Assistant Service Manager

Community Integrated Care is currently seeking a dedicated and compassionate health and social care professional for an Assistant Service Manager based in Burtonwood, Warrington. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced team leader, as you will assist in leading a team of Specialist Advanced Support Workers and support an adult with a learning disability, tourettes, OCD and complex needs, to lead the best life possible.

Benefits:

• Salary of between £32,000 - £35,000 per year
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Work for a multi award-winning Charity that invests all its profits right back into the people we support, our workforce and our local communities
• Managed by supportive senior leaders
• 33 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (for full time, part time is worked out on a pro-rata basis)
• Pension Scheme
• No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
• Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
• We will pay for your DBS
• Shopping Discounts Scheme
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
• Financial Hardship Fund
• Investment in your wellbeing

Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. We work hard to enrich the lives of people with many different care needs. It’s exciting and rewarding work, and we’re full of pride and passion for what we do.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work with and support a young man, as we are looking for an Assistant Service Manager to assist in leading a team of Specialist Advanced Support Workers, alongside the Service Manager, to help transition him into his new home and promote his independence. This service is located in Burtonwood, Warrington. He is interested in films and music and would like someone who can talk about those things. He loves football, being active and he will have his own gym in his home, so all staff need to be active and able to get involved in physical activity with him. It is important to his wellbeing that he can be active every day. He loves gadgets and playing his PlayStation. At other times he likes the environment to be quiet and to have his own space.

You have an upbeat positive manner, as well as having a genuine passion for supporting people to become a part of their local and wider community. This is a great opportunity to make a genuine difference, where you will be responsible for leading an engaged and motivated team, to change lives and deliver person-centered outcomes for every person we support. You will also assist by driving performance, setting the pace and direction within services, promoting a positive and passionate culture, and ensuring that services are appropriately and effectively resourced to change lives for the better.

You will also have experience working with people supported who present behaviours that require intensive support planning and management to ensure their safety and quality of life at all times. In addition, you will be comfortable using basic IT systems that are required within the role - training can be offered to support this area. You will also hold a professional qualification in Health and Social Care, i.e. Nurse, Social Worker, SVQ Level 3 plus supervisory units (Scotland) / Care Management Level 3 (England).

Your values:

Naturally it is important too that you share our company values - We Include; We Deliver; We Aspire; We Respect; We Enable, which are at the heart of everything we do and ensure that we deliver high quality, consistent care and support. People’s values are important to us, so we look for people with:

• Patience
• Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
• A strong work ethic
• Reliability
• Honesty
• Determination
• A problem solver
• Resilience

If you have read this advert and feel like it’s exactly the role and organisation you’re looking for, please click 'Apply' to take you through to our short application form. If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact Natasha Jones, our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat on 07890 892814 or email natasha.jones2@c-i-c.co.uk.

Here at Community Integrated Care we aim to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive employer, where all colleagues feel they belong. We want to be an organisation that is truly fair and equal to all – where individual diversity is valued, unique characteristics celebrated and everyone feels able to bring their true selves to work. By encouraging and embracing a range of diverse backgrounds, experiences, capabilities and viewpoints, we will build a stronger, richer, more vibrant workforce, which reflects the people we support, and the communities in which we work.

Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.