Learning Disabilities Support Manager

Blandford Forum, Dorset
Care First UK Recruitment Solutions

Learning Disabilities Support Manager

• Permanent position
• Near Blandford, Dorset
• £36050 per annum
• Supported Living Service

Are you a passionate, dedicated and determined Learning Disabilities Support Manager looking for a fresh new challenge?

We are looking for someone with a strong track record of sector-based experience in a Senior post, this role will be crucial in ensuring we can continue or goal of making a difference everyday to those we support.

You will be managing a Supported Living in Dorset ensuring the delivery of high quality and person-centred support to adults with Learning Disabilities and Autism in our Supported Living Service based near Blandford, Dorset.

Experience of managing similar services for people with learning disabilities and managing staff teams would be an advantage.

You will be a driver with access to a car.

Your role will involve:

• Directly line manager to Deputy Support Manager and team of Support Workers.
• Provide regular supervisions, appraisals and inductions.
• Ensure quality and compliance is maintained within the locations, including regular finance audits, updating the people we support plans, risk assessments and facilitating person centred plan meetings with and behalf of the people we support.
• Attend review meetings for the people we support.
• Assess and reviewing existing and new support contracts.
• Provide on-call support where required.
• Monitor goals and actions relating to the persons supports needs and expectations of the Local Authority.
• Build and retaining positive relationships with internal and external partners.

Ideal candidate requirements

• For this position we would consider a Support Manager or Service Manager or similar.
  Have NVQ/QCF Level 5 in Health and Social Care.
• You should be creative and adaptable and have a positive attitude and be enthusiastic.
• Ability to assess, plan, monitor support achieve and evidence outcomes.
• Learning Disabilities or Complex Care experience is desirable.
• You must have excellent time management skills with the ability to plan and prioritise a complex workload.
• Committed to lead, mentor, and coach teams within a Health & Social Care setting.
• Knowledge and understanding of CQC/SCI regulations and reporting requirements.
• Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is very useful.
• Good interpersonal and communications skills.
• Competent IT skills.

Benefit Package

• Salary offered £36050 per annum.
• Blue light card Enjoy discounts in your favourite Shops and Restaurants, On Travel, and Great days out all provided at no cost to you.
• Early Day scheme
• 28 Days annual leave (Including bank holidays which will increase the longer you stay with the client).
• All training paid for
• DBS paid
• Life assurance and Pension scheme.

Opportunity to join a very productive not for profit care provider.

Care First UK are Permanent Healthcare Recruitment Specialists acting on behalf of our client.

Our client is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

This advertised job is not eligible for sponsorship at the moment.

A pre-condition of this employment is that you must hold a right to work in the UK.

For further details on this fantastic opportunity please apply now or call AJ (Managing Partner) from Care First UK on (phone number removed).

Ref : Blandford/AJ/121

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