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Service Manager (Supported Living) - Bishops Stortford, Bishop's Stortford
Client:
HF Trust
Location:
Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
38c5d6e4e98e
Job Views:
12
Posted:
29.04.2025
Expiry Date:
13.06.2025
Job Description:
Service Manager (Supported Living) - Bishops Stortford
Location: Bishop's Stortford
Discipline: Job type: Salary: £39,140
Job ref: 021865
Published: 17 days ago
Expiry date: 31 Oct 2024 22:59
Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a dedicated Manager, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible?
We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting over 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams.
Join us as a manager with Hft and you'll develop your social care career with one of the leading names in the sector. You'll go to work each day knowing you can make a real difference to the lives of adults with learning disabilities.
As the CQC registered manager, you will oversee a supported living service providing the regulated activity of personal care to individuals within their own homes within the Bishops Stortford area. We currently support individuals within their own homes across 3 blocks of flats and a small number of smaller properties based within the community.
What's in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits and career development opportunities. We give you a comprehensive induction, full training and support along the way. With Skills for Care accreditation, we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.
As a Gold standard Investors in People accredited employer, we are committed to supporting colleague wellbeing as a priority. All Hft employees get access to TELUS Health, the world's biggest 24/7 colleague counselling and support service. It is completely free for all colleagues to use in complete confidence, whenever and however they want to access it.
We offer:
* Annual Leave: 33 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)
* Wage incentives: 10% overtime allowance, 20% Bank Holiday allowance, 50% for key dates over Christmas. 10% Overtime allowance for hours worked over per week.
* Training: Access to award-winning training and development
* Wagestream: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support through its dedicated app
* Aviva Digicare + workplace: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.
* Discounted mobile phone contracts. As an Hft employee, you'll be able to take advantage of Vodafone's Employee Advantage programme, giving you up to 30% off.
* Care Friends: Employee referral app earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft.
* Free life assurance 3 x your annual salary
* Family-friendly policies: term time only contracts, part-time, annualised and compressed hours. Generous return to work bonus following maternity leave
What will you be doing?
As a Service Manager at Hft, you'll be supporting adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. You will be a role model through demonstrating excellent support to those we support and help Regional Service Managers to coach, support, and manage staff teams effectively. You will be responsible for nurturing and inspiring staff to ensure we have the best teams offering great support services. This role also offers great opportunities for career progression to develop your knowledge and skills.
The purpose of the role is to assist the Regional Service Manager by holding delegated responsibility in key areas of the day-to-day running of the registered service. You will also manage your team's performance, including their delivery of care and support that promotes dignity, wellbeing, and independence, fostering a person-centred culture.
Alongside the Regional Manager, you are responsible and accountable for monitoring, maintaining, and providing the highest standards of clinical and personal support and service delivery, while promoting independence and choice to the people supported in the service.
As a senior member of the team, you will promote and lead good practice at all times, ensuring the safety and satisfaction of the people we support and their colleagues by acting as an exemplary role model.
Flexibility is important for both you and the service, as we provide 24/7 support to some individuals. You will need to work shifts on a rota basis, including nights, weekends, and Bank Holidays.
A full UK driving license, with access to your own vehicle, is essential for the role.
About you
* You will have experience supporting adults with complex learning disabilities.
* You need good IT skills and experience of maintaining records.
* You will have knowledge of CQC regulations.
* You need to hold a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (or acceptable equivalent) OR have the ability to achieve this within 18 months of appointment.
* You will have detailed knowledge of Health and Safety issues and Safeguarding regulations.
If you are passionate about delivering high-quality care and support services to people with learning disabilities and want to make a difference to enable people to live more fulfilling and independent lives, then this is the role for you.
For more information on the role and responsibilities, please refer to the job description & person spec.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.
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