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Role Description

Deputy Manager – Make Every Day Matter!

Location:

Leatherhead, Surrey

Salary:

£16.70 per hour (£32,565 per annum) plus benefits.

Hours:

37.5 per week

Driving Licence:

Manual UK licence essential

Visa Sponsorships:

Not available

What’s In It For You?

  • Highly competitive salary
  • Pension
  • Good management support
  • Career development

What You’ll Need

To be considered for this position, you will demonstrate exposure to the following areas of expertise:

  • Hold a level 4 in Health & Social Care (or equivalent) or willingness to undertake.
  • Statutory guidance & CQC regulations exposure.
  • Epilepsy, learning disabilities, autism and sight loss.
  • Managing, assessing new people to support and mentoring experience.
  • Resilient, calm and able to work under pressure.
  • Effective verbal and written communication and able to produce written reports.
  • Hold a full UK driving license.

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact every day?
If you’re naturally calm, caring, and resilient—and you’re driven to grow your career—we’d love to hear from you!

We’re looking for a proactive and inspiring Deputy Manager to join our team. In this pivotal role, you’ll combine strong leadership with excellent administrative skills, ensuring smooth operations and high standards of care. You’ll have the confidence to make sound decisions and lead effectively when the Home Manager is away.

This is your opportunity to take the next step in your career, make a real difference in people’s lives, and be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team.

What will you be doing?
  • Management Responsibilities: As a Deputy Manager, you will assist the service manager to ensure that everyone receives high quality support, the people we support and the team supporting them. These will include rota management, staff supervisions, training new team members, leading, and supporting the team to complete support plans and risk assessments.
  • Partnership Working: Primarily with the people you support, their families and our specialist support teams as well as external agencies, you will champion skilful interactions, person-centred planning and partnership working.
  • Creativity and Planning: Planning and implementing professionally designed support plans that genuinely improve the quality of everyday life. You will demonstrate sound judgment and creative solutions.
  • Daily Care & Support: Helping with personal care, meal preparation, medication, and other daily tasks.
  • Building Relationships: Getting to know the people you support, understanding their needs, and helping them live life on their own terms.
  • Empowering Independence: Assisting with personal goals, from daily activities to long-term aspirations, and encouraging creative exploration.
  • Social Engagement: Supporting activities like holiday’s, social events, and hobbies, ensuring everyone could enjoy what they love doing.
  • Respect & Dignity: Ensuring that the individuals and their families are treated with the utmost respect, dignity, and equality.
  • New Business Referrals:Assisting the Business Development team with assessments for new people to support.

Who You’ll Be Supporting

Join The Willows – Where Every Day Makes a Difference

At The Willows, we’re more than a residential home—we’re a vibrant, supportive community dedicated to empowering adults with learning disabilities, autism, and sight loss.

The people we support at The Willows love taking part in activities, and being active in their local community, and we’re passionate about helping them live life to the fullest.

If you’re looking for a rewarding career filled with purpose, variety, and the chance to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and start your journey with us!

You’ll be making a real impact with people who have:

  • Physical disabilities
  • Epilepsy
  • Mental Health
  • Autism and learning disabilities
  • Visual impairments

Ready to Apply?

If you’re looking for a role where you don’t just work — you thrive, hit that apply button and let’s make a difference together.

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Our Benefits

Why work for us?

At SeeAbility, we value your growth and well-being just as much as the support you provide, we can offer you:

  • Comprehensive Training: Start with an extensive induction and continue developing your skills with face-to-face training, e-learning, and ongoing support.
  • Career Progression: We support your ambitions, offering opportunities to achieve professional qualifications (Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5).
  • Recognition & Rewards: From excellence awards to long service recognition, your hard work won’t go unnoticed.
  • Work-Life Balance: Enjoy up to 36 days of holiday with long service, flexible working options, and time off for life events.
  • Financial Benefits: Discounts, cashback, pension schemes, and more, to help your money go further.
  • Wellbeing Support: Access to a 24/7 employee assistance program, life assurance and sick pay.
  • Refer a Friend: Receive £600 (Support Workers and Senior Support Workers only).
  • Free Breakfast Club: Start your day right with a complimentary breakfast at our home, available every morning (January to March). It’s a great way to fuel up, connect with colleagues, and make mornings more enjoyable.

Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK. This year we are celebrating our 225th anniversary, having pioneered specialist support across multiple generations since 1799!

We specialise in supporting people who have learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, who may also have sight loss. Our support ranges from providing person-centred support across our many supported-living and residential care provisions. Furthermore, we provide specialist eye-care services to children and adults alike and assists people with a disability to find paid employment for the very first time.

SeeAbility provides the resources and expertise that make this possible, we support people to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible.

Safeguarding and Promoting Welfare

SeeAbility is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. We expect all staff to uphold this commitment and have a strong understanding of their roles and responsibilities in safeguarding. 

Safer Recruitment

As part of our safer recruitment procedures, we require the following checks for all successful applicants:

  • A criminal background check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (where appropriate).
  • Documentary evidence to confirm your identity, current address, and the right to work in the UK.
  • Health Declaration to ensure that you are medically suitable for the role you have been offered. 
  • References will be obtained to ensure satisfactory evidence of conduct in current or previous employment concerned with the provision of services relating to (a) health or social care, or (b) children or vulnerable adults. 

These checks will be carried out and completed prior offering a date to start employment at SeeAbility’ s expense.

Diversity

SeeAbility is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of all identities, including those from underrepresented groups and those who have a disability or neurodivergent condition. We are please to confirm that we are a Disability Confident employer.

We believe a diverse workforce drives innovation, creativity, and success. Everyone’s unique experiences and views are appreciated, and their opinion valued. We are happy to offer any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role itself to ensure a fair and equitable experience for all candidates.

In exceptional circumstances, the exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement.