Job Description Service Manager 6 Months - Fixed-Term-Contract Up to £30,000 annually (Dependant on Experience) Full Time - 37.5 Hours Per Week About National Care Group National Care Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of adult social care, supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health support needs, acquired brain injuries, autistic people, and complex related needs. Its mission is to empower those it supports to lead their best life, enabling them the opportunity to unlock their full potential and live as independently as possible within their community. Jameson’s Care, part of National Care Group, are recruiting for an experienced Service Manager to support our service in Colchester. Jameson’s is a 7 bed Residential Service were we support adults with Challenging behaviour, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health to fulfil their potential, develop new skills and live as independently as possible. The Service Manager Role The Service Manager’s role is essential to the wellbeing and safety of the people we support and to the development of the team of people employed to support them. You will lead by example and demonstrate safe, effective working practices along with taking an active part in mentoring and developing individuals and staff teams in line with all relevant and current industry legislation and best practice. Responsibilities include: Devise, implement and review support plans with individuals focusing on safe and achievable outcomes and goals ensuring the service users wishes are reflected in these Assess and develop outcome focused risk management plans Perform audits of support plans, health action plans, risk assessments and management plans, financial management systems where a team leader/care manager is responsible for the upkeep of these documents Effectively manage your own diary in order to give full support to our services Be a point of contact for all service users, their families and staff within your network Be involved and contribute to management meetings, daily office functions and represent the company, when needed, in the public/professional domain Planning and organising meetings and communicating on day-to-day issues with your manager Ensuring information held by the company about individual service users is kept securely and updated regularly in line with the Data Protection Act 1998 Support staff to work within boundaries of their role and capabilities Be involved in fact finding and information gathering where complaints or concerns have been raised Plan and deliver staff appraisals and supervisions with other HR related tasks and where necessary, be part of the disciplinary process Carry out relevant risk assessments in regard to health and safety in the work place, specifically lone working practices Be actively involved in mentoring or training staff either in a structured session or whilst working alongside them Ensure and monitor that support staff follow policies, procedures and guidance from the Employee handbook Fully comply with the requirements set out by the Health and Social Care Act 2014, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, GSCC, Health and Social Care Regulations 2010, Safeguarding Policies and CQC standards Understand and adhere to the policies as set out in the Mental Health Act 2013 What’s in it for you? The opportunity to develop a career in a secure and fulfilling role at an organisation that values growing its team from within. You can continuously learn on the job with the benefit of paid training and the opportunity to gain recognised qualifications. You will work at an organisation that celebrates age, gender and diversity within an inclusive culture. The organisation promotes an environment of wellbeing with support for you to stay healthy and happy. The opportunity to earn rewards through a Refer a Friend scheme. Access to an app called Wagestream, enabling greater control over your finances. Ideal Candidate Supporting Adults with Learning disabilities and/or mental health conditions A minimum of a Level 3 in Health and Social Care Experience of managing a team including rotas, appraisals and disciplinaries Able to motivate and encourage a team National Care Group are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply. Apply today or email me @ jason.kenyon@nationalcaregroup.com for more information.