Assistant Manager

at  Brainkind

THE ROLE

We will train you to provide personalised support to our adult residents. You will follow individual support plans to meet the needs and aspirations of each person. The focus is developing independent living skills: personal hygiene, meal preparation, exercise, leisure activities, socialising – the daily routine of regular life. Our full Multi-Disciplinary Team are on hand Monday to Friday and will support you in your new role.
You’ll get huge job satisfaction from seeing the people you are supporting do more for themselves and live the life they want to live. If you’re interested in building a career, we’re here to support you all the way on your own journey.

THE ROLE:

As Assistant Manager, you will be a flexible member of the management team ensuring effective coordination of the service. You will assist in the management of a multidisciplinary workforce ensuring the Brainkind’s policies, procedures and values are adhered to with due consideration to the regulations and outcomes surrounding registered services. Ensuring the care and support offered to service users is also a huge part of the role. We are looking for someone who has extensive knowledge of developing care plans, risk assessments and a robust knowledge of CQC. You must be resilient and able to work in a fast-paced environment and remain agile with regularly changing priorities.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• To ensure the care and support offered to each person is of the highest quality, meeting individual needs sensitively and striving to enable service users to maximise their potential.
• Demonstrate professional leadership and provide hands on management support and guidance, managing staff activities and influencing their practises and attitude.
• Ensure all staff receives required supervision and personal development reviews, to promote their learning, as per Brainkind’s policies.
• Identify the training needs of the staff and contribute to the Service Training Plan, including the organisation of appropriate inductions, emphasising the aims, value base and high-performance standards expected. This also may include carrying out staff training.
• Assist and support the Service Manager in setting and monitoring of budgets, capital and revenue for each area within location.
• Be prepared to meet regularly with local authority representatives, staff, clinicians, family and other stakeholders to ensure a multidisciplinary team approach to service provision.
• Support the organisation with effective staff rotas ensuring staff meet their contractual requirements and personal objectives.