Assistant Manager - Complex Needs Children's Home

Have you ever wanted to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable Children and Young People?

The Together Trust is one of the North West’s leading charities, offering individual care, support, and education to hundreds of children, young people, and adults each year. We are a not-for-profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support.

We are looking for an Assistant Manager for a Short Stay Children’s Home in Romiley, Stockport.

This is an exciting opportunity as an Assistant Manager as you will helping to manage all aspects of OFSTED compliance and staff development, with a focus on the wellbeing of the Young People and the families that we support.

The Children’s Home support young people and their families, providing short term respite. All the young people that we support in this service have Autism and Learning Difficulties as well as other complex needs. You will work with your team to provide a safe and nurturing home for the young people that you support; we provide compassionate, nurturing care for children and families who need a short break so that they can rest and re-charge.

Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).

We are looking for an

Assistant Manager who can complete the full range of tasks required.

Location:
Romiley, Stockport

Hours: 37.5 hours
- Full Time / Permanent

Salary: £36,060 per year (£18.48ph)

Enhancements:
Sleep-in allowance of £107.60 per sleep shift

Weekend hours paid at time and a quarter (£23.10ph)

On call payments of

£40 – Monday to Friday, £80 for

The Together Trust was ranked in the Financial Times Best Employers list 2026

We also offer….

Annual leave
– 27 days’ holiday plus 8 bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.

Generous pension scheme
– a minimum company pension contribution of 4%.

Occupational sick pay
and family-friendly policies, including

enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave
.

Reward and Discount platform
– offering discounts on high street shopping, travel and insurance.

Generous death in service benefit
– up to 6 times basic salary.

• Eligibility to apply for a

Blue Light Card
.

• Proud to be a

real living wage employer
.

Refer a friend scheme
– be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us.

training and development opportunities
, including apprenticeship qualifications.

Long service awards
– vouchers and extra holiday.

• Promotion of

wellbeing across the organisation, including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleagues and a free weekly yoga session, in person or online.

• Access to our

Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults in your household.

Inclusive networks
for colleagues to join if they’d like to (Disability & Neurodiversity Action Group, Race Equality Network, Proud Together (LGBTQ+ group), Together for Men, Women Together).

We also provide a caring, supportive environment for all our employees, with a strong emphasis on a good work / life balance, and this something you can’t put a value on.

About the position….

• You will support the development of a style of leadership and organisational culture to ensure open and participatory management and practice, promoting the well-being of individuals and a positive image of residential care.
• Participate to establish an enabling culture, and effectively manage a home which enables children and young people to achieve optimal outcomes in a safe and secure environment
• To actively assist with the selection, recruitment and retention of staff to ensure a safe, nurturing and positive environment.
• Have responsibility for development…