Deputy Manager in Greatham

Real Life Options have an exciting opportunity within our Hartlepool area supporting Adults with Learning Difficulties, Physical Disabilities, Autism, Challenging behaviour and Mental Health needs in a variety of service provisions such as Supported Living Services, Outreach Support and Domiciliary Care Support. This is a great opportunity for any experienced Deputy Manager, Team Leader or Senior Support Worker who is looking for a new challenge to bring their knowledge, skills and experience to enhance the life of the people we support. We\’re keen to hear from individuals who has proven management experience in health, social services or independent sector including experience of people, financials and budget management, along with a working knowledge of legislation and standards affecting the development and delivery of our services. You will provide clear leadership and motivation to individuals and teams in developing best practice in person centred support and delivery and be able to evidence a person-centred approach to the people we support to achieve their agreed outcomes. This is a challenging but rewarding role and as such you will need to be flexible in your approach and willing to travel between services and attend organisational events which may require an overnight stay. The role We deliver creative, dynamic and person-centred services providing a range of individualised support to people living in shared supported living properties with individual tenancies. You will report to the Registered Locality Manager for operational activity within the Hartlepool area. To ensure regulatory and contractual compliance requirements in your allocated services are met and exceeded whilst driving the continued development and delivery of cost-effective, innovative and truly person-centred support. A full driving license is essential for this role. An enhanced DBS is required for this role. NVQ Level 4 or a willingness to undertake.

Honest – Good Communicator – Strong Values – Flexible – Passionate – Self Motivated – Reliable – Caring – Inclusive

At Real Life Options we treat our people with the same respect, care and consideration that we show to the people we support. Not only do we provide competitive rates of pay, a great place to work and great job satisfaction, our additional benefits include:

• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first-rate job.
• Access to training bursaries.
• A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff).
• An employer contributory pension scheme.
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information).
• £10,000 Life cover.
• Refer a Friend Incentive £250 Bonus (terms and conditions apply).
• A financial wellbeing scheme.
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services.
• Recognition Initiatives.
• The chance to make a real difference in people\’s lives

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are: Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for