Supported Living Deputy Manager

Salary: From
£32,860 pa (+ on call rota allowance)

Permanent,
full -time position: 40 hours per week

Office based
role at Prockters Farm Offices, West Monkton, Taunton

Job
Description:

As
a Deputy Manager, you’ll be based within the head office to support
the Outreach and Supported Living Manager in the provision of a
stable, structured, and therapeutic environment for our Supported
Living service. You will work closely with the Outreach and
Supported Living Director, Team Manager and Supported Living/
Outreach Support Workers to ensure that they work closely with the
children and young people accessing the service, who they support,
ensuring all team members are nurturing, listening, and encouraging.
The Supported Living service is designed specifically to provide
semi -independent living support to young people aged 16 years and
over and may include Unaccompanied Asylum -Seeking Children (UASC).
You will ensure that the values of organization are embodied,
ensuring the effective implementation of care plans and
person -centred care, as well as taking a lead role in developing and
updating the key documents, whilst role modelling and supporting
colleagues. It is essential that you are a supportive, driven person
who displays patience, kindness, and leadership skills that enable
you to role model a passion for empowering young people to achieve
their full potential.

You
will be expected to support in covering shortfalls alongside the
Outreach and Supported Living Manager and Deputy Outreach
Manager.

Main
Duties & Responsibilities:

·
         Share
and always embody the company ethos and values in your
practice

·
         Support
the manager in practices that promote the individuals' care
plans. These should reflect their wishes and changing needs
including communication and independence skills.

·
         To
provide support and guidance on young person focused practices
lending to nurture the road to independent living, such as exploring
suitable college courses, management of personal finances, shopping,
meal preparation, effective cleaning, laundry, exploring hobbies and
interests to include expanding social skills etc.

·
         To
support the service users in an appropriate professional manner in
all aspects of their lives, be this personally, emotionally,
physically, socially, or vocationally.

·
         To
support people to maintain relationships with their family and
friends.  

·
         To
understand and respect things which are important to service users
and colleagues.

·
         To
encourage service users to make choices and decisions for themselves
and support them to do new things in a way that keeps them safe but
does not allow concerns about safety to stop them doing the things
they want to do.

·
         To
be flexible in your approach and work for the benefit of the service
users and colleagues

·
         To
work sleep shifts or waking nights if required to do so.

·
         Be
a good role model for the staff team at all times.

·
         Ensure
the staff team are supported, mentored, and receive the highest
quality of supervision and coaching where appropriate.

·
         Undertake
all duties of your role with due diligence and pride.

·
         Be
responsible and accountable for the young people’s safety and
well -being at all times; ensuring that their best interests are
always promoted.

·
         Assist
with supervisions.

·
         Ensuring
the service is compliant with Health & Safety.

·
         Ensure
that budgets are kept to and monitored.

·
         Ensure
team members are recording mileage and submitting timesheets and
expenses on time.

·
         Take
responsibility for ensuring that all identified tasks are completed
in a timely and efficient manner.

This role
is subject to the successful applicant having an enhanced DBS
check for child and adult workforce with barred list
checks. 

This post
is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and
therefore applicants are required to declare any convictions,
cautions, reprimands, and final warnings that are not protected
(i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as
amended in 2013 & 2023).

This post
is only available to applicants aged over 21 as permitted under
the Equality Act 2010.

Requirements

• Full
driving license

• NVQ
Level 3 in Residential Childcare

• Desirable
NVQ Level 5 in Leadership & Management

• Experience
of being a Children's Residential Support Worker or senior post
holder seeking career advancement

• Desirable
experience in supervising a team.

Benefits

• Access to  Blue Light
  Discount Card
  
•  Fully
  funded Level 5 Leadership &
  Management
  
• Opportunities
  for career development
  
• 28 days A/L (including bank
  holidays).
  
• Employee Assistance program
  
• Personable Mortgage
  Advice