Deputy Manager - Adult Learning Disabilities Complex Residential

Jarrodean Healthcare Recruitment; Daliburgh; On-site; GBP 47,860 - 64,615; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation allowance

3 months free accommodation

On-site staff accommodation

Job summary

Jarrodean Healthcare Recruitment seeks a Band 6 Deputy Manager for an Adult Learning Disabilities Complex Residential team on the island of Guernsey, Channel Islands. The role oversees assessment, planning and staff development for adults with complex needs.

Experience leading LD services is required, along with a Teaching/Mentorship qualification and UK driving licence. The site offers extensive benefits including relocation support and accommodation options.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Allied Health Professional with full UK professional registration.
• At least two years current or recent UK experience leading a Learning Disabilities service at senior Band 5 or Band 6 level.
• Completion of a recognised Teaching and Assessing/Mentorship qualification.
• To hold a UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the assessment of service users with complex needs.
• Guide, advise and direct other staff in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care received by service users.
• Contribute to the recruitment and retention of team members.
• Undertake the professional development review process with identified team members.
• Support staff with performance issues by developing a plan to address developmental needs.
• Act as a professional role model for junior staff, promoting high standards of practice and strong professional values.
• Act up as necessary in the absence of the manager.

Skills

Leadership

Mentorship

Assessment

Staff development

Education

UK driving licence

Teaching & Assessing/Mentorship qualification

Senior Band 5/6 LD service leadership experience

Job description

Applications are invited from commited and experienced Registered Nurses, Allied Health Professionals or Social Workers to join the Adult Learning Disabilities Complex Residential team as Band 6 Deputy Manager within the Adult Learning Disabilities Service on the beautiful Island of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.

The site is a newly opened purpose-built facility providing support for 14 Service Users in single self-contained flats.

The flats are in a fantastic location - flat for wheelchair users near the beach, shops and cafés and access to bus routes.

Well-equipped and appointed with key considerations for Service Users with profound leaning and physical disabilities; safely enclosed garden, ceiling track hoists and sensory-sensitive colour schemes.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the assessment of service users with complex needs.
• Guide, advise and direct other staff in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care received by service users.
• Contribute to the recruitment and retention of team members.
• Undertake the professional development review process with identified team members.
• Support staff with performance issues by developing a plan to address developmental needs.
• Act as a professional role model for junior staff, promoting high standards of practice and strong professional values.
• Act up as necessary in the absence of the manager.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Allied Health Professional with full UK professional registration.
• At least two years current or recent UK experience leading a Learning Disabilities service at senior Band 5 or Band 6 level.
• Completion of a recognised Teaching and Assessing/Mentorship qualification.
• To hold a UK driving licence.

Benefits

• Guernsey Band 6 salary range is £47,860 to £64,615 plus an annual bonus of £1,747 and higher unsocial hours enhancements; 36% evening/Saturday and 72% Sunday/BH.
• Annual leave starts at 36 days up to 42 days with full credit for NHS or Local Authority service for annual leave and sick leave.
• A higher-than-UK salary.
• A flat rate 20% income tax.
• No Council tax or VAT.
• A relocation payment of £5,000.
• Three months initial free accommodation.
• On-site Staff Accommodation or a generous allowance for private rental accommodation.
• A continental lifestyle, where the people are friendly and crime is very low.