Deputy Manager - Adult Residential (ID:499)

Swanton Care and Community; Houghton-le-Spring, Hetton-le-Hole; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supportive care organization in Houghton-le-Spring seeks an experienced Team Leader to manage a staff of 25 in a dynamic residential environment. This role involves providing guidance and support to promote person-centred care, developing support plans, and fostering a strong team culture. The ideal candidate will have NVQ level 5 in Health and Social Care, with experience in residential care. A flexible approach and valid UK driving licence are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience of residential care for a small residential setting.
• Experience managing a team of at least 25 staff.
• Familiarity with conditions such as PICA.

Responsibilities

• Support service manager to set the culture of the service.
• Provide practical assistance and emotional support.
• Create and update person-centred support/care plans.
• Oversee the development of service user records.

Skills

Experience of managing a team

Understanding of person-centred care

Ability to support staff development

Experience with auditing

Flexibility

Education

NVQ level 5 in Health and Social Care

Job description

WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP

You will be responsible for supporting your service manager to set the culture of your service. Leading and inspiring the teams to ensure that everyone within it lives and breathes our philosophy.

Here at Swanton, we are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words, these underpin the PRIDE we take in our services.

‘Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy’

The role involves providing practical assistance and emotional support to empower the team, to enable them to help the people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations.

• Experience of residential care for a small residential (7 bed) would be desirable.
• Experience of managing a team of at least 25 staff to provide person-centred care to adults with a learning disabilities.
• Experience of inter‑department working and acceptance that no two days may be the same. This is a fast pace environment, with the aim of enhancing the experience and lives of the people we support.
• You must have or be working towards an NVQ level 5 in Health and Social Care, you must also be flexible.
• Experience of conditions such as PICA.
• Experience with auditing and leading from the front, also take the lead to help Support Workers understand their responsibilities and by doing so ensure that safe, effective, caring, responsive and well lead support and care is delivered at all times.

You will be proactive and support the development and skills of Support Workers. This will include recruitment, induction, supervisions, annual appraisals, training, coaching, rota management, sickness and absence management.

You will ensure that all the people we support have person‑centred support/care plans. You will be able to create and update these plans as per any changes that are required.

you will oversee and support the development of excellent quality within the service. You will design, develop and maintain excellent service user records. Working in a supportive manner that empowers the service user to live their life in their chosen manner.

*To undertake this role, you must hold a valid UK driving licence.