Deputy Manager

Adult Social Care; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider seeks a Deputy Service Manager for their Chellaston (Derby) residential service. The role emphasizes team leadership, developing person-centred care plans, and ensuring quality support for individuals with disabilities. Ideal candidates should possess a Level 3 in Health & Social Care and experience in care management. Competitive pay of £14.53 per hour is offered, along with various employee benefits including enhanced pay for evenings and weekends. Make a meaningful difference in people's lives through this rewarding position.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for early pay access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line for employees

Access to cash plans for employees

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a care management role is essential.
• Experience working with individuals with autism, learning disabilities, and challenging behaviours is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team to help individuals gain independence.
• Develop person-centred support plans and conduct assessments.
• Recruit, supervise, and appraise team members.
• Assist the Registered Manager with day-to-day service management.
• Participate in on-call rota responsibilities.

Skills

Care management experience

Team leadership

Person-centred support planning

Excellent communication

Understanding of autism and learning disabilities

Education

Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Deputy Service Manager – Chellaston (Derby) – £14.53 per hour

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

• Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Wagestream – giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
• Funded Blue Light Card – hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
• Enhanced retirement leave
• Long service awards

Deputy Service Managers with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support are at the heart of our management teams. We’re currently searching for a fantastic Deputy Service Manager to join us in leading our residential service in Chellaston (Derby). This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people!

Our Deputy Service Managers will be responsible for managing a team of colleagues with the purpose of helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives. You could be developing and implementing person‑centred support plans, conducting care needs assessments, recruiting and inducting new colleagues, completing supervisions/appraisals, completing medication competencies and medication audits, attending multi‑disciplinary meetings, completing reports and generally assisting the Registered Manager in the day‑to‑day management of our service. You’ll never lose sight of why you choose to do this, as our Deputy Service Managers play a central role in team leadership and have a hands‑on approach to care management.

You will also take part in the on‑call rota (although this may be subject to change depending on the needs of the service).

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to the lives of others, whether that’s helping our colleagues grow in confidence or the people we support gain independence so that they meet their goals.

We’re interested in our Deputy Service Managers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Deputy Service Manager should have previous experience in a care management role and ideally a Level 3 in Health & Social Care as well as experience working with individuals with autism, learning disabilities, physical disabilities and challenging behaviours.

Why choose us?

We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you’ve got the passion to make someone’s life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career. We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation.

Don’t hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we’re supporting! All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.