Overview
Deputy Local Service Manager – North West area to cover Blackburn, Leyland, Warrington and Bolton (base location may vary dependent upon suitable candidate). Salary: £28,255 – £29,711 per year. Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Sanctuary Supported Living is recruiting for a Deputy Local Service Manager at our Mental Health Services across Blackburn, Leyland, Warrington and Bolton. We specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care, and support services to help people live as independently as possible. We are a national not-for-profit organisation, focused on putting customers at the heart of what we do and supporting their pathways to independence.
Whether you deliver support directly or work in our offices to support frontline teams, your work makes a difference every day. Working with us is rewarding and provides opportunities to progress through comprehensive training and benefits.
Role
The role of Deputy Local Service Manager will include:
* Managing, recruiting, developing, and training staff within appropriate legislative or NVQ frameworks and devising effective and well-run staff rotas
* Promoting best practice to ensure quality services are carried out by staff
* Ensuring effective support systems are in place and that we operate in a fully compliant way
* Supporting Local Service Manager in effectively managing the void process on any empty properties
* A good understanding of health and safety
* Developing and maintaining relationships with customers and relevant external agencies with the proven ability to liaise effectively with statutory and voluntary partners
* Travel is a requirement of the role; therefore, a full valid driving licence is essential
Skills and experience
* Proven management or supervisory experience gained within a social care environment is essential
* NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
* Compassionate, understanding, and hard working with a hands-on approach to help achieve supportive outcomes
* Good written and strong communication skills
* Experience working with Mental Health
* Prior knowledge of support planning, risk assessment and safeguarding
* Previous experience working under challenging circumstances
* Confident user of IT systems
Benefits
* £28,255 per annum (rising to £29,711 after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
* At least 25 days paid holiday, plus public holidays
* A pension scheme with employer contributions
* A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
* Health and well-being plans
* Life assurance
* Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working
* Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme
* A wide range of learning and development opportunities
Job Reference: 225995
We are only currently accepting applications from those with the right to work in the UK.
If you are applying internally, use your internal careers account to submit your application.
We might get a lot of applications, so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Please apply early.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Inclusion is one of our core values. Sanctuary is committed to being a diverse, inclusive organisation and welcomes applications from people of diverse backgrounds. We will make adjustments during the application process in line with Sanctuary’s Disability Confident status.
Building Equality and Diversity: Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. We work with the Home Office to ensure legal compliance. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary for successful applicants, which Sanctuary will pay for. Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.
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