Scheme Manager - Adult Supported Living

Swanton Care and Community; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A Care Management Company in Hull is seeking a Scheme Manager to oversee supported living services. The ideal candidate will have care management experience, excellent leadership skills, and a commitment to providing inclusive care. This role involves managing teams and ensuring quality support for individuals with varying disabilities. Competitive benefits include career development, long service awards, and employee discounts.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work scheme

Pension scheme

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Trained mental health first aiders

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Voice events

Qualifications

• Experience managing a team in a supported living environment.
• Proactive and able to create an inclusive atmosphere.
• Evidence of supportive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manage the residential living scheme in Hull.
• Support individuals with learning and physical disabilities.
• Ensure delivery of person-centered services.

Skills

Care management experience

Interpersonal skills

Leadership skills

Driving capability

Education

NVQ Level 5 in Health & Social Care

Job description

About The Role

Are you ready to take the next step in your career to meet the challenge of this exciting role?

Position: Scheme Manager (Supported Living)

Location: Kingston Upon Hull (Various locations with expectations of travel)

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week and shift cover may be required when on-call.

WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP.

About you

Do you have previous experience working in care, managing a team and want to use these skills to develop further and take the lead?

This is an opportunity for a pro-active Scheme Manager to join an evolving Care Company and manage our residential living scheme in Hull. You will need:

• Previous care management experience, preferably within a supported living environment.
• Hold or be working towards a NVQ Level 5 in Health & Social Care or have a suitable alternative qualification
• Have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to create an inclusive and welcoming environment for all
• Evidence that you can provide inspiring, motivational, clear, and supportive leadership
• The ideal candidate will be able to drive due to the needs of the service.

Here at Swanton, we are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words, these underpin the PRIDE we take in our services.

‘Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy’

What we can offer:

• Refer a friend scheme we know that you will know fantastic people who will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made *
• Above and beyond we recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams. We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!
• Long service awards we recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service
• Employee benefits app stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.
• Cycle to work you can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme
• Pension we will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Life cover you will be entitled to the death in service benefit.
• Funded qualifications earn whilst you learn! we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton *
• Career pathways we invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!
• Swanton Educates we have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development
• Trained mental health first aiders available to support you when you need someone to talk to
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support
• Employee Voice we hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us

*subject to eligibility & criteria

You will be required to undergo relevant pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Our internal vacancies are also published onto our website.Roles may be withdrawn before the closing date if a successful appointment has been made.

About The Service

About the supported living services you would support

In Swanton Community Care - Hull, we provide personal care and support, for adults with mental health, dementia, learning disability and physical disability support needs. We have two 6-bedroom group living homes, Huckleberry House and Westbridge House along with another 3 services in the community, right in the heart of Hull.

This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is ready for a challenging role working across two supported living schemes in Hull. The roles involves supporting three individuals with learning and physical disabilities to move into new tenancies.

Our properties are in a close proximity of each other, We offer a diverse and person-centred services to meet the needs of each individual, we can offer both supported living within a scheme or in individual settings.

We support a diverse set of individuals with varying diagnosis, we work with the local authority to identify and meet the needs of the people we support.