JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Advanced Supported Living Manager
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Regional Manager
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Assistant Manager and Support Workers
KEY PURPOSE OF ROLE:
To effectively develop and manage a team of staff in providing person centered support to persons with a learning disability, thus enabling them to live within their own home, increasing their independence and decision making and ability to actively participate in their community.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
To assume first line-management responsibility of supported living houses within your area.
To effectively manage the performance of the individual staff and the team as a whole, ensuring a high quality of service delivery at all times.
To manage and monitor the use of all financial resources.
To manage and monitor Human Resources and staffing levels to ensure contractual compliance and to work within agreed budgets.
To directly support and supervise individual support staff and teams; ensuring that regular and consistent supervisions and appraisals are provided, in line with organisational policies and procedures.
To manage a service which meets the best possible outcomes for the person supported, including regular consultation with them and staff to identify any areas for development/improvement.
To promote the interests of all persons supported within the community, maximising community integration opportunities.
To ensure that persons supported are supported in a manner that maximises person supporteds skills and provides the opportunity to develop new skills to enable increased independence.
To ensure that staff are provided with the required training and development opportunities in order to fully equip themselves to carry out their role effectively.
To create, develop and sustain partnership working relationships with the Commissioning Authority, Health, other external agencies, families, advocates etc.
To contribute fully towards Perthyns quality assurance processes, ensuring evident continual improvement.
Develop, maintain and evaluate systems and structures to promote the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people.
To ensure compliance with all of Perthyns policies and procedures.
To take responsibility for your own performance and professional development along with that of the staff team. This will include appropriately responding to areas of poor performance.
To lead the work of teams and persons supported to achieve their objectives.
To attend and facilitate team meetings as required ensuring that any issues of concern are addressed appropriately.
To act as a positive role model by providing hands-on support as required and agreed by your line manager
To undertake any bespoke training and development initiatives identified by the Regional Manager.
Any other duties, commensurate with the grade and responsibilities of the role.
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