Female Deputy Manager

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Role Description

Female Deputy Manager

Location: Redhill, Surrey

Salary: £15.56 per hour (£30,342 per annum) plus benefits.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, shifts vary between 7:00 am and 10:00 pm, Monday to Sunday (on a shift rota basis).

Contract: Full-time, Permanent.

Driving Requirement: A valid full UK manual driving license is essential for this role.

Right to Work: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer any skilled worker visas.

Essential Criteria

• Hold a level 4 in Health & Social Care (or equivalent) or willingness to undertake.
• Statutory guidance & CQC regulations exposure.
• Complex health needs, learning disabilities, autism and sight loss.
• Managing, assessing new people to support and mentoring experience.
• Resilient, calm and able to work under pressure.
• Effective verbal and written communication and able to produce written reports.
• Hold a full UK driving license.

About you

Are you someone who truly enjoys making a difference in others' lives? Do you have a calm, caring, and resilient nature that helps you thrive in challenging situations? Are you ambitious, and looking to work towards progression in your career?

We're looking for a Deputy Manager to join our team who can stay calm under pressure. You will be enthusiastic and take a proactive approach. You will need to have strong administration skills, be able to work and make decisions autonomously, in the absence of the home manager.

What will you be doing?

• Management Responsibilities: Assist the service manager to ensure that everyone receives high quality support, including rota management, staff supervisions, training new team members, leading, and supporting the team to complete support plans and risk assessments.
• Partnership Working: Champion skilful interactions, person-centred planning and partnership working primarily with the people you support, their families, and our specialist support teams as well as external agencies.
• Creativity and Planning: Plan and implement professionally designed support plans that genuinely improve the quality of everyday life, demonstrating sound judgment and creative solutions.
• Daily Care & Support: Help with personal care, meal preparation, medication, and other daily tasks.
• Building Relationships: Get to know the people you support, understand their needs, and help them live life on their own terms.
• Empowering Independence: Assist with personal goals, from daily activities to long-term aspirations, and encourage creative exploration.
• Social Engagement: Support activities like holidays, social events, and hobbies, ensuring everyone can enjoy what they love doing.
• Respect & Dignity: Ensure that individuals and their families are treated with the utmost respect, dignity, and equality.
• New Business Referrals: Assist the Business Development team with assessments for new people to support.

Who you will be supporting?

At Royal Hill Park, the people we support have sight loss, learning disabilities, and a wide range of other needs. Royal Hill Park is a forward-thinking supported living service. We continually strive to improve and find better ways of doing things for the people we support. We need people who want to make a difference, who are forward-thinking, creative and go the extra mile, is this you?

Our Benefits

Why work for us?

• Comprehensive Training: Start with an extensive induction and continue developing your skills with face-to-face training, e-learning, and ongoing support.
• Career Progression: We support your ambitions, offering opportunities to achieve professional qualifications (Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5).
• Recognition & Rewards: From excellence awards to long service recognition, your hard work won't go unnoticed.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy up to 36 days of holiday with long service, flexible working options, and time off for life events.
• Financial Benefits: Discounts, cashback, pension schemes, and more, to help your money go further.
• Wellbeing Support: Access to a 24/7 employee assistance program, life assurance and sick pay.
• Refer a Friend: Receive £600 (Support Workers to Deputy only).

Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK. This year we are celebrating our 225th anniversary, having pioneered specialist support across multiple generations since 1799!

SeeAbility provides the resources and expertise that make this possible, we support people to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible.

Safer Recruitment

SeeAbility is committed to safe and fair recruitment practices, safeguarding, and protecting those who we support. It is a condition of employment that prospective employees will be subject to the following:

• A criminal background check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (where appropriate).
• Documentary evidence to confirm your identity, current address, and the right to work in the UK.
• Health Declaration to ensure that you are medically suitable for the role you have been offered.
• References will be obtained to ensure satisfactory evidence of conduct in current or previous employment concerned with the provision of services relating to (a) health or social care, or (b) children or vulnerable adults.

These checks will be carried out and completed prior to offering a date to start employment at SeeAbility's expense.

Diversity

We actively seek to attract and retain talent from diverse backgrounds, recognising that a wide range of perspectives strengthen our teams. In exceptional circumstances, the role is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement.

SeeAbility encourages applications from individuals of all identities, including those from underrepresented groups and those with a disability. We believe a diverse workforce drives innovation, creativity, and success. Everyone's unique experiences and views are appreciated and their opinions valued. We particularly welcome applications from those with a disability.