Assistant Service Manager

Avenues Group; Saffron Walden; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in Saffron Walden is seeking an Assistant Service Manager to support adults with learning disabilities. The role involves managing a team, ensuring positive risk assessments, and supporting individual needs for independence. Candidates must have strong leadership skills and a full UK driving license. The position requires a flexible approach to work hours, including potential shifts. Join a committed environment where individuals are supported to achieve their best.

Qualifications

• Full UK License and access to own vehicle needed for service requirements.
• Experience in social care preferred.
• Ability to support adults with learning disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support adults with learning disabilities to live independently.
• Manage and lead a successful and positive team.
• Act as the Service Manager in their absence.
• Stay up to date with policies and procedures.

Skills

Team leadership

Understanding of social care sector

Positive risk assessment

Staff recruitment

Flexibility in work hours

Job description

Assistant Service Manager

Full time 39 hours per week

£27,969 per annum pro rata

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 the teams across two services; one in Saffron Walden, Essex and one in Fulbourn, Cambridge.

You and your team will be supporting adults with learning disabilities to help them live as independently as possible in the community and support them in their own homes.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Have a good understanding of the social care sector and how these benefits and impacts the people we support.
• 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 flexible and be able to work shifts required: bank holidays, 7am – 2:30pm and 2pm – 9:30pm. These hours may occasionally need to be extended to provide 1‑1 support and guidance to Support Staff on duty as required and this may involve working past 21.30 to do night staff supervision.
• Full UK License and access to own vehicle needed for service requirements.
• For more details about the role, please have a look at the role profile.

Values

• 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.

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.

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