Service Support Manager Ireland Lodge, Woodingdean
* Directorate BHCC: Housing, Care and Wellbeing
* Contract: Permanent
* Closing Date: Apply by 29 December 2024
Location
Ireland Lodge
Job Summary
Job reference: [Reference Number]
* Positions available: 1
Working hours
* Working hours: 37
Job category
* Job category: Care - Adults
Organisation
* Organisation: Brighton & Hove City Council
Job introduction
Are you interested in supporting and caring for people with Dementia and have good leadership skills?
If so, come and join our team here at Ireland Lodge.
For an informal discussion, please contact Tina Johns, Operations Manager, or Caroline Jenman at 01273 296120.
Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 29 December 2024
Shortlisting: w/c 6 January 2025
About the role
We need a Service Support Manager to join our committed, friendly senior team to provide a safe and high-quality service for adults with Dementia. You will provide person-centred support to individuals, understanding that the person is more than the symptoms of Dementia.
The role is varied and requires strong management skills. You will lead and manage a team of staff to meet the needs of individuals.
You will support the Operations Manager in providing leadership for the development of a quality service that meets CQC regulations and provides value for money.
You will promote and actively implement legislation imposed by the Care Act to ensure service users receive a safe, effective, and appropriate service that enables them to achieve and maintain independence, dignity, and choice.
You will actively promote and role model the values of choice, independence, dignity, respect, and reablement.
We can offer you:
* A higher rate of pay than the average market rate
* A career average pension scheme
* Generous holiday
* Regular supervision meetings with an experienced line manager and training
* A range of other staff benefits
Please read our 'Apply for a job at the council' pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to upload your Application Form and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview.
Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Application Form guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and (Shortlisting guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk)) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit 'Why work for us'.
Company information
Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male, or trans.
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