Assistant Service Manager – Fulbourn

The Edmund Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking charity dedicated to supporting individuals with learning disabilities and complex needs. This role as an Assistant Service Manager involves leading a team to provide person-centred support, ensuring that each individual can live their life to the fullest. You'll be instrumental in creating a positive environment, mentoring staff, and making a meaningful difference in the lives of those you support. With excellent pay, flexible rotas, and comprehensive training, this position offers a rewarding opportunity to make a real impact in your community. If you're passionate about empowering others and have leadership experience, this could be the perfect role for you.

Benefits

30 days holiday per year

Flexible rotas

Full training provided

Employee of the month award

Annual employee awards evening

Employee discounts

Company pension scheme

Referral bonus

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting individuals with learning and physical disabilities.
• Ability to mentor staff and lead a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team providing support to adults with learning disabilities.
• Plan rotas and conduct supervisions for team members.

Skills

Supporting people with learning disabilities

Mentoring and coaching staff

Proactive and adaptable

Team leadership

Administration tasks

Driving

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

Salary: £30,919 per annum (35 hours per week)

Employment type: Permanent

Shift pattern: 5 days a week with alternate weekends. Shifts typically run from 7am-3pm, and 3pm-10pm.

Are you an experienced Support Worker looking for a new challenge? In your career, have you supervised others or led a team? Would you like to work for a not-for-profit charity where you are valued and invested in?

As a growing charity, we are looking for an Assistant Service Manager to lead a team in providing valuable and caring support to adults with learning disabilities.

This position is based in Fulbourn and provides person-centred support to a gentleman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning disabilities. This gentleman is sociable, loves swimming, going out to National Trust sites and getting involved in sensory activities. Your time will be spent both providing support as well as leading the team through supervisions and planning rotas. You will work closely with your manager, family members and the team to make a meaningful difference in this gentleman’s life.

Why work for us?

• Excellent rates of pay
• Flexible rotas
• 30 days holiday per year (including bank holidays)
• Full, comprehensive training, both for those new to social care, and for those with experience to enhance their skillset
• Access to professional, industry-recognised formal qualifications
• Recognition of staff going the extra mile through our employee of the month award
• Annual employee awards evening, celebrating our valued staff and their achievements over the last year
• Access to employee discounts and benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Earn £200 for every successful Support Worker referred under our staff referral scheme
• Access to our employee assistance programme providing confidential support and advice to both you and your family
• HasteePay offering access to a portion of your wages as and when you need it
• Cycle to work scheme
• Paid mileage (where applicable)

Requirements:

• Experienced at supporting people who have learning and physical disabilities and have experience of Autism
• Able to coach and mentor staff with confidence through experience
• Proactive, dynamic and adaptable
• Experienced at mentoring and supporting staff and leading a team positively
• Able to recognise that families have an important part in the person’s life and have insightful and valuable contributions
• Driven and passionate
• Able to think outside the box
• Able to undertake administration tasks in a timely and organised manner
• Confident in following support agreements, plans and policies at all times
• Able to work as a team but also confident at lone working
• Able to work flexibly, including weekends and evenings
• You will be qualified, working towards or be willing to work towards, the Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
• Are a driver with your own car

Please note:

Upon completing your probationary period, you will be included on an out of hours on call rota covering all services across The Edmund Trust as Tier 1 support. This rota is shared across all managers and is typically an average of 1 week in every 3 months.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

About Us

The Edmund Trust & Eddie’s has been proudly supporting people across the East of England with learning & physical disabilities, autism and complex needs for over seventy years. We work to provide lifelong opportunities and create positive lifestyles for people to be equal and active members of the community.

We provide person-centred support, allowing individuals to choose how they want to live their lives, enabling them to reach their full potential. We encourage people to achieve their aspirations with outcome focused support. Working alongside our values of Commitment, Collaboration and Positive Interactions.