Deputy Manager – Supported Living

Full-time: 42-hour contract (8am-8pm); £14.10 per hour

A driving licence and an NVQ level 3 (or working towards) is required.

Experience in supporting individuals with challenging behaviour is essential.

Make a difference in the world!

Do you want to help people with learning disabilities experience life to the fullest and gain a real sense of accomplishment at the end of each day, by knowing you have made a real difference to the life of the people we support?

We recognise that our staff are our greatest asset. We have worked long and hard with all our staff teams to create a set of values that all our staff are committed to, which involves being passionate, committed, respectful to each other and being willing to reflect and continuously learn and improve. Our existing teams are simply the best in the North East, and they want people aligning with Ashdown’s values to join them.

Please watch our short video series at www.ashdowncare.com and if you like what we see, then we would love to welcome you to the Ashdown family.

Come and work with highly motivated teams, and efficient, knowledgeable, and approachable managers.

Ashdown is a family run company with an excellent reputation, and we intend to maintain and strengthen this as we move forward into the future by only employing great staff. This is why we believe we are the best company in the North East to work for.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Positive, enthusiastic with a great attitude.
• Outgoing and passionate about improving the service user’s quality of life.
• Knowledge of positive behaviour support
• Proactive and motivated to look for new activities and experiences for the people we support.
• Creating Rotas around the needs of the service user
• Experience of attending professionals meetings, preparing formal reports, and working contributively with the professional network.
• Create and regularly update support plans to achieve positive outcomes.
• Supporting CQC inspections.
• Team player.
• Fun, Positive, enthusiastic with a great attitude.
• Resilient, motivated, and determined.
• Competent with technology.
• Someone who is open to learning new skills and personal development.

Company Perks

• Paid mandatory and ongoing career development training.
• Genuine progression opportunities.
• Flexibility around family commitments.
• Refer-a-friend bonus!
• Loyalty bonuses.