Job Description

*** SUPPORT MANAGER ***
*** COMPLEX NEEDS/LEARNING DISABILITIES ***
*** DORSET ***
*** £36,050 ***
*** FULL TIME ***

Brook Street Social Care is offering a new exciting and rewarding role for a Support Manager reporting to Operations Manager within Supported Living in Dorset.
You will be providing friendly, compassionate, person-centred, professional, and inspirational support to our clients to continue developing their key skills, being independent and active in making decisions while living in our services through positive behaviour support.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Motivation, recruitment, and retention of staff
• Supervisions and Appraisals
• Care Plans, Assessments, and Reviews
• Compliance
• Quality Assurance
• Knowledge of Local Authority Procedures and Safeguarding
• Participation in the on-call rota when needed.

ABOUT YOU:

• You have a knowledge and understanding of the current legal responsibilities and standards of the service, including the need for the management and delivery of person-centred service (CQC requirements)
• You can effectively manage and inspire the performance of others
• Excellent communication skills
• You are excellent at building relationships with key stakeholders including the local council
• You have professional attitude
• You are HIGHLY MOTIVATED, ORGANISED and RESOURCFUL.

You have proven experience as Deputy Manager/Service/Team Manager within Mental Health and/or Learning Disabilities.

WHAT'S FOR YOU:

• Blue Light Card
• 28 days annual leave pro-rata (including bank holidays), which we increase the longer you are with us
• Life Assurance and Pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family members

Ongoing training and development opportunities


MUST HAVE:

• Having or working towards a Level 5 NVQ or equivalent
• Knowledge of and previous management experience within Mental Health, learning disabilities or Complex Needs services is essential.
  
  If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you.
  Please HIT THE APPLY button or get in touch with Sara for more details:
  
  
  TEL: 01179486300 and ask for Sara.