Assistant Service Manager

Avenues Group; Margate; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000

Job description

Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things.

We are seeking an Assistant Service Manager to join the team within our Beresford Garden, Margate service.

Beresford Garden is a Supported living service which supports 2 people with complex needs, profound learning disabilities, autism and mild behaviours that challenge. One of the service users is able to use some Makaton signs. Both also require a high level of personal care support.

This is a hands-on role. The candidate will play a key role in managing these changes and will have a passion for driving improvement for the best interest of the people we support.

Willingness to be part of the On-call team.

We just ask that you share our values, and you have a fun, positive and can-do attitude!

Our ideal Assistant Service Manager looks like this!

• Work with your Service Manager to manage and lead a successful and positive team.
• Understand the balance between keeping our people safe and positive risk taking.
• Have a good understanding of the social care sector and how this benefits and impacts the people we support.
• Stay up to date with policies and procedures to carry out and maintain safe and best practices.
• Support the Service Manager to recruit new employees and develop and manage your staff team in a fair and consistent manner.
• Work with your Service Manager to reinforce a positive culture of continuous improvement.
• Act as the Service Manager in their absence.
• Be flexible and able to work shifts required: bank holidays, 7am - 2:30pm and 2pm - 9:30pm, no night shifts required. These hours may occasionally need to be extended to provide 1-1 support and guidance to Support Staff on duty as required, which may involve working past 21:30 for night staff supervision.
• Late shifts are from 2:30pm to 10pm.

For more details about the role, please have a look at the role profile.

Benefits you can expect:

• High quality training that supports your career development.
• Paid enhanced DBS check.
• Flexible working.
• Shopping discount via Blue Light Card and The Benefits website.
• Up to 28 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
• Free and confidential 24/7 access to a health portal, counselling and support.
• Recommend a Friend scheme - earn up to £500.

About us:

Avenues Group is a specialist charity provider of supported living, residential care and outreach services for people with autism, learning disabilities and complex needs.

We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to be an active citizen and engaged in the community where they live. We work across Kent, London, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Shropshire.

We know that well-supported people support people well, and we invest in our employees so everyone can thrive. We offer excellent career and development opportunities across the organisation.

You'll become part of our strong Avenues community, which is there to support you each day.

Your values should match ours:

Respect: We treat people as we would wish to be treated ourselves.

Excellence: We don't settle for okay, we are determined to achieve more.

Integrity: We do the right thing, even if it takes more time and effort.

Pride: The work we do is something we want to tell others we are part of.

Contact us!

If the role appears and you don't quite meet all the above criteria, but share our values and are willing to learn, please do get in touch with us. We believe that a good Assistant Service Manager with the right values can be supported to develop the skills needed. We will support you with excellent training, ongoing coaching and other benefits.

As part of our commitment to the "Disability Confident Scheme", candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at the interview stage.

We're there for you, from your first conversation with our recruitment team, to day one of your induction, and throughout your career.

Apply or get in touch with us today - we look forward to hearing from you.