Deputy Manager – Albion Road
Location: Birchington, CT7 0DL
Salary: Up to £26,130 per annum.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Sunday on a shift rota basis.
Employment type: Full-time, Permanent.
Manual driving licence is essential to apply for this role.
- Develop professionally to achieve professional qualifications - Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5, at no cost to you!
- 28 days holiday (incl. bank holidays), increasing to 36 days with long service (1 extra day for each year of service).
- Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants, and activities, plus eligibility for Blue Light Card discounts.
Please see below SeeAbility's extensive benefits and reward package!
No experience necessary, we will provide training!
Who will you be supporting?
Hi, my name is George and I'm supported in my own home by SeeAbility.
Experience supporting people like me, a man with autism, would be a strong advantage. I am looking for calm, assertive, empathic, and positive Support Workers to join my team. You need to support me to lead the life I want and to encourage me to be gradually more and more skilled and confident.
Whilst I need a quiet and happy environment in my home, I really enjoy daily exercise and long walks of up to several hours at a time, so you will need to be able to walk at least two miles in one go. I also like computers and milkshakes, so I’d love it if you liked these things too.
I’d love for people to join my team who have the same interests as me so they would need to be physically fit, 100% reliable and able to provide me with personal care support. I have autism and sometimes my behaviour can be challenging but that shouldn’t stop me doing the things I love and leading an active life.
I’ll need your encouragement to learn life skills and gain independence but that’s something everyone needs at times; as long as you are patient, confident and can see the value in small gains, will follow coaching from my behaviour support person and are willing to help when needed we will get along just fine!
The role
You will assist the service manager to ensure that George receives high quality support.
You will be delegated management tasks and given off-rota time to manage this. Some of the delegated tasks will include: rota management, 121s, training new staff, and leading the team to complete support plans, risk assessments and all the rest of the activity to enable George to achieve outcomes. You will be expected to manage the team in the absence of the service manager.
Working in partnership with George, his family and our specialist support teams you’ll champion skilful interactions, person-centred planning and partnership working to plan and implement professionally designed support plans that genuinely improve the quality of everyday life.
Acting as a role model and mentor to the team you’ll facilitate the use of collaborative working, sound judgment, and creative solutions to enable both them and George to achieve individual goals and develop. You will manage staff performance, training and appraisals ensuring the team are equipped and motivated to deliver the best support possible.
About us
Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK and has pioneered specialist support for over 220 years.
We specialise in supporting people who have learning disabilities or autism, who may also have sight loss, to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible. Whether that is forming more friendships and relationships, enjoying new experiences and activities or finding employment.
Training and Development
At SeeAbility, we fully support your training and development. You will start with an extensive Induction programme and throughout your probationary period you will be equipped with face-to-face training, e-learning and guidance to support you whilst in your new role.
Your continued development is important to us, therefore, SeeAbility offer the means to progress your career, your way! You will learn and be supported in your role, and have the opportunity achieve professional qualifications - Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5, which are funded by SeeAbility!
Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received enough applications, so don't delay, apply today.
Safer Recruitment and Diversity
SeeAbility safeguards and promotes the welfare of the young people and adults we support. Therefore, we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate vetting checks prior to joining.
SeeAbility is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support.
COVID-19 Information
During the pandemic we are following Government guidance regarding reducing transmission rates. This means we take every precaution to keep you, and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process.
Additionally, some of our services requires you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (or exempt). This means having Vaccinations 1 and 2. You can join us if you have had at least one vaccination and have your second vaccination 10 weeks after the first.