Supported Living Registered Manager

Supported Living Registered Manager

Guilford/Woking

Salary: £33,600per annum

Job role

The successful candidate will need experience of working in Supported Lliving at this level.

You will be covering 4-5 Services in and around the Guildford area

The successful candidate must hold a clean, full Driving licence.

The postholder will be responsible for ensuring that their home is run in a professional and qualitative manner, taking into account:

-Expectations, aspirations and needs of the service user’s resident in that home.
-Expectations, and requirements of service commissioners,
-Requirements placed on the service by Statutory Authority, and,
-Policies, Procedures, and expectations of the company.

Main duties & Responsibilities

-Lead and direct the day-to-day operational management of the home, ensuring that available resources are used effectively to enable the provision of a good quality service.
-Ensure that all staff working within the home receive regular supervision, in accordance with the company`s Policy.
-Work closely with the Service Development Team, participating in the selection and compatibility of potential new residents, their assessment, and transition into the home if appropriate.
-Ensure that all service users have a dynamic support plan, which involves the person as far as is possible, takes account that person’s needs and aspirations, and is reviewed regularly.
-Hold responsibility for ensuring that the home operates in accordance with all statutory requirements, using the National Minimum Standards as a benchmark for good practice.
-Ensure that the home offers a safe environment geared to creating opportunities for the personal development of service users, taking into account practical, physical and emotional needs.
-Take a lead role for risk analysis within the home, ensuring that appropriate assessments take place, and plans put in place to minimise risk where necessary.
-Ensure that all steps are taken to maintain the health of people living within the home.
-Play a supporting role to Senior Managers regarding the Contract Monitoring process, providing reports and management information on the conduct of the home where this is necessary.
-Liaise with external Agencies as appropriate, and ensure that contact between the staff team and those Agencies is conducted in a professional manner.
-Participate, as required, in the formulation of budgets, and to monitor expenditure in specific budget headings, as required.
-Ensure that proper record and administrative systems are in place within the home, as required by the company`s Policy & Procedures, and Statutory Authorities.
-Be accountable for the management of the Home’s petty cash float and any monies/valuables belonging to service users kept within the home.
-Participate in the Area’s on-call management system as required.
-Ensure that the home is run in accordance with good Health & Safety practice and legal requirements.
-Ensure that maintenance and equipment renewal needs are communicated to the relevant person, obtaining costings/quotes where appropriate, and then ordering items/services once authorised.

Development of Service

-Review the existing service on an on-going basis, to ensure that it continues to run smoothly, and in accordance with the needs and expectations of the service users, the Company and Service Commissioners.
-Participate in events, meetings etc., where the interim is to publicise the Organisation and to support the promotion of available services.

Staff Training & Development

-To work alongside the Training Co-Ordinator to help collate information to inform the development of the Company’s Training Programme, relevant to the Organisation as a whole, and the home in particular.
-To assist the Training Co-Ordinator in ensuring that the Training programme is supported, and attended by staff.

Education

-To have significant management/supervisory experience in a relevant care setting within the past 5 years
-Possess an appropriate qualification at NVQ4 level, or have the capacity to undertake this once in post, or hold another alternative professional qualification and be prepared to undertake the Registered Home Manager NVQ4 qualification
-Have had experience in supporting the day-to-day operational management of a small -Had involvement in recruiting staff within an equal opportunity framework

Skills

-A minimum of 2 years’ experience at a Senior area/Regional area level
-Have familiarity with assessment techniques, and the ability to develop individual support plans from the information gained through this process
-Have the ability to deploy staff in a way which meets the needs of the service, whilst being able to match staff skill-base with required tasks
-To have had experience in recruiting staff within an equal opportunities framework
-A good working knowledge of the supervisory process, as it applies to the monitoring of professional accountability
-An ability to work with figures, and maintain simple financial records
-A working knowledge of disciplinary process
-Have the skills necessary to understand an implement a broad range of policies & procedures and to impart this working knowledge to other staff
-Possess the ability to self-motivate and use appropriate levels of initiative
-Have, or be able to obtain quickly, a good working knowledge of the national minimum -Possess good time-management skills