Domus Recruitment Ltd
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Beckenham, Greater London
House Manager - Mental Health
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £29,000 per annum |
Overview
Domus have an exciting opportunity for an experience Deputy looking to progress, or a current Manager within the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities field, to join a London based Charity as a House Manager. The role of a House Manager is to coach and mentor your teams to embrace a person-centred approach; to enable the people we support to achieve their full potential, goals and aspirations. You will also ensure high standards of person-centred support is continuously developed and maintained, working with families, the local community and other providers. This is a multi-site role which will involve travel between services in Beckenham and Croydon. We are looking for someone with mental health experience at manager level, a deputy manager stepping up would be suitable. This is a Monday - Friday 9-5 role with some flexibility needed for early/late meetings. House Manager - Responsibilities: Work in a consistent and positive way with managers and other team members to ensure people get a great service from the whole team at all times. Ensure all organisational policies and specific agreed ways of working in the service are followed e.g. that specific support plans are being followed up, that medication processes are being adhered to, that money is managed effectively, that health and safety practices are carried out. Actively lead the team's development by coaching and training colleagues in person centered support practices, appraisals and supervision, giving and acting on received feedback; management of risks of the individual(s) they support through understanding what is important to the individual(s), involving their families, wherever possible, and ensuring decisions are accurately recorded. Manage overall key work with individual(s) developing their support plan through the referral, assessment and review stages of person-centered planning. Understanding their lifestyle choices, circles of support, what is important to and for them, and supporting them to have more choice and control in their life. Ensure that any support activities that are delegated to team colleagues are achieved and that the relevant records are regularly updated to reflect current and accurate information. The ideal candidate will have: Experience of supporting people with learning disabilities or mental ill health who required practical and /or emotional assistance and support to develop friendships and relationships Track record of enabling choice and control to be a reality for people with learning disabilities or mental health Experience of leading teams to embed person centered working Ability to communicate clearly verbally and in writing to groups and in meetings Recognise strengths and weaknesses within the team/individuals and support colleagues when required Able to use a range of ways to help the team learn and develop both individually and collectively If you are interested in the above House Manager vacancy, please call Michael on quoting reference MW-HMB-9424 or email your CV to Don't keep a good thing to yourself - Recommend a friend If you are not looking, then perhaps you know someone who is and we will reward you with our recommend a friend scheme - £200 pounds if we place them into work and we do not already have them on our database. Key words: Home Manager, Service Manager, House Manager, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Beckenham, Kent.