Experienced Manager - Adult Training Services

Connected Voice; Acomb, Blyth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension scheme

Healthcare package

Leave allowance

Cycle-to-Work

Job summary

Journey Enterprises seeks an experienced Manager to lead two training hubs delivering adult education for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The post involves managing a dual staff team of up to 16 including employees, volunteers and placements, with a focus on supervision and service delivery.

Essentials include a training/teaching qualification, willingness to work toward NVQ5, and experience in staff development, budgeting and DBS compliance.

Qualifications

• Qualified trainer/teacher with experience in young adults or adults.
• Willingness to pursue NVQ5 as required by Health & Social Care Act.

Responsibilities

• Manage two training hubs and oversee up to 16 staff including employees, volunteers and placement students.
• Deliver staff training sessions (in-service) and supervise performance, disciplinary actions and appraisals.
• Oversee devolved budget and basic management accounting; ensure DBS checks are up to date.

Skills

Training/teaching

Staff supervision

Budget management

Performance management

Health & Social Care Act awareness

Education

NVQ5 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Experienced Manager - Adult Training Services

We are looking for an experienced Manager to start as soon as possible. The appointee will manage two training Hubs which deliver skills development sessions for adults with intellectual (learning) disability.

We invite applications from qualified an experienced trainers/teachers who have worked with young adults (16 – 24) and/or adults (25+), and who have at least 2 years’ experience of managing Staff teams. This post involves the management of a dual Staff team of up to 16 incorporating employees, volunteers and students on practice-based placement (graduate and undergraduate). We are not shortlisting applicants with backgrounds in care services e.g. domiciliary, PAs, independent living, residential, nursing or wider healthcare because we do not deliver any personal care services.

Journey Enterprises is an award-winning regional charity providing training services for adults with intellectual (learning disability). These services develop work skills, our principal focus, and independent living skills. We have four sites in the north east and the Post Holder will be responsible for our Acomb and Blyth sites. He/she will be overseeing the relocation of our Acomb site over the coming 18 -24 months.

Our service hosts 160 adults weekly aged 18 – 84 years, 60 of these at our Acomb and Blyth sites. All the adults we support have conditions from birth impacting cognitive development e.g. Down’s Syndrome, Williams, Prader-Willi, Sotos and Smith Magenis.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Training/teaching qualification and experience (young adults or adults): please note that we are not recruiting primary or lower secondary practitioners
• Willingness to work towards NVQ5 in Health & Social Care as required by the Health & Social Care Act and our local authority contracts
• 2+ years’ experience managing Staff Teams including delivery of Support/Supervision, Appraisal, Disciplinaries/Grievances and Practice-Based Observations
• Experience delivering Staff training sessions (in service)
• Experience managing a devolved budget and understanding of basic management accounting
• Enhanced DBS with full barring check (Adult Services): applicants must be on the DBS Update Service

Desirable Qualifications & Experience

• Disability-specialist training
• Experience delivering grant-aided programmes
• Experience working with volunteers or volunteering
• Experience supervising undergraduate or graduate students

Terms and Conditions

Contracts are offered on a permanent basis.

• 36 days leave/annum pro rata
• a contributory pension scheme
• a healthcare package
• holiday buy-back scheme
• length of service holiday accrual scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Salary
• a Journey promotional items welcome pack
• discounted lunches
• free refreshments

The Charity operates between 08.30 – 16.30 from Monday – Thursdays and 08.30 – 16.00 on Fridays. All Staff who work for six hours continuously must take half an hour for lunch daily