Assistant Service Manager

Bethphage; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Assistant Service Manager to provide exceptional support to adults with learning disabilities and autism. This role involves leading a team to ensure high-quality care and promoting independence through community involvement. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a background in health and social care. Join a passionate team committed to making a difference in people's lives, with opportunities for professional growth and development. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause while enjoying competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pay

High quality training

28 days holiday

Free counselling services

Health Cash Plan

Long service rewards

Contributory Pension scheme

Development opportunities

Refer-a-Friend Award

Paid enhanced DBS certificate

Qualifications

• Experience in health and social care with a focus on learning disabilities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Support the Service Manager in managing supported living services.
• Provide high-quality support to adults with learning disabilities.

Skills

Person-Centred Thinking

Positive Behaviour Support

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Education

Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

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Benefits of joining or team.

• Competitive pay
• High quality training- we provide all the training you need to deliver first class support;
• 28 days holiday in your first year, increasing to 33 day after five years and then 38 days after ten-years’ service.
• Comprehensive induction programme including shadow shifts – which means you’ll be fully supported to understand the role whilst getting to know the team and the people you will support
• Free and confidential counselling services for you and your family
• A Simply Health Cash Plan- to help you with healthcare costs including dental, physiotherapy, chiropody, optical, new child payment, prescriptions and more
• Long service rewards starting at £100 increasing to £150 depending on length of service – we believe our staff are our greatest asset and we want to reward you for your hard work and commitment to Bethphage
• Contributory Pension scheme
• Development opportunities- we want to support you in your career in care, from becoming a mental health first aider, to career progression- from support worker to service manager, your development is our development
• Regular supervisions with your manager, team meetings and feedback
• Refer-a-Friend Award – earn £200 every time you successfully refer a friend and they complete their probation.
• Birthday recognition – an Amazon e-voucher every year
• Paid enhanced DBS certificate
• Access to the “Blue light Card” scheme that offers discounts to social care staff in a range of shops both online and on the High street

We have an exciting new opportunity in the Whitchurch-Market Drayton area for an Assistant Service Manager who can share in Bethphage’s values.

As the Assistant Service Manager will provide high quality support to adults with learning disabilities and Autism, ensuring they are supported to develop and maintain independence, take part in community activities, Leisure, education and work opportunities in a person-centred way.

The role will involve you supporting the Service Manager to lead the day-to-day management of three supported living services providing twenty-four hour care, seven days a week. Also four smaller outreach services, all require effective management for people with learning disabilities and Autism. You will ensure your teams provide high quality support, to develop and maintain the supported people's independence, take part in community activities, leisure, education and work opportunities of the person's choice.

The ideal person will be an experienced health and social care worker, a good communicator, able to network and work with people at all levels. They should be confident and knowledgeable of the sector, able to get on with the role and deal with issues, knowing when to seek help and advice. They will be able to use IT and write legibly, have significant experience of person-centred and positive behaviour support.

Candidates will be considered who do not have a level 3 qualification, but have a willingness to work towards this. Though you will have suitable supervisory experience and professional knowledge in the sector, ideally in learning disability.

The role will be 4 days off rota and 1 day on rota completing a support shift in one of the services. Some evening and weekend working maybe required.

?*The successful candidate will be required to partake in the Bethphage on call rota

About You:

• Driver with UK manual licence and own vehicle.
• Level 3 in Health and Social Care or working towards
• An understanding of Person-Centred thinking and planning
• Good IT knowledge/skills/systems
• Experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities and Autism
• To be able to work using own initiative as well as part of a team
• Supervisory experience
• An understanding of Positive Behaviour Support

*Some of our roles require males, females, race and age specific employees only. Where this is indicated, this is a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with the Equality Act 2010

If you would like more information, please get in touch with our recruitment team by calling: 01743 272880 or drop us an email at: .

Interview Date: TBC

In Short

• Industry Charities & Non-Profit
• Founded 1994
• Company size 200 - 499

About us

Bethphageisa registered charity that provides support solutions to people with learningdisabilities, autism & mental health needs across Shropshire & the WestMidlands to ensure they have the opportunity to live the life they choose.

Ourvalues are Honesty, Active Involvement, Personal Growth and Respect. As aPositive Behaviour Organisation, these will apply as much to the way we treatyou as it does to the way you support people.

Wevery much welcome applications for a few hours a week through to full-time. Ifyou can’t commit to permanent work, e.g. students at university, we’d stilllike to hear from you.

At Bethphage weprovide a range of benefits:

• competitive pay,
• paid training,
• a Health Cash Plan,
• long service awards,
• free counselling services
• and a pension plan.
  

Training

Ourstaffareour most important asset and we work hard to support themand their development so that our services are reliable, responsive and of aconsistently high quality.

You don’t needto have done this type of work before, just have the right values, be positiveabout the difference you can make and be willing to learn and share yourknowledge.

We provide allthe training our staff need to deliver high quality, person-centred support. Akey element of our training programme includes supporting our staff to achievea Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care.

Allof our Managers have a Level 4/5 qualification.

We hope you’ll want to join us—we’re passionate about being an excellent provider of services to people with disabilities.

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