Supported Living Manager

Creative Support; Salford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

Enhanced DBS paid by company

Job summary

Creative Support is hiring a Supported Living Manager in Salford to lead and supervise staff delivering person-centred care for adults with learning disabilities. The role includes care coordination, safeguarding, and building trusting relationships with service users and families.

You will coordinate care delivery, support staff, and participate in on-call duties. Training toward a QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care is available.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising care staff and coordinating service delivery.
• Ability to support people with learning disabilities with person-centred care planning.
• Strong written and verbal communication and safeguarding awareness.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery of care for a defined group of service users.
• Supervise and coach staff, volunteers and students.
• Ensure safeguarding policies are followed to protect vulnerable adults and children.
• Promote excellent customer care to service users and families.
• Develop warm, trusting relationships with service users.

Skills

Staff supervision

Coaching

Communication skills

Care planning

Education

QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

Up to £15.50 per hour
Salford, Greater Manchester
Full-Time

We have an exciting Supported Living Manager vacancy for a positive and professional individual who enjoys supervising and coaching staff alongside providing great care and support in promoting independence for service users with learning disabilities in the Salford area.

Your Role Of Supported Living Manager Will Include

• Coordinating the delivery of care to a defined group of service users, ensuring that this care meets their identified needs, choices and preferences. This could include: administering medication, general emotional support, and support with daily living.
• Supervision, coaching, performance management and general support of staff, volunteers, and students in providing effective and personalised care.
• Ensuring safeguarding measures are in place to protect vulnerable adults and children, and ensuring all staff comply with these safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Promoting excellent customer care to service users, their families, and other agencies.
• Developing warm and trusting relationships with service users.

You will be able to demonstrate a warm, compassionate and person-centred approach to working with people with a learning disability, and understand the principles of person centred care. You will have the skills and personal qualities to be able to engage with people in meaningful planning and therapeutic activities.

Good written and verbal communication skills are essential along with strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and manage a busy workload. Flexibility to the needs of the service is essential, and a willingness to follow instruction and accept supervision is also required.

You will have experience with supporting adults with a learning disability, or with supporting other adult client groups. Alongside this, it is essential to have experience of supervising/managing staff or coordinating the delivery of care and support.

Full time (37.5 hours per week) including weekends, evenings and public holidays according to the needs of the service. The post holder will be required to participate in an on-call rota for which an allowance will be paid.

Vacancy Reference Number: 90686

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.

• Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold award.

This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas.