Deputy Day Unit Manager

High Close is a successful non maintained special school offering day and residential provision for young people with complex social, emotional and mental health needs. Staff within the care teams support young people to be able to access their education and provide pastoral support to enable them to learn and develop social skills and coping strategies whilst providing them opportunities to experience new challenges and adventures.

It's a challenging environment, calling for resilience, patience and tolerance, helping us to ensure children can achieve success in a safe environment.   Staff have the opportunity to work in a multi-disciplinary team including Education, Therapy and Family Resource Team. Staff are given extensive training to meet the needs of the young people including Therapeutic Crisis Intervention.

We are looking for a deputy team manager in the primary provision to support the Team Manager of the day unit and Faculty Lead .

This is an excellent opportunity to work with our professional and highly motivated day staff teams and primary provision staff providing holistic care to ensure the best outcomes for our young people. Care staff work additional hours during term time so have 13 weeks paid holiday a year. Staff also get a paid day off for their birthday following a successful probationary period

Previous experience of working with young people and the ability to lead and manage a team is essential, as is a desire to work with young people and improve their outcomes.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Additional information Person Specification and Job Description document. Please ensure you give as much information as possible in order to evidence your knowledge and capacity to fulfil the role within the sections headed Experience/Knowledge, Experience and Skills/Abilities. Strong communication in all forms including written is vital to the role so we ask that candidates do not use AI to complete these sections.

For further information please contact Natalie Potter on 0118 9785767.

We welcome planned visits from potential candidates prior to interview.