Overview
The National Autistic Society is here to transform lives, challenge perceptions and build a society that works for autistic people. We support people to understand their diagnosis and how this may impact on their life and the lives of those around them. Our residential services provide accommodation and support for autistic adults 52 weeks a year, 24 hours a day in urban and rural settings. We also provide supported living services for autistic adults who need extra help to live in their own homes or within our accommodation, whether as tenants or owner occupiers, living alone, or with others. Visit our website to find out more about who we are and what we do: https://www.autism.org.uk/
Role
Who we are looking for: We are looking for a Registered manager with the passion to work with our fantastic team at Pelham Residential House.
Responsibilities
* Lead the outstanding care and management of all aspects of the services, ensuring individual outcomes are met for the people we support; maintain quality of service and strive to grow and develop the services, adapting to changing needs.
* Take full legal responsibility for ensuring the services comply with regulation in relation to the day-to-day care of people accessing the service.
* Ensure that the needs of adults with autism are assessed, identified and met through careful programme planning and behaviour support; manage an agreed budget to provide an efficient, viable service.
* Supervise and manage staff performance and coordinate positive, collaborative liaison with external agencies, multi-disciplinary teams and health professionals.
* Uphold a person-centred planning approach, promote each person’s strengths and skills, and support growth to their maximum potential. A positive, pro-active and flexible approach is required.
Qualifications & Experience
* Experience of managing a team is absolutely essential.
* Excellent working knowledge of care standards and related legislation.
* Accurate and detailed report writing skills and business and finance skills to ensure the service is run on a sound financial basis.
* Must hold a SVQ Level 5 or equivalent.
Details
This advert is for a permanent full-time position for 37 hours per week. The salary for this position is between £29,654.23 and £36,417.47 per annum.
What we can offer you
* Auto-enrolled Pension Scheme
* 33 days annual leave (incl. Public Holidays) with the option to buy or sell annual leave every year
* Excellent induction, training and development programme including training about autism
* Online staff discount scheme for benefits such as cycle to work, season ticket loan and shopping discounts
* Healthcare Cash Plan (for permanent staff members)
* Life Assurance at 2 x base salary
* Salary sacrifice benefits such as private health, dental insurance, car salary sacrifice scheme, enhanced pension & other benefits
* Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme & counselling
* Free access to Headspace App (enrol three friends or family members for free)
* Eligibility for a Blue Light Card
* Enhanced overtime and additional payments for sleep-in and on-call
* Join the Team Scheme – Refer a friend and receive £200
Where you will be working
Pelham Residential House, Kent.
Application process
When providing a supporting statement, please refer to the job description and person specification and include any information that shows your suitability for the role. For more information about this job please contact Vanessa Halfacre at Vannessa.Halfacre@nas.org.uk. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Criminal background & safeguarding
To protect our autistic adults, all staff are required to have a criminal background check. Possession of an Enhanced DBS Check either on the Update Service or conducted within the last 12 months would be preferable but not essential. All applicants are welcome, including those with autism.
Equal opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer. INDAS
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