Overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen in Kent to help manage a Supported Living service. I am recruiting for this exciting opportunity on behalf of a service provider for adults living with Autism, learning disabilities and/or Mental Health issues. This is a great opportunity for an experienced Manager to work with an incredible charity who have great growth opportunities and a fantastic reputation providing quality care for service users.
Responsibilities
* Work across the services providing leadership and guidance to the teams, observe and feedback on practice to improve quality, positive behavioural support and person-centred approaches.
* Undertake regular supervision meetings with staff and facilitate team meetings.
* Ensure support plans are current and staff are aware of the review and implementation of individual support plans.
* Manage performance issues engaging the appropriate informal / formal processes where necessary and with guidance from Service Manager/HR.
* Manage the staffing resources of the service including rota management and staff budgets.
* To undertake any other reasonable duties as requested.
Requirements
* Experience of supporting people with a learning disability / mental health needs.
* NVQ Level 3 in Social Care Management or equivalent.
* Experience of supervising and motivating staff.
* Clear written and verbal communication style.
* IT literate and confident in the use of different IT systems / packages.
* Willing to undertake required training, sometimes off site and outside normal working hours.
* Willing and able to travel between locations as required.
* Available for flexible working patterns including evenings, weekends, sleep-ins and nights as required.
* Able to undertake on-call duties on a rota basis.
* A driver to enable travel between services.
Benefits
As part of our continual pursuit of quality candidates we appreciate and reward candidate recommendations from you if we successfully secure them a position. We will reward you with £300 if you recommend a new candidate to us who is not already registered and we secure them a role for a minimum of 1 month.
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