Assistant Service Manager

Avenues Group; Birchington; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care provider in Birchington is seeking an Assistant Service Manager to support a team in a supported living service for individuals with learning disabilities. Responsibilities include managing support staff, coordinating schedules, and assisting with personal care tasks. The ideal candidate will have experience in social care roles and possess a valid UK driving license. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

High quality training

Paid enhanced DBS check

Flexible working

Shopping discounts

Paid annual leave

Contributory pension scheme

Confidential health support

Refer a friend bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in social care roles such as Assistant Manager or Team Leader.
• Experience supporting individuals with learning disabilities and complex needs.
• Ability to manage budgets and financial information.

Responsibilities

• Manage support hours and staff rotas.
• Assist in the day-to-day operations of the service.
• Support personal care, cooking, and administration of medication.
• Act as Service Manager in their absence.
• Establish effective internal and external networks.

Skills

Social care experience

Budget management

Team leadership

Drivers license

Knowledge of legislation

Positive risk taking

Job description

Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things, we know that well-supported people support people well, which makes them want to do their very best for the people we support, and achieve our vision.

We have a brand new opportunity for a full time Assistant Service Manager to join our service in Coleman's Stairs , this is a supported living service based in Birchington, Kent . The service supports 3 brothers who have learning disabilities, autism and behaviours that challenge.

The role will include working alongside the Service Manager in the day to day running of this service including :

• Management and coordination of support hours and rota’s.
• Effectively recruit, develop and manage employees in a fair and consistent manner.
• Assist the Service Manager to encourage a solutions led culture.
• Day to day support including personal care, cooking, cleaning and administering medication.
• Act as the Service Manager in their absence.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships and networks, internally and externally.

Our ideal Assistant Service Manager looks like this!

• Experience in a similar role within social care Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager, Supervisor, Team Leader etc.
• Experience supporting people who have learning disabilities and / or complex needs
• Experience of managing budgets and financial information
• Knowledge of sector relevant legislation regulatory bodies and their standards
• Ability to work with your Service Manager to manage and lead a successful and positive team.
• Understands the balance between keeping our people safe and positive risk taking.
• Stay up to date with policies and procedures to carry out and maintain safe and best practices.
• Support the Service Manager to recruit new employees and develop and manage your staff team in a fair and consistent manner.
• Work with your Service Manager to reinforce a positive culture of continuous improvement.
• Act as the Service Manager in their absence.
• To be able to take part in a management cover rota which could include day and night shifts.
• Driver with full UK valid driving licence is highly desirable – ability to travel to the service location and drive the service vehicle / s.

Your values should match ours :

• Respect : We treat people as we would wish to be treated ourselves.
• Excellence : We don’t settle for okay, we are determined to achieve more.
• Integrity : We do the right thing, even if it takes more time and effort.
• Pride : The work we do is something we want to tell others we are part of.

If you would like to know more details about the role, please have a look at the role profile!

Benefits you can expect!

• £27,969 + £1200 complexity enhancement
• High quality training that supports your career development.
• Paid enhanced DBS check.
• Flexible working.
• Shopping discount via Blue Light Card and The Benefits website.
• Paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
• Free and confidential 24 / 7 access to a health portal, counselling and support.
• Recommend a Friend scheme – earn up to £500.

Apply or get in touch with us today – we look forward to hearing from you.

As part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident Scheme”, candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview stage.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found or experiencing a high volume of applications.