Support Manager

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Support Manager to lead two supported living houses, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care for people with learning disabilities and complex needs. You will supervise and develop staff, promote choices and rights, and collaborate with families and professionals to meet regulatory standards.

The role requires a Level 5 diploma in health and social care (or working towards) and proven leadership in similar settings.

Qualifications

• Strong, compassionate leadership abilities and people management skills.
• Experience leading teams in learning disabilities or supported living settings.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day running of two supported living houses, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care.
• Inspire and develop staff to work with people using the service as equal partners in decisions affecting their lives.
• Ensure regular supervision, induction, training, annual Appraisal and Personal Development Plans for staff.
• Maintain regulatory compliance and keep prescribed records up to date.

Skills

Compassionate leadership

Education

Level 5 diploma in health and social care (or working towards)

Job description

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Support Manager

The closing date is 19 November 2026

The Support Manager is accountable for all aspects of the day-to-day management and delivery of the service over a 24-hour period at 2 supported living houses. They are fully responsible for ensuring that all services are delivered according to supported living principles and demonstrate a strong commitment and passion to support people to live their lives on their terms.

The support manager is responsible for ensuring each member of staff in their team is capable of fulfilling their role and receives regular supervision, an appropriate induction and training and receives an annual Appraisal and Personal Development Plan (and that these are updated and reviewed at the agreed intervals). The Support Manager must ensure that these activities are properly recorded on the prescribed documentation or electronic system.

Main duties of the job

The opportunity has arisen for a manager to lead and manage teams of staff who support people with learning disabilities to live in their own shared homes.As Support Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day running of two supported living service, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care. You will inspire and develop a dedicated team to work closely with people using the service to ensure they are involved as equal partners in decisions affecting their lives and how their house is run. You will work closely with families and professionals, and make sure the service meets regulatory standards and the aspirations of the people we support.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment and passion to support people to live their lives on their terms. Having working knowledge of facilitating person centred plans and person-centred reviews, using person centred thinking tools to support people to make choices and decisions. Ensuring their human rights are upheld.As a support manager you would be responsible and accountable for the running of two houses, supporting adults with a learning disability and complex health, Physical or behavioural issues.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job responsibilities

You should be able to demonstrate experience of compassionate leadership, managing performance issues, financial management and the development of high performing teams within a sound value base, whilst ensuring the rights of the people we support are fully respected and that people are in control of their own lives.You should have extensive experience of working with people learning disability in a supported living service. Level 4 or 5 diploma in health or social care is essential.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [e-mail] to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Accredited level 5 (or working towards) diploma in health and social care (or equivalent)

Skills

• Strong compassionate leadership skills

Experience

• Extensive demonstrable knowledge of working in Supported Living with people with learning disabilities at deputy level

Knowledge

• Knowledge of supporting people with complex health and/or using behaviour to communicate, including the importance of postural management and PBS and how to implement it.

Values

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

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.

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust