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Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a full-time Assistant Service Manager based in a Children’s home in Birchington.

The salary for this permanent Assistant Service Manager job is up to £29,169.

This is a supported living service based in Birchington, Kent. The service supports three brothers who have learning disabilities, autism, and challenging behaviours.

• Management and coordination of support hours and rotas
• Effectively recruit, develop and manage employees fairly and consistently
• Assist the service manager in encouraging a solution‑led culture
• Provide day‑to‑day support, including personal care, cooking, cleaning, and administering medication
• Act as the Service Manager in their absence
• Establish and maintain effective relationships and networks, internally and externally

• Experience in a similar role within social care, e.g. Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager, Supervisor, Team Leader, etc.
• Experience supporting people who have learning disabilities and complex needs
• Experience in managing budgets and financial information
• Knowledge of sector‑relevant legislation, regulatory bodies and their standards
• Ability to work with your Service Manager to manage and lead a successful and positive team.
• Understand the balance between keeping our people safe and positive risk‑taking.
• Stay updated with policies and procedures to carry out and maintain safe and best practices.
• Support the Service Manager in recruiting new employees and developing and managing your staff team in a fair and consistent manner.
• Work with your Service Manager to reinforce a positive culture of continuous improvement.
• Act as the Service Manager in their absence.
• Participate in a management cover rota, including day and night shifts.
• A driver with a full UK valid driving licence is highly desirable – the ability to travel to the service location and drive the service vehicle/s.

We welcome applications from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers, and others within a residential or supported living setting, as we might have other roles applicable to you.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regret that we can only respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates reflects the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant role in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards, as well being a two‑time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

If you consider yourself disabled or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.