Domus are seeking a Residential Day Services Manager in Manchester to join a local company that supports adults with Learning Disabilities
As the Registered Manager, you will manage and have oversight of 1 site with the responsibility for leading teams to provide support to people with a range of low to high support needs.
You will coach and mentor your team to embrace a person-centered approach; to enable the people we support to achieve their full potential, goals and aspirations.
You will lead and quality assure the safe achievement of supported individual’s planned outcomes in community connection, health and wellbeing, education and employment ensuring that high standards of person-centered support is continuously developed and maintained, working with families, the local community and other providers.
You will support the senior management team in the transformation of the day services, making them fit for the future.
Key Responsibilities
Build great relationships with the people we support and the people important in their lives (families, other staff, and external professionals). Know their skills, interests, qualities, strengths, ways of communicating and aspirations and ensure the individualised service they receive plays to their strengths; helps them overcome barriers and achieves their goals.
Work in a consistent and positive way with managers and other team members to ensure people receive a great service from the whole team at all times. Ensure all organisation policies and specific agreed ways of working in the service are followed e.g. that specific support plans, and programmes are being followed up, that medication processes are being adhered to, that money is managed effectively, that health and safety practices are carried out.
Actively lead the team’s development by coaching and training colleagues in person centred support practices, appraisals and supervision, giving and acting on received feedback; management of risks of the individual(s) they support through understanding what is important to the individual(s), involving their families, wherever possible, and ensuring decisions are accurately recorded.
Ensure your team/s support the individual(s) to keep safe and healthy in line with their Person-Centred Plan and Health Action Plan. Working with their life style choices, activity programme, personal care preferences and identified risk assessments.
Manage overall key work with individual(s) developing their support plan through the referral, assessment and review stages. Understanding their lifestyle choices, circles of support, what is important to and for them, and supporting them to have more choice and control in their life.
Support individual(s) to achieve choice and control through the use of person-centred tools such as My Perfect Week, Relationship Mapping, My Places in the Community, Hopes and Dreams, What is working and Not Working and Decision Making Agreements.
Key requirements
NVQ Level 3 or above within Health and Social Care
Experience of supporting people with learning disability or mental ill health who required practical and /or emotional assistance and support to develop friendships and relationships
Track record of enabling choice and control to be a reality for people with learning disabilities or mental health
Experience of developing strong relationships with individuals and families built on trust and respect
Experience of leading teams to embed person centred working
Benefits
25 days paid annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays , pro rata for part time)
Childcare vouchers
Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling and advice services
Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications
Travel to work scheme
If you are interested in the above Registered Manager vacancy, please call Cameron
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