Deputy Service Manager
Langley House Trust | Gillingham | findajob.dwp.gov.uk |
Are you an organised and dynamic Manager with a passion for motivating others and keen to make a positive difference?
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Deputy Service Manager.
At Langley we believe in equipping our staff to be the best they can be. That means providing excellent support and free training to enable you to make a rewarding difference to people’s lives every day. We have a great opportunity available for a Deputy Service Manager to lead our team based within Gillingham - Kent, on a full time, permanent basis, working 40 hours per week.
The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary of £37,214 per annum as well as other generous benefits which include:
• Access to the Flexible Benefits Portal where you can tailor benefits to your individual needs
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus bank holiday holidays
• Free on site meals whilst on shift
• Fantastic pension scheme, matched up to 8%
• Life Assurance up to 3 times your salary
• Fully funded DBS, renewals and DBS update service subscriptions
• Company sick pay scheme
• ‘Smart Health’, which includes unlimited access to online, telephone and video GP
• Access to private holiday flat in Torquay
• Wellbeing Support – our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme includes free counselling and legal advice
• Eyecare & Flu vouchers
• Access to chaplaincy and pastoral support
As our Deputy Service Manager, you will positively support the Registered Manager in providing leadership to the staff team and supporting and facilitating the needs of the service users, in line with our Christian Mission and Values, legislative and regulatory requirements.
In this role you will be:
• Supporting the Service Manager in the delivery of high-quality care and support and to deputise when required.
• Supervising / managing staff and assisting key workers and support staff and providing staff and service users with relevant advice, support and training and putting your belief in Christ into action as a manager
• Facilitating and ensuring effective communication within the service and the wider Trust and ensuring teams are briefed fully
• Supporting and where necessary, leading, in the assessment and management of risk.
• Assisting in the management of the referral process within the service and to achieve agreed occupancy levels.
• Assisting in the management of a fair and equitable rota which ensures that adequate cover is maintained at all times and to play a full part in the service rota.
• Ensuring that clients are able to participate as fully as possible in the life of the service and to manage regular service user meetings and facilitate service user inclusion.
The successful candidate will be a practicing Christian who will create an environment where people feel valued, empowered and equipped to do their best work. This person will play a key part in providing strong Christian leadership and will be required to uphold the Trust’s Christian ethos and Christ like culture, aligned with our Christian Identity, and therefore there is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a practicing and professing Christian under the Equality Act 2010.
If you are looking for an opportunity to help lead our dedicated team to enhance the lives of our service users, as our Deputy Service Manager, please apply now as we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: 21st May 2024
We reserve the right to close earlier if we receive sufficient applicants.
A satisfactory enhanced DBS and Adults Barred List check is required for this role and job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicant’s right to work in the UK.
About LANGLEY
Langley is an innovative Christian charity that provides specialist housing, care and support services in the community, and targeted advice in prisons, for people seeking to live crime-free. With one of the lowest reconvictions rates in the country – under 3% whilst people are in our housing and care – we are changing lives and making communities safer across the country.
We're proud to be accredited as an ‘Investors in People: Gold’ employer, which celebrates the way we invest in our people. This is a huge achievement as our assessment covers the last 3 years of unprecedented challenges through the pandemic. This is the third time we have been awarded Investors in People’s Gold standard.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
ED&I is integral to Langley House Trust. We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
DISABILITY CONFIDENT
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the job description. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please state this in your application.
The Shrubbery is a registered care home for men with multiple and complex needs, including substance misuse, mental health issues and physical care needs. It offers 28 bedrooms, of which 14 are wheelchair accessible, and 20 are ensuite.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Deputy Service Manager.
At Langley we believe in equipping our staff to be the best they can be. That means providing excellent support and free training to enable you to make a rewarding difference to people’s lives every day. We have a great opportunity available for a Deputy Service Manager to lead our team based within Gillingham - Kent, on a full time, permanent basis, working 40 hours per week.
The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary of £37,214 per annum as well as other generous benefits which include:
• Access to the Flexible Benefits Portal where you can tailor benefits to your individual needs
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus bank holiday holidays
• Free on site meals whilst on shift
• Fantastic pension scheme, matched up to 8%
• Life Assurance up to 3 times your salary
• Fully funded DBS, renewals and DBS update service subscriptions
• Company sick pay scheme
• ‘Smart Health’, which includes unlimited access to online, telephone and video GP
• Access to private holiday flat in Torquay
• Wellbeing Support – our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme includes free counselling and legal advice
• Eyecare & Flu vouchers
• Access to chaplaincy and pastoral support
As our Deputy Service Manager, you will positively support the Registered Manager in providing leadership to the staff team and supporting and facilitating the needs of the service users, in line with our Christian Mission and Values, legislative and regulatory requirements.
In this role you will be:
• Supporting the Service Manager in the delivery of high-quality care and support and to deputise when required.
• Supervising / managing staff and assisting key workers and support staff and providing staff and service users with relevant advice, support and training and putting your belief in Christ into action as a manager
• Facilitating and ensuring effective communication within the service and the wider Trust and ensuring teams are briefed fully
• Supporting and where necessary, leading, in the assessment and management of risk.
• Assisting in the management of the referral process within the service and to achieve agreed occupancy levels.
• Assisting in the management of a fair and equitable rota which ensures that adequate cover is maintained at all times and to play a full part in the service rota.
• Ensuring that clients are able to participate as fully as possible in the life of the service and to manage regular service user meetings and facilitate service user inclusion.
The successful candidate will be a practicing Christian who will create an environment where people feel valued, empowered and equipped to do their best work. This person will play a key part in providing strong Christian leadership and will be required to uphold the Trust’s Christian ethos and Christ like culture, aligned with our Christian Identity, and therefore there is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a practicing and professing Christian under the Equality Act 2010.
If you are looking for an opportunity to help lead our dedicated team to enhance the lives of our service users, as our Deputy Service Manager, please apply now as we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: 21st May 2024
We reserve the right to close earlier if we receive sufficient applicants.
A satisfactory enhanced DBS and Adults Barred List check is required for this role and job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicant’s right to work in the UK.
About LANGLEY
Langley is an innovative Christian charity that provides specialist housing, care and support services in the community, and targeted advice in prisons, for people seeking to live crime-free. With one of the lowest reconvictions rates in the country – under 3% whilst people are in our housing and care – we are changing lives and making communities safer across the country.
We're proud to be accredited as an ‘Investors in People: Gold’ employer, which celebrates the way we invest in our people. This is a huge achievement as our assessment covers the last 3 years of unprecedented challenges through the pandemic. This is the third time we have been awarded Investors in People’s Gold standard.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
ED&I is integral to Langley House Trust. We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
DISABILITY CONFIDENT
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the job description. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please state this in your application.
The Shrubbery is a registered care home for men with multiple and complex needs, including substance misuse, mental health issues and physical care needs. It offers 28 bedrooms, of which 14 are wheelchair accessible, and 20 are ensuite.
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