Deputy Manager (Mental Health)- FTC Bradford

Lifeways is one of the UK leading providers of support services for people with people with diverse and often complex needs in community settings. Our vision is to help people live ordinary, independent, and happy lives through extraordinary support.

If you believe that people have a right to choose how to run their own lives, then we would like to hear from you.

We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic Deputy Manager to manage the day-to-day running of our service in Bradford. Eldon Lodge is a development of 17 high quality, self-contained apartments for people with complex mental health needs. Person-centred recovery support is available 24/7 through a team of Recovery Support Workers with additional support from our Quality & Practice Team. We work to support and sustain the transition for people with mental health needs from institutional settings to their own tenancy in the community, enabling them to live independently while receiving the exact package of recovery support that they need.

In this role you will support the Service Manager for a fixed term 12-month maternity cover. To ensure that excellent services are delivered and ensure that the service is compliant with external regulatory standards. You will also be responsible for leading, advising and motivating a team and your duties will include colleagues’ supervision and team meetings.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of providing support to individuals with mental health needs in a supported living environment and strive to uphold the principles of the Right Care, Right Support, Right Culture. We are passionate about developing our teams and welcome applications from candidates who have transferrable skills and the right values.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise, mentor, and act as a positive leader to Support Workers to ensure effective and efficient person-centred service delivery to all people who use the service.
• To understand the service specification including expectations on support to be delivered
• Be passionate about upholding the rights of the people we support & embed PBS fundamentals across the services. Trauma informed support is key.
• Monitor and report on compliance with health, safety and security regulations and requirements. Undertake regular audits and risk assessments in line with safe practices in the workplace.
• You will be required to work shifts. In the absence of the Registered Manager deputise responsibilities and aspects of their role to ensure the seamless operation of the service.
• The nature of the role may require flexible hours, including evening and weekend hours. There is a requirement that on occasion you work reasonable additional hours when authorised and as necessitated by the needs of the business.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

• Professional Qualification – Level 2 and / or working on Level 3 or equivalent
• Relevant experience in a supervisory/team leader role, preferably within the Health and Social Care sector or with transferrable skills and experience.
• Excellent people skills with the ability to communicate with internal and external colleagues. The external professionals we work with rated us 4.45 out of 5 in 2023 and we are keen to sustain these excellent relationships.
• You must be confident using IT as we are digitalising our systems.

We value our colleagues and work hard to develop their skills through the provision of training and support. We are expanding, there are real opportunities for career development.

The Lifeways Group is an equal opportunities employer and is regulated by CQC in England, CIW in Wales and CI in Scotland.