Connected Health is recruiting for a leading, highly proficient, ambitious, driven, and caring Registered Manager who has a willingness to operate within an innovative care environment while helping manage, develop, and grow our Supported Living service.

Connected Health operates across the five NI Health Trusts providing high quality care supporting adults to live independently in their own homes with confidence.

At Connected Health, we are hugely passionate about what we do. Our business is transforming how Homecare is delivered across the UK and Ireland and we know that we need driven, motivated individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit to help us reach our goals and transform the sector.

What we offer:

• The opportunity to work as part of a new innovative service, which prides itself in supporting adults to live independently
• Up to £40,000 to £50,000 per annum (DOE)
• Access to a pool car
• Full time position
• Excellent training provided, and support for further training and development
• Laptop
• Wellbeing Package
• Exclusive benefits*

Roles and responsibilities

• Supporting service users towards independence , providing personalised support and working closely with Live Connected partners through multi-disciplinary/agency teams.
• Accountable for the Health and Safety of staff and clients; ensuring the Live Connected policies & procedures are always adhered to providing a safe working environment
• Line management of staff, safeguarding all service users and adhering to RQIA compliance.
• Passionately promote the aims and values of the Live Connected brand, alongside promoting to generate new enquiries from clients
• Ensuring that the management of each Supported Living Service promotes the needs and choices for clients receiving support
• Work with managers and the training manager to ensure we maintain a workforce who have the necessary skills and experience to meet the needs of people we support in a safe manner. Support managers in keeping the training matrix under review and develop strategies to ensure we are complaint with training across the organisation.
• Conducting regular visits to Live Connected services to ensure that all services consistently meet with compliance standards.
• To be aware of Key Performance Indicators and to accurately record and report statistics to the Director as appropriate.
• To ensure efficient and effective administration procedures are in place to comply with Live Connected Care policy and regulatory/legislative requirements to include rota planning, the storage and dispensation of medication, etc. and to complete annual reports on the evaluation of the service.
• Ad hoc duties to support staff to meet the needs of the business growth.

Essential Criteria

• The candidate will either hold, or be working towards, an NVQ level 5 qualification in Health & Social Care
• Minimum of three year's experience in a health and social care, supported living setting, supporting service users with mental ill health/learning disabilities/ complex needs. Including at least one year's experience in a supervisory role within supported living.
• Experience and knowledge of Supported Living, in a similar role, previously in leading inspections with regulatory bodies and be capable of working closely the RQIA.
• Driver with access to their own car

Desirable criteria:

• Experience and knowledge of the Domiciliary Care Industry

Skills and abilities

• Highly determined, driven and ambitious, with the desire to make a real difference and assist in the growth of the business.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to talk passionately about our services and values to potential clients or referral sources.
• Advanced computer skills including proficient use of MS Office, the ability to produce reports and strong computer systems knowledge.
• Self-motivated and flexible, with a willingness to participate in an 'on call system' for out of office hours.
• Extremely well organised, excellent planning and prioritising ability with high attention to detail
• A creative and strategic thinker who is able to embrace, influence and communicate improvements to the Team.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and the post holder will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties discussed and directed by the line manager.

Live Connected is an exciting new branch of the Connected Health group. We provide quality care to adults with mental ill health/learning disabilities//complex needs, through supported living.

Live Connected aims to promote independence and choice for service users in a safe and effective manner and to empower them in their everyday living, in their own home. In all Connected Living services, the rights of service users are at the centre of care. The organisation seeks to support the individual in exercising these rights.

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