.

Additional benefits and rewards

• You will attend an in-depth induction and receive training, including a detailed introduction to therapeutic parenting.
• Training in +Proactive our new therapeutic alternative to traditional restraint training.
• We hold an annual young people’s award ceremony.
• If relevant and essential for your role, we will cover the cost of updating your disclosure certificate and professional membership fees.

Essential qualities that we look for include:

• Minimum of eighteen months experience working with Children and Young People, 
• A proven track record in team building and supervision, 
• Qualified to SCQF Level 7 (Scotland) and the HNC or Level 3 in Residential Child Care (England)
• Highly responsible and accountable for safeguarding our children and young people. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, 
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and prioritise, 
• A consistent and professional manner, 
• An active and supportive listener, 
• A resilient nature when faced with complex challenges, 
• A good working knowledge of compliance with Health & Safety practices, 
• A good working knowledge of safer recruitment practices, 
• Proficient IT skills, experienced in Microsoft packages, 
• A full UK driving licence. 

Desirable Qualities include.

• Ideally studying towards the SCQF Level 9 (Scotland) or the Level 4 Children and Young People's Practitioners Qualification (England), 
• Knowledge and previous experience in promoting Therapeutic Parenting in the context of children and young people. 
• Previous experience in a similar role, leading and supervising employees.

Please complete our online application form. If you would like to discuss the role further with our team, please email recruitment@pebblescare.com and a member of our team will contact you.

Please note that due to the fast-paced nature of our recruitment process, shortlisting will be ongoing, and we may choose to end the recruitment campaign if a suitable candidate is identified before the end date.