Assistant Service Manager

Cartrefi Cymru Co; The Herberts; Remote; 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

Blue Light discount card

Job summary

Cartrefi Cymru Co in St Athan is seeking a Female Assistant Service Manager to support people with learning disabilities in a community setting. The role combines hands-on care with leadership to ensure a safe, person-centred service.

You will lead by example, support daily living activities, and help people participate in social activities, including swimming, while driving service excellence.

Qualifications

• Female candidate required due to occupational requirement.
• Experience supporting people with learning disabilities in social care.
• Level 3 Health and Social Care or actively working towards.
• Must have a full driving licence and be willing to travel.
• Own car and mileage payments of 55p per mile.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example in the day-to-day running of the service.
• Provide hands-on support with personal care, washing and dressing, medication management and manual handling.
• Support social and community activities, including swimming.
• Work on rota shifts including sleep-ins and travel for meetings.
• Conduct one-to-ones, appraisals and team meetings to develop staff.

Skills

Empathy

Team leadership

Flexible

Education

Level 3 Health and Social Care

Tools

Full driving licence

Job description

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

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:Female Assistant Service Manager

Location:St Athan

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

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, caring and person-centred service for the people we support and our colleagues. You’ll be visible in the day-to-day operation of the service, providing hands-on support in line with each person’s individual needs, choices and preferences.

This is an active, hands-on role where you’ll lead by example. You’ll support people with all aspects of their daily lives, which will include personal care, washing and dressing, medication management and full manual handling. You’ll also help people to enjoy an active and fulfilling life, supporting them to take part in social and community activities, including swimming, and encouraging choice, independence and participation in the things that matter to them.

You’ll work shifts on a rota basis, which may include sleep-ins. In the absence of the Service Manager, you’ll take 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-ones and appraisals, and leading team meetings.

You’ll enjoy building positive relationships with the people we support, colleagues, families and other stakeholders, while putting our vision and values into action to deliver a first-class service. Above all else, your focus will be on helping the people we support achieve the highest possible levels of independence, while organising and modelling support in an innovative, flexible and truly person-centred way to make everyday remarkable.

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

• are female (this is a genuine occupational requirement due to the nature of the role)
• 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
• afull 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
• Blue Light discount card

About Us

Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families. 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