Assistant Service Manager

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative; Haverfordwest; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

25 days annual leave rising to 30 days

Health and Wellbeing programme

Company pension

Benefits and discount platform

Job summary

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative is seeking an Assistant Service Manager in Pembrokeshire. You will work alongside the Service Manager to ensure a safe, caring service for the people we support and colleagues, with a rota that may include sleep-ins.

The role requires Level 3 Health & Social Care (or working towards) and a full driving licence. You will lead the team in the Manager's absence and strive for the highest levels of independence for those we support.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting people with learning disabilities in a social care setting.
• Active pursuit or attainment of Level 3 Health & Social Care.
• Full driving licence – essential; willing to travel for meetings and training.

Responsibilities

• Support Service Manager to ensure a safe, caring service.
• Lead day-to-day running in the manager's absence; provide leadership and appraisals.
• Manage rota and scheduling, including sleep-in shifts and team meetings.
• Focus on independence for the people we support, with person-centred, flexible approaches.

Skills

Experience with learning disabilities

Education

Level 3 Health & Social Care

Job description

Come and make a real difference: we’re looking for an Assistant Service Manager to help make everyday remarkable for our friendly team in Pembrokeshire.

We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilities to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community, as a Assistant Service Manager, you can play a vital role in this.

Role: Assistant Service Manager

Location: Pembrokeshire

Hours: 37,Your shift pattern will include weekends and sleep-ins

Salary: £29,149.91pa and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 55p per mile

Contract: Permanent

What you’ll be doing:

In this role you’ll be working alongside the Service Manager to ensure a safe and caring service for the people we support and our colleagues. To do this successfully, you’ll be visible in the day-to-day operation of the service supporting duties in line with the requirements of the people we support. You’ll be working shifts on a rota basis which may include sleep ins. In the absence of the Service Manager, you'll have responsibility for the day to day running of the service. This will involve providing leadership and management to the team, monitoring performance, carrying out one to one’s and appraisals and holding team meetings.
Above all else, your focus will be on achieving the highest levels of independence for the people we support, and on organising and modelling that support in an innovative, person-centred and flexible way to make everyday remarkable.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• experience supporting people with learning difficulties in a social care setting
• Level 3 in Health and Social Care (or actively working towards)
• a strong caring nature to support others to live an enriched life and fulfil their potential
• a working knowledge and understanding of the Care Council for Wales Code of Practice
• flexibility to work shifts and provide cover as required
• a full driving licence - essential and happy to travel for meetings and training
• access to your own car and happy to use this for transporting people we support to and from activities as well as obtaining business insurance for your vehicle for which we pay 55p per mile to cover this

Our Benefits

• Training and development opportunities
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Company pension
• Benefits and discount platform

About Us

We’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support. You can find out more about this here

Our Values

We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include:

• Honesty
• Trust
• Kindness
• Respect
• Wellbeing

Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.