Registered Manager

ivolve Care & Support; Tendring; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent social care provider in Tendring seeks an experienced Manager to lead operations at a supported living service. Responsibilities include ensuring high standards of care, leading and developing teams, and managing compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate will have proven leadership experience in social care, excellent communication skills, and a relevant Level 5 qualification. Attractive benefits include 25 days of annual leave, training opportunities, and a refer-a-friend scheme.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Birthday off with pay

Training and development

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a leadership role within social care.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements in social care.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead social care operations ensuring high standards of care.
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders.
• Manage team and resources for financial sustainability.

Skills

Leadership in social care

People management

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Data analysis

Strategic thinking

Experience with learning disabilities

Coaching and mentoring

Education

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care

Job description

Shifts: Full-time 40 hours per week (Monday to Friday you'll be flexible around start and finish times to meet the needs of this service, colleagues, and the people we support)

Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum (dependent on experience and qualifications)

Location: Clacton on Sea, CO16 9BB

Main duties of the job

Role Overview

As a passionate and experienced Manager, you will lead our social care operations within a location, home or group of supported living services.

Reporting to the Area Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of care, support and culture, team leadership, compliance (with company and regulatory requirements), and the overall efficiency and sustainable performance of your service.

If you are a registered manager, you will meet the expectations to hold accountability with the regulator.

You will work positively to develop relationships with key stakeholders to deliver great outcomes for the people we support, our colleagues and the organisation overall.

We operate our business to the power of 3 Quality, People, Healthy Finances. These three key areas fuel and support each other and our overall performance we focus on them equally and work in partnership with our expert functions to deliver on key outcomes.

Quality

You’ll ensure the people we support have great experiences and outcomes through leading practice and driving quality experiences through highly effective governance.

People

You’ll lead, inspire, engage and care for your team to ensure our colleagues are supported and developed to deliver great care and support.

Healthy Finances

You’ll lead and manage the team and resources to ensure efficiency and sustainable financial performance.

About us

We’re one of the largest adult social care providers in the UK today and we plan to keep growing and benefiting more lives.

Our support is dynamic, person-centred and fulfilling, so people can enjoy a flourishing life. We deliver care and support with energy, passion and positivity.

Through our Residential, Supported Living and Complex Care services, we support peoples interests and inspire new ones. We do this through a mix of bigger planned activities and smaller everyday goals and tasks. We really understand each individual, so we create a person-centred plan to help them Strive every day.

We’re very proud to be recognised as one of the best organisations to work in by The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024.

Our values reflect us all and they’re at the heart of everything we do. They set out our culture, the way we behave and the way we do things.

Our colleagues are passionate, kind and resilient and they go the extra mile for the people we support and each other. We have this expectation of all of our colleagues. As a leader, you’ll embody our values in action and inspire and motivate your teams to do the same.

Key Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in a leadership / management role within the social care sector
• Excellent leadership and people management skills
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care. / Leader in Adult Care Level 5 Apprenticeship (or willing to work towards and achieve within a given timescale).
• Strong knowledge of regulatory and legislative requirements in social care.
• Understanding and experience of leading teams supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health condition or ABI.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills emotional intelligence.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to make informed decisions and deliver sustainable results including proven experience in managing budgets, finances, occupancy, rotas, utilisation, commissioned hours etc.
• Strategic thinking with a proactive and solution focussed approach.
• Confident and experience IT and systems user.
• Honesty, reliability, trustworthiness - a passion to make a difference and a commitment to the aims and objectives of the service and of ivolve.
• Sound management practice including coaching and mentoring. Commitment to Equal Opportunities, diversity and inclusion.
• Experience in completing audits to monitor quality and compliance of services, along with developing and delivering robust and effective action plans.
• Satisfactory Police and ISA checks.
• Significant experience in external stakeholder engagement.
• Knowledge of therapeutic and non-aversive care models.
• Driver travel between locations and attendance at meetings is an integral part of the role.

Benefits

We go beyond expectations for our colleagues as well as the people we support. Our reward package includes much more than pay, 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays and pension. Your birthday off with pay after a year of service and there is a £300 refer a friend scheme too!

In addition, we also offer the following:

• Accrue extra holiday days linked to length of service
• Social, financial and emotional wellbeing
• Training and development to reach your potential

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.