Interim Manager

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in Gloucestershire to help manage several Supported Living services. I am recruiting for this exciting opportunity on behalf of a service provider for adults living with Autism and Learning Disabilities.

This is a great opportunity for a Multisite Registered/ Area manager to provide interim support for up to 3 months. This is an incredible organisation who has great growth opportunities and a fantastic reputation providing quality care for service users.

Interim Manager Responsibilities:

1. Work across the services providing leadership and guidance to the teams, observe and feedback on practice to improve quality, positive behavioural support and person-centred approaches.
2. Undertake regular supervision meetings with staff & facilitate team meetings.
3. Ensure support plans are current and staff are aware of the review and implementation of individual support plans.
4. Manage performance issues engaging the appropriate informal/formal processes where necessary and with guidance from Service Manager/HR.
5. Manage the staffing resources of the service including rota management and staff budgets.
6. To undertake any other reasonable duties as requested.

1. Experience of supporting people with a learning disability / mental health needs.
2. NVQ Level 5 in Social Care Management or equivalent.
3. Experience of supervising and motivating staff.
4. Clear written and verbal communication style.
5. IT literate and confident in the use of different IT systems/packages.
6. Willing to undertake required training, sometimes off site and outside normal working hours.
7. Willing and able to travel between locations as required.
8. Available for flexible working patterns including evenings, weekends, sleep-ins and nights as required.
9. Able to undertake on-call duties on a rota basis.
10. A driver to enable travel between services.