Deputy Service Manager

VOYAGE CARE; Fareham; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 36 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Wagestream

Blue Light Card

24/7/365 doctor line

Access to cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Résumé du poste

Voyage Care in Langley (New Forest) seeks a Deputy Service Manager to lead a residential service, driving quality of life for individuals with complex needs. You will oversee a dedicated team and implement person-centred plans.

Role includes staffing, care assessments, medication audits, multi-disciplinary meetings, and supporting the Registered Manager. A driving licence is preferred and commitment to care excellence is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 3 in Health & Social Care.
• Experience in care management.
• Experience with autism, Down syndrome, epilepsy and physical disabilities.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Responsabilités

• Manage a team of colleagues with day-to-day service leadership responsibilities.
• Develop and implement person-centred support plans.
• Conduct care needs assessments and medication competencies/audits.
• Recruit and induct new colleagues; complete supervisions/appraisals.

Connaissances

Team leadership

Care management

Recruiting & onboarding

Formation

Level 3 Health & Social Care

Description du poste

This role comprises 30 hours per week of direct care and 7.5 hours of administrative duties. Shift times vary between 7:30am and 9:30pm, and the successful candidate must be willing to work every other weekend. Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

• Wagestream - giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
• Funded Blue Light Card - hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
• Enhanced retirement leave
• Long service awards

Deputy Service Managers with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support are at the heart of our management teams. We're currently searching for a fantastic Deputy Service Manager to join us in leading our residential service in Langley. This service is an idyllic bungalow located in the New Forest, supported by a dynamic team who care for a wonderful group of individuals. Our Deputy Service Manager will be responsible for managing a team of colleagues with the purpose of helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives. You could be developing and implementing person centred support plans, conducting care needs assessments, recruiting and inducting new colleagues, completing supervisions/appraisals, completing medication competencies and medication audits, attending multi-disciplinary meetings, completing reports and generally assisting the Registered Manager in the day-to-day management of our service. You'll never lose sight of why you choose to do this, as our Deputy Service Manager plays a central role in team leadership and have a hands‑on approach to care management.

We're interested in our Deputy Service Managers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Deputy Service Manager should have previous experience in a care management role and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care as well as experience working with individuals with autism, down syndrome, epilepsy and physical disabilities. The successful candidate would ideally also have held a full UK Driving Licence for a year.

We embrace people's differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you've got the passion to make someone's life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career. We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation. Don't hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we're supporting!