Service Manager at Grace Eyre Foundation

Community Base; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Rental deposit scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Volunteer day

Blue Light Card

Enhanced pension contribution

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working

Job summary

Grace Eyre in Brighton is seeking a Service Manager for a Supported Living service in Coldean. You will ensure the service meets all required standards and report to the registered manager.

You will oversee finance and medication monitoring, health and safety, up-to-date support plans, and staff reviews, supervisions and appraisals. You will also recruit staff and promote person-centred, fulfilling activities for the people we support.

Qualifications

• Experience working in Supported Living services.
• Experience managing staff teams and roasters.
• Strong communication and workload management.
• Knowledge of CQC standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure CQC standards are met and reports to the registered manager.
• Manage staff rotas and on‑call duties.
• Monitor finances, medication, health and safety.
• Keep support plans up to date and participate in reviews and supervisions.
• Recruitment and ensuring person-centred activity planning.

Skills

Staff management

Communication

Person-centred care

Supported Living

Health & safety

Job description

Grace Eyre is one of the oldest and most innovative charities in the UK. We’re committed to supporting a range of people, including people with an acquired brain injury, physical disabilities, learning disability and autistic people.The role is for a Service Manager at a Supported Living service in Coldean, Brighton. We currently support 4 people in the service and are extending the service over 2 addresses and increasing the service number to 6 or 7 people.

Grace Eyre is one of the oldest and most innovative charities in the UK. We’re committed to supporting a range of people, including people with an acquired brain injury, physical disabilities, learning disability and autistic people.

Our mission is to provide good homes and pioneering support, connections and experiences led by Our Charter, where voice, choice, growth and happiness lead the way.

The role is for a Service Manager at a Supported Living service in Coldean, Brighton. We currently support 4 people in the service and are extending the service over 2 addresses and increasing the service number to 6 or 7 people.

In the role as Service Manager you will be required to ensure the service is meeting all the necessary standards to CQC and report to the registered manager. You will be required to complete tasks such as, finance and medication monitoring, health and safety monitoring, ensure support plans are up to date, take part in reviews, supervisions and appraisals of staff, recruitment of staff and most importantly ensure the people we support in the service live fun fulfilled lives and are involved in their care in a person centred way. You will also be responsible to manage a rota and be part of the On Call service with other managers.

The applicant will need to have experience and/or knowledge of Supported Living services, working with people with learning disabilities or autism, managing staff teams. The applicant will need to have good communication skills and be able to manage their workload effectively in a demanding role.

The people we support want someone who is kind, fun and someone who can help them organise fun activities for them to do both at home and in the city.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:

No applicant for employment or employee will be treated less favourably than another on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership or pregnancy & maternity, and we encourage applications from people with learning disabilities or identify with being on the autistic spectrum/neurodiverse.

Staff benefits include:

• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• One paid celebration day a year
• Cost of living support package such as rental deposit scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Generous refer-a-friend scheme
• One paid volunteering day a year
• Free Blue Light Card
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• Enhanced death in service
• Employee Assistance
• Electric Car Scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working opportunities.

We are also:

• A real living wage employer
• Accredited as a Disability Confident Leader
• Accredited as an Investors in People employer
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