Deputy Care Manager ( 8 month contract )

About the service
Position – Deputy Manager (interim contract of 8 months) 
Salary – £24,000-£26000 (pro rata) 

Supported living services for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Learning Disabilities. Some of the individuals who we support may also present challenging behaviour. We need individuals with strong values, energetic and who have a real passion to enable the individuals we support the ongoing opportunities to achieve their goals. 

What the Job entails:

• To support the Registered Manager with the effective operation of the home for people with a learning disability and autism.
• To support the Registered Manager in keeping with the ethos of Precious Homes from beginning to end including completing person centred assessments and support plans, recruitment and development of team, marketing, stakeholder engagement and implementing efficient and effective systems and processes that provide the foundations towards an Outstanding service for our service users.
• Projecting the culture and values expected from Precious to all stakeholders.
• To support the Registered Manager with setting objectives for the performance of the service; to monitor, maintain and improve service delivery
• To ensure that the delivery of service to service users and their care authorities, and the selection, supervision and management of staff, is underpinned by a commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equality of opportunity
• To continuously monitor the operations of the service, evaluate them and where improvements can be made take the necessary action to implement change through negotiation and agreement.
• To ensure that potential or actual breaches of legal, regulatory, and organisational health and safety requirements are investigated, corrected and/or reported to the appropriate authority promptly.
• To ensure that all necessary records are complete, accurate and legible, and available to authorised persons when required.
• To provide regular, formal supervision, induction and appraisals to the team.
• To evaluate the team’s overall development needs (including the manager’s own needs), encourage all personnel to assist in this evaluation, discuss and plan for how identified needs are met.
• To be a positive role model to ensure we have highly motivated staff teams & to act up in the absence of the Registered Manager.

Essential

• NVQ 3 or equivalent
• Experience with additional needs

About Us
At Precious Homes, we work by empowering individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Conditions, and other complex needs, to live as independently as possible, to become integral members of the community and to achieve their goals and aspirations through individual care pathways. 
Successful applicants will be require to undergo a full enhanced DBS check.