Assistant Managers – Children’s and Young Adults’ Residential Service SEAA76748

Assistant Managers – Children’s and Young Adults’ Residential Service SEAA76748
£32,284 - £34,078 per annum + benefits
Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, SK8 6RQ

Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Holidays: Year 1 is 33 days, rising to 38 including bank holidays after 5 years
Close date: 15th February
Interview dates: 19th and 21st February 2019

Role Summary

They are recruiting for an Assistant Manager to join their Children’s Service (3-18 years old) and also for their Young Adults Service (19-25 years old). These are newly created roles to further support the Registered Managers manage their 17 homes and approximately 220 staff.

Their children and young adults have complex learning disabilities, physical disabilities and multisensory impairments and are enjoying an enhanced quality of life as a result of the excellent care and support that they are gaining from living in their state- of- the- art two and four bedroom homes here at their single site in Cheadle Hulme.

The main responsibilities of the Assistant Managers will be to support the Registered Managers in the effective and efficient management of the homes and deputise in their absence, taking responsibility for the management of the service, including the staff team, practice, budget, resources and the welfare of the children and young adults.

The Assistant Managers will ensure that all practices are developed and performed within the organisational policies and procedures and the legislative framework pertaining to children and young people.

The roles will be part of the management on-call rota and flexibility to work evenings and weekends is required, along with flexibility for night shifts.

Requirements

• QCF Level 4/5 Leadership and Management in Residential Care or equivalent
• Extensive knowledge and experience of working with children and young people with learning disabilities and complex needs in a residential setting
• Previous experience in a management role in a care setting
• Strong knowledge of CQC Essential Standards for Homes for young adults and Ofsted Quality Standards in Children’s Homes
• Previous experience dealing with service inspections and audits
• Experience of rota management
• Ability and commitment to manage and support staff to enable cohesive and effective working through team empowerment
• Ability, commitment and confidence to challenge staff performance and practices and performance manage staff as and when required
• Ability to work on your own initiative, within agreed procedures, parameters and in line with business priorities
• Ability to establish effective communication with young people, staff, relatives, external agencies and other professionals
• Good written and verbal communication skills, ability to write and maintain reports, children / young people notes and communicate effectively with parents/staff/external agencies

These are excellent opportunities for an experienced care manager/assistant service manager to join their fantastic organisation and really make a difference. So if you are looking for a challenging and rewarding management role then please apply ASAP!

Their benefits

Pension scheme, on site gym, employee assistance programme, online retail and leisure discounts, doggy day care/grooming, cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers, free parking and generous holidays!

They also have performance related pay reviews and offer good career development opportunities.

About them

Our client is a national charity supporting children and young adults with complex learning disabilities and additional communication and physical needs from across the UK. They provide care and education, for children and young adults from 3-25 years.

They provide an environment that is safeguarded and as part of their safer recruitment policy, successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check (no cost) and full references will be taken.

They value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.

This charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.