Support Manager Adults with Learning Disabilities

A great opportunity for an experienced manager to work somewhere that is fun and offers real opportunities to make a difference to people's lives Introduction On a daily basis Affinity Trust empower hundreds of people to meet their aspirations and goals in life, and to live as independently as they wish. Our Specialist Support Division are looking to recruit an experienced Support Manager for a new supported living service in Sheffield This exciting opportunity will be supporting two individuals who have complex and challenging needs associated with mild learning disabilities, mental health conditions and forensic backgrounds, including Ministry of Justice conditions, to achieve new things and make huge positive changes to their lives. You will be responsible for directly line managing a team leader and a team of support workers, by providing regular supervisions, appraisals and inductions, you will also be required to achieve quality and compliance within the services. This will include regular finance audits, updating the people supported document, risk assessments and completing person centered plans. The ability to plan and prioritise your workload is essential. There is also the opportunity to develop and provide more services in the area based on excellent support and high quality person centred achievements and outcomes. You will be required to become an instructor for ProAct Scip-r UK and also to become the Registered Manager for the location with CQC, and take great pride in ensuring that your services exceed the standards required and meet all CQC regulatory requirements. About Us At Affinity Trust, all of the people we support have a learning disability but many have associated health needs, dementia, physical disabilities, profound and multiple learning disability or mental health needs. We are extremely proud that over the past 27 years we have empowered thousands of people to meet their aspirations and goals in life across England and Scotland. All of our staff are dedicated to bringing our values to life every single day. We are proud to be: Committed to doing our very best for the people we support and never giving up on someone we support Reliable and always do what we say we will do Honest & Open in all of our relationships and transactions Respectful of others, their views and rights Inclusive in how we value diversity, support equality of access to opportunities and challenge discrimination Creative & flexible in our thinking, in our work and in how we use our resources Be the difference, change lives If you would like a fulfilling and flexible career that will make a difference to people apply today. Skills & Experience As a genuine ambassador and role model for our organisation, you will bring values to life and share our passion and commitment to always strive to find creative ways to enrich the lives of those we support. We hope that once you join us you will a career with us for the future. Inspiring leadership is critical to success therefore we invest heavily in your professional development. Our comprehensive Management Development Programme – LEAD (Lead, Engage, Aspire & Develop) will strengthen all of the skills you need to excel within your role and positively influence your team. To be successful in this role you will be a motivated and hardworking manager (or held a previous managerial or supervisory role) within the social care sector and have significant knowledge and skills in supporting people who have complex mental health conditions such borderline Personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder and significant impairment of behaviour. You will have a sound knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), although training will be provided. Highly organised and self-driven you will be able to work flexibly and hold a full UK driving licence, as you may need to provide on-call support and assistance when required. You will be used to multi-agency working. You will have previous experience of successfully managing and leading a team, effectively motivating them to ensure and maintain delivery of a high quality support service. Able to support teams to develop and work in a consistent way, you will support them to ensure they are confident and skilled through on the job development, feedback through regular one to ones, formal training and coaching. You will also provide regular supervisions, appraisals and inductions. You will be required to achieve quality and compliance within the services. This will include regular finance audits, updating the people supported documents, risk assessments and completing person centred plans. The ability to plan and prioritise your workload is essential. You will take great pride in ensuring that your services exceed the standards required and meet all CQC regulatory requirements. Underpinning all of the above will be your knowledge of the sector and your values. You’ll have completed, or be willing to work towards a Health and Social Care Diploma, Level 5 qualification. Above all else you’ll be patient, positive and have a good sense of humour Benefits As well as knowing that what you do is making a positive difference to people's lives, we offer a comprehensive benefits package as follows: 28 days paid holiday per year (Inc. bank holidays & increasing to 33 days with length of service) Access to our online discount portal, which we call affinity4you, that offers discounts off shopping, holidays, cinemas, days out and gym membership Competitive pension scheme (we will match contributions up to 6%) Employee Assistance programme (a 24 hr helpline to support you through any of life's issues or problems along with access to an online wellbeing portal) Occupational Health support Fantastic training and development tailored to support you as an individual Paid for DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Refer a friend scheme This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check which will be provided by Affinity Trust. Affinity Trust are an equal opportunities employer that promotes diversity within our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community,regardless of sexual orientation, race, age, gender, disability, religion or belief.