Service Manager - Supported Living
Posted a week ago by Thendon Resourcing Limited
Are you an experienced Care Manager / Deputy Manager / Service Manager, looking to take the next step in your career and become a Registered Supported Living Manager with an organisation where you’ll feel valued, supported and be part of a dedicated and passionate team of professionals all striving for excellence? If so, I’d love to hear from you.
As a Service Manager, you’ll be responsible for the management of a supported living service for 5 adults in Chichester. The people living in this services have a lot of capacity, enjoy active lifestyles and are encouraged to be as independent as possible. They enjoy a wide range of activities such as theatre visits, BBQ’s and karaoke nights. You’ll be Service Delivery focused, leading, motivating and managing the staff team to ensure that a truly bespoke person-centred care service is delivered to each individual living there.
There’s a great salary and benefits package attached to this role of £32,667 - £37492, 22 days leave rising to 25 with service (plus the bank holidays), Cash back health care plan, cycle scheme, and advice and counselling service access.
You’ll also benefit from great training and development opportunities, the chance to enhance your skills and knowledge around Active Support and Positive Behaviour Support, Flexibility, stability and security.
The Service Manager role
- Overseeing the delivery of high-quality care and support services to individuals living within a 5 bed supported living service
- Provide coaching, supervision, feedback and guidance to a team of approx. 21 people
- With the support from the recruitment team, recruit suitably qualified, caring staff and manage their indication processes
- Manage the service budget and finances
- Ensure that clients have choice and control of their own lives and are able to develop their life-skills through person-centred active support
- Ensure that all care documentation such as care plans, risk assessments, assessments and reviews are up to date and reflective of peoples changing needs
- Become the Registered Manager of the service with CQC and ensure that the KLOE’s are being met at good or outstanding.
The Successful Candidate
- Experience managing teams within a Social Care service is essential, we’re looking for somebody that has worked in a role such as Deputy Manager, Service Manager or Care Manger previously and can demonstrate good leadership and coaching skills.
- You’ll have worked in a Supported Living , Care Home or Domiciliary Care service before, or potentially even children’s services, but you’ll be able to demonstrate knowledge of CQC standards and how to apply them.
- It would be perfect if you have experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities and complex needs previously, though we are happy to consider people wanting to make a move into this part of social care from elderly care, mental health or children’s services.
- You’ll be able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service, over a 37 hour contract.
- You’ll have a desire or passion for working with people with learning disabilities a truly wanting to make a difference in people’s lives.
The Organisation
They strive to be the best employer they can be, offering excellent benefits and working conditions to attract and keep the best team. They are accredited as a Gold Standard employer by Investors in People, are named as a Top Thirty Employer in the UK for working families, are Disability Confident Employer and a Mindful Employer.
This opportunity might feel too good to be true but it’s really not. I can point you in the direction of lots of client and staff testimonials about the organisation who are proud to deliver services that enable people with learning disabilities mental health needs to live their lives well!
What are you waiting for? To be considered for the Supported Living Service Manager role, please click apply now to send your CV to Laura at Thendon Resourcing. I’ll be in contact within 1-2 business days to discuss it further with you.
We are looking to hold interviews ASAP so apply now to ensure that you don’t miss out. Management opportunities with this organisation don’t come up that often due to their high retention rates.
- Type:
- Permanent
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- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- LR
- Job ID:
- 221760309
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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