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Voyage Care; Reading; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Overtime premium pay

Wagestream access

Blue Light Card discounts

Doctor line 24/7/365

Cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a Residential Deputy Manager in Reading with a passion for improving the quality of life for the people we support. The role leads a team in our supported living services, focusing on person-centred plans, care assessments, and staff supervision, with on-call duties as required.

The position requires a Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification and care management experience, including working with autism, learning disabilities, and mental health needs.

Qualifications

• Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification is required.
• Experience in a care management role and with autism/learning disabilities and mental health needs is desirable.
• Experience managing a team and supervising staff.
• Experience with challenging behaviours in a care setting.

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing person-centred support plans.
• Conducting care needs assessments, recruiting and inducting new colleagues, and completing supervisions/appraisals.
• Completing medication competencies and medication audits.
• Attending multi-disciplinary meetings and assisting the Registered Manager in day-to-day service management.
• On-call rota participation (subject to service needs).

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Care sector experience

Education

Level 3 Health & Social Care

Job description

Residential Deputy Manager – Reading - £30,000 per annum

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

• Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• 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

We are looking for a Deputy Manager 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 Manager to join us in leading our supported living services / DCA Office in Reading. This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people!

Our Deputy Service Managers will be responsible for managing a team of colleagues with the purpose of helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives.

No day is ever the same, Some of the things you would be doing ;

• Developing and implementing person centred support plans
• Conducting care needs assessments, recruiting, and inducting new colleagues and completing supervisions/appraisals.
• Completing medication competencies and medication audits,
• Attending mutli-disciplinary meetings, completing reports and generally assisting the Registered Manager in the day-to-day management of our community service.

You will also take part in the on-call rota (although this may be subject to change depending on the needs of the service).

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to the lives of others, whether that’s helping our colleagues grow in confidence or the people we support gain independence so that they meet their goals.

We’re interested in our Deputy Service Managers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Supported Living Deputy 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, acquired with learning disabilities, Autism, mental health needs, and challenging behaviours.

Why choose us?

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.

All applicants and subsequent job offer will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.