Frontline Manager - Learning Disabilities
Frontline Manager - Learning Disabilities
Job Description
Currently a Team Leader or Senior Support Worker looking for your next move within care? Want to work for an award winning charity who support people with learning disabilities?
What makes this a great job? Well it’s partly the people we support. And it’s partly the team spirit and sheer pride in their jobs you’ll find in your staff.
Outline
We support seven gentlemen who are very sociable and are keen to get out and get involved with the local community. Current restrictions are understandably causing frustrations and you will need to be creative in your approach to ensure a balance between maintaining safe practices and keeping people fulfilled.
You will be taking on the leadership of an experienced team; encouraging and mentoring them, completing supervisions and appraisals and ensuring staff have all the training and resources they need.
The team strives always to keep our support fresh, new and genuinely person-centred, and you will be key to this.
Of course there will be the practical details such as overseeing the rota, completing risk assessments and support plans. You will be responsible for the service budget, and ensuring the home is fully compliant with all regulatory requirements as well as our internal processes.
You’ll develop constructive relationships with external professionals, social work teams, families, and the local community.
You'll also have overall responsible for ensuring any staff vacancies are filled promptly, working with our supportive internal recruitment team.
You will also be part of the on call system with our other local Managers, so you will need to have a flexible approach.
About you
You will have experience of supporting vulnerable people, ideally those with a learning disability.
You’ll be creative in your thinking and your approach both to staff and the people we support, able to inspire and motivate. You'll have the ability to empathise and work with families and help build their confidence in us right from the start.
Other qualities you'll have as a great Frontline Manager will be the ability to budget, work under your own initiative, and be reliable and flexible.
You must be a driver with your own transport which is insured for business use, as you will travel regularly between services, as well as to regular meetings, conferences and training.
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 Area Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and be part of MacIntyre's leadership programme - 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 (pro rata for part-time roles)
- 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, you can either download one from the attachments on our website advert or phone us on 01908 357 016 and we will send an application form to you.
Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement
MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.
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