Could you be a Sense Deputy Care Manager?
Sense are looking for a passionate and motivated person to join our fantastic team as a Deputy Care Manager at our wonderful service in Edgbaston!
This is a Permanent role, working 37.5 hours per week. As a Deputy Care Manager you will receive £25,261.00
As a Deputy Care Manager you will provide a customised, responsive and high quality service to people with multiple sensory impairments and/or learning disabilities. You will be a frontline supervisor, supporting the manager to effectively manage a team of staff to deliver person centred, specialist services.
You will need to have a sound knowledge of person centred planning, rota planning and staff management/development. We would like to hear from you if you are a committed, flexible and enthusiastic team player who is able to coach and mentor a team of support workers. You will be IT literate and able to undertake some administration duties.
Other skills required;
1. Supervision and development of staff teams
2. Knowledge of health and safety
3. Ensure that team meetings are carried out monthly
4. Ensure that the people we support are at the centre of every decision we make and encourage them to participate in any way that they can.
Does this sound right for you?
Working at Sense gives you a wide range of benefits including:
5. 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
6. Free DBS Check
7. Headspace app- free access for all employees to mindfulness application
8. Free leadership and management development
9. Free access to over 100 online and face to face training including the care certificate.
10. On-going development opportunities
11. Flexible working and family friendly policies
12. Employee referral scheme
13. Health and well-being support
14. Pension Scheme
15. Discount scheme
Your duties can include:
16. Your duties can include:
17. To support individuals / groups within the centre and community.
18. You will assist the manager in the running of the service including rota, supervising, mentoring and leading the team to ensure that all shared responsibilities are fulfilled and systems maintained which guarantee compliance.
19. To provide a customised, responsive and high quality service to people with multiple sensory impairments, physical and/or learning disabilities who use Sense services.
20. To deliver services which meet or exceed organisational expectations and standards.
Your required skills and experiences:
21. A full manual UK license and the willingness to drive our company vehicle is desirable.
22. Knowledge of or qualification in British Sign Language or similar is beneficial ( BSL / Makaton etc.)
23. You must have previous experience in the management of services and understand the legislation and requirements that governs us from CQC.
24. Knowledge of multi sensory impairments / learning difficullties is beneficial.
About Sense
For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.
Work at Sense can be demanding and so isn’t for everyone, but it is also incredibly rewarding and valuable. Take a look at the video below to see why we do what we do.