Deputy Care Manager - Supported Living

Deputy Care Manager - Supported Living (Driver essential)

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Are you ready for the next step in your career?

We have a fantastic Deputy Care Manager opportunity within our Sense Supported Living Service in Walmley, Sutton Coldfield.

This is a permanent role, working 37.5 hours per week. As a Deputy Care Manager, you will receive £26,676 per annum.

At our service, we support an individual who has complex needs in their own home and they are supported on a 2:1 basis. The individual lives an active and varied life and enjoys taking part in lots of activities. Some of the activities include swimming, ice skating, rock climbing and visiting theme parks. 

As a Deputy Care Manager, you will be a frontline supervisor, supporting the Registered Care manager to effectively manage a team of staff to deliver person centred, specialist services. Your hours will include a combination of 15 hours administration and 22.5 hours hands on support as a Support Worker.

You will need to have a sound knowledge of person centred planning, rota planning and staff management/development. We would like to hear from you if you are a committed, flexible and enthusiastic team player who is able to coach and mentor a team of support workers. 

Other skills required;

• Supervision and development of staff teams
• Knowledge of health and safety
• Ensure that team meetings are carried out monthly
• Ensure that the people we support are at the centre of every decision we make and encourage them to participate in any way that they can.

Working at Sense gives you a wide range of benefits including:

• 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
• Free DBS Check
• Free leadership and management development (such as our award winning Growing Stronger Leaders Together programme)
• Free access to over 100 online and face to face training
• On-going development opportunities
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Employee referral scheme
• Health and well-being support
• Pension Scheme
• Discount scheme

Your required skills and experiences:

• A full manual UK license and the willingness to drive our company vehicle.
• Management experience in a Care Setting and/or Qualification in health & social care.
• Experience in working with individuals with behaviour that may be challenging.

Work at Sense can be demanding and so isn’t for everyone, but it is also incredibly rewarding and valuable. 

To apply

Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly.  We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

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