Deputy Manager
Deputy Manager
Job Description
Are you ready for the next step in your career?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a deputy manager position across two properties in the Wirral area.
You will be based in one of the houses, in Birkenhead. The other house is in New Brighton and you will be required to have a presence in both houses as needed. No two days are the same and the people who draw on our support all have their own unique interests and hobbies that we encourage and support.
MacIntyre is a leading national charity shaping inclusive and welcoming neighbourhoods where people with learning disabilities and autistic people are able to contribute, connect and lead gloriously ordinary lives.
Across the area we support 15 people and you will work closely with the service manager to keep support fresh, creative and genuinely person-centred in line with our vision; for all people with a learning disability to live a life that makes sense to them.
As deputy manager you will help manage a staff team who provide 24/7 support. Supported by the service manager, you will coach, mentor and encourage your team whilst providing a visible presence across the shifts in both houses in the area. You’ll develop constructive relationships with external professionals, social work teams, families and the local community using staff’s gifts, skills and passions to promote our ‘Everyone Everywhere’ initiatives.
You will carry out supervisions and appraisals where you will support staff with their own career development and be a part of our local area on call rota. You will also work closely within the management team across Wirral & Wrexham and have support from our local admin.
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What we need from you
You will have experience of supporting individuals with a learning disability and/or autism and ideally will have managed a team before. You will be ambitious for the people who draw on our support and will ensure MacIntyre’s DNA and Leadership DNA are embedded in all that you and your teams do. You’ll be creative in your thinking and your approach to staff, the people we support and their families to inspire and motivate.
MacIntyre is moving towards a digital care record system and therefore you will need to be a confident IT user.
This is a full time position with hours split between admin duties and on rota across the area.
You will be required to travel as needed to support the service manager; this includes attending meetings and training in Milton Keynes, Wrexham, Warrington or other areas. Expenses paid for this travel.
You will need to be a driver with a manual license.
About us
MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.
We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.
Training and Development
At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.
But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.
Pay and Rewards
We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:
- Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
- Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
- MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
- Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
- MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
- Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
- MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
- MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
- Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
- Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)
How to apply
If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.
Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call us 01908 357 016 and we will send an application form to you.
Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.
Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement
MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.
MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked “Accessibility” at the top of the screen.
COVID-19 Information
We will take every precaution to keep you and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process and your employment with MacIntyre. We encourage all our employees to follow Government advice and get vaccinated against COVID and flu. If you are a frontline care worker, you are on the priority list for vaccination.