Interim Service Manager

Domus Recruitment; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care service provider in Kent is looking for a Manager to oversee a Supported Living service. This role involves providing leadership, managing staff, and ensuring the delivery of quality care for adults with Autism and learning disabilities. The ideal candidate must have experience in social care management and be willing to work flexible hours. This opportunity offers potential for growth within a respected charity organization.

Benefits

£300 reward for successful candidate referrals

Qualifications

• Experience supporting people with a learning disability/mental health needs.
• Must be NVQ Level 3 in Social Care Management or equivalent.
• Ability to manage and supervise staff effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance to teams across services.
• Ensure support plans are current and implemented.
• Manage staffing resources including rota management.

Skills

Experience supporting people with learning disabilities

Supervising and motivating staff

Clear written and verbal communication

IT literacy

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Social Care Management or equivalent

Job description

Overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in Kent to help manage a Supported Living service. I am recruiting for this exciting opportunity on behalf of a service provider for adults living with Autism, learning disabilities and/or Mental Health issues. This is a great opportunity for an experienced Manager to work with an incredible charity who have great growth opportunities and a fantastic reputation providing quality care for service users.

Responsibilities

• Work across the services providing leadership and guidance to the teams, observe and feedback on practice to improve quality, positive behavioural support and person-centred approaches.
• Undertake regular supervision meetings with staff and facilitate team meetings.
• Ensure support plans are current and staff are aware of the review and implementation of individual support plans.
• Manage performance issues engaging the appropriate informal / formal processes where necessary and with guidance from Service Manager/HR.
• Manage the staffing resources of the service including rota management and staff budgets.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as requested.

Requirements

• Experience of supporting people with a learning disability / mental health needs.
• NVQ Level 3 in Social Care Management or equivalent.
• Experience of supervising and motivating staff.
• Clear written and verbal communication style.
• IT literate and confident in the use of different IT systems / packages.
• Willing to undertake required training, sometimes off site and outside normal working hours.
• Willing and able to travel between locations as required.
• Available for flexible working patterns including evenings, weekends, sleep-ins and nights as required.
• Able to undertake on-call duties on a rota basis.
• A driver to enable travel between services.

Benefits

As part of our continual pursuit of quality candidates we appreciate and reward candidate recommendations from you if we successfully secure them a position. We will reward you with £300 if you recommend a new candidate to us who is not already registered and we secure them a role for a minimum of 1 month.