Assistant Team Manager – Residential Childcare – full training provided

Loca­tion: Brum­stead

Con­tract type – Per­ma­nent

Salary: £33360.60 — £35794.20 plus £50 per sleep in (plus ben­e­fits)

Hours: Aver­age 39 hours per week full time

Do you want to work for an out­stand­ing provider of res­i­den­tial child­care, make a pos­i­tive dif­fer­ence and enrich the lives of chil­dren?

We val­ue rela­tion­ships in our organ­i­sa­tion, and we are look­ing for a leader with a proven abil­i­ty to build strong attach­ments with chil­dren. To sup­port this, we train all staff to Lev­el 1 and 2 in Dyadic Devel­op­men­tal Psy­chother­a­py, have devel­oped our own DDP prac­ti­tion­er and recent­ly became a DDP accred­it­ed organ­i­sa­tion.

Are you able to:

  • Ensure the pro­vi­sion of a warm, nur­tur­ing and ther­a­peu­tic envi­ron­ment for young peo­ple who have sig­nif­i­cant ear­ly years trau­ma and attach­ment needs
  • Act as an appro­pri­ate adult role mod­el for chil­dren
  • Ensure safe­guard­ing chil­dren is at the cen­tre of your prac­tice
  • Ensure the stan­dard and qual­i­ty of care pro­vid­ed exceeds the needs of chil­dren
  • Lead a team in meet­ing the high­ly com­plex, indi­vid­ual needs of chil­dren
  • Meet dead­lines set by your man­ag­er for the prepa­ra­tion of high­ly pro­fes­sion­al reports and present these to a range of key stake­hold­ers
  • Deputise for the Reg­is­tered Man­ag­er in run­ning the home ensur­ing all reg­u­la­tions are con­sis­tent­ly met
  • Work a 24/7 rota, 365 days a year includ­ing sleep in shifts where required.

Ben­e­fits for an Assis­tant Team Man­ag­er include:

  • Full Induc­tion in the role
  • Ful­ly fund­ed manda­to­ry and spe­cial­ist train­ing pro­vid­ed, includ­ing DDP lev­els 1 and 2
  • Oppor­tu­ni­ty to gain the Lev­el 5 Diplo­ma in Lead­er­ship and Man­age­ment in Res­i­den­tial Child­care with bonus pay­ment upon com­ple­tion.
  • Clear career pro­gres­sion up to, and includ­ing, Social Work Degree or spe­cial­ist prac­ti­tion­er routes
  • Paid for and annu­al­ly updat­ed DBS
  • 28 days annu­al leave with addi­tion­al days accrued after five years con­tin­u­ous ser­vice
  • Pen­sion, mater­ni­ty and pater­ni­ty ben­e­fits
  • Pri­vate Health Insur­ance
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Blue Light Card

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion can be found at www.cloverchildcareservices.co.uk

Suc­cess­ful can­di­dates are like­ly to have come from a social care, edu­ca­tion or nurs­ing back­ground. A full dri­ving licence is essen­tial for this role.

To request an elec­tron­ic appli­ca­tion pack (job descrip­tion, per­son spec­i­fi­ca­tion and appli­ca­tion form) or for fur­ther infor­ma­tion on the role please con­tact Steve Halliley at steve.halliley@cloverchildcareservices.co.uk (07900 409903).

The clos­ing date for appli­ca­tions is Fri­day 6th Feb­ru­ary 2026.

Clover Child­care Ser­vices is com­mit­ted to safe­guard­ing chil­dren. Appoint­ments will be sub­ject to a sat­is­fac­to­ry DBS Dis­clo­sure and ref­er­ences

Job Types: Full-time, Per­ma­nent

Pay: £33,360.60-£35,794.20 per year

Ben­e­fits:

  • Com­pa­ny pen­sion
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Dis­count­ed or free food
  • Employ­ee dis­count
  • On-site park­ing
  • Pri­vate med­ical insur­ance
  • Sick pay

Appli­ca­tion question(s):

  • Do you have three years expe­ri­ence of work­ing direct­ly with chil­dren

Licence/Certification:

  • Dri­ving Licence (required)

Work Loca­tion: In per­son

📧 Inter­est­ed in join­ing us? Please send your CV or enquiries to: Steve Halliley, Head of Oper­a­tions steve.halliley@cloverchildcareservices.co.uk