Supported Living Manager

Job description

Are you a Team Leader or Senior Support Worker ready to take the next step?

Do you believe people with a learning disability and/or autism should live lives full of choice, purpose and connection?

At MacIntyre, we support people to live gloriously ordinary lives - lives that make sense to them. We're now looking for a Frontline Manager to lead teams in supported living homes in Warrington.
About the role

You will lead teams to provide a person centred support that is ambitious and supports connections, purpose and quality of life.

You will be a visible leader building relationships, with the people we support, your team, families, and partner professionals.
As a Frontline Manager, you'll:

• Create a positive, inclusive culture where staff feel confident, supported and motivated
• Lead person-centred recruitment to build the right team around each individual
• Coach, mentor and develop staff through supervision, reflective practice and day-to-day leadership
• Ensure support is meaningful, creative and shaped by what matters to each person
• Champion MacIntyre's values, DNA and PBS practice in everything you do
• Operational leadership

Alongside people-focused leadership, you'll take responsibility for:

• Rotas, support planning and risk management
• Embedding high-quality PBS practice with support from the PBS Lead
• Safeguarding, quality and regulatory compliance, including an understanding of or willingness to learn about CQC (the Care Quality Commission) and how to meet their standards
• Managing resources effectively and supporting the sustainability of the houses you are responsible for leading.
• Building strong relationships with families, commissioners and health and social care professionals
• You won't be doing this alone - you'll be supported by a collaborative local management team and specialist colleagues.

About the houses

• You will be overseeing commissioned support hours for each person, including sleep ins and waking night support.
• Focus on understanding people's gifts skills and passions, being ambitious for people, supporting purpose and connecting with local communities and building and maintaining friendships and relationships

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About you

• Experience supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism, ideally in supported living
• Experience supervising or managing a team
• A calm, reflective and values-led leadership style
• Confidence working with PBS, or a willingness to develop in this area

Well-organised, IT-literate and able to manage competing priorities

About us

MacIntyre is a national charity supporting more than 1,400 children, young people and adults who have a learning disability or are autistic.

For 60 years, we've worked alongside people to build lives filled with opportunity, connection and belonging. Whatever your role, you'll help make that possible.

Pay and benefits

Alongside your salary, you'll enjoy a range of benefits including:

• 6 weeks' annual leave per year including public holidays
• Pension scheme
• Paid DBS check
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Shopping discounts through Blue Light Card and our staff discounts scheme
• Ongoing training and career development

See the full range of benefits on the Careers page of our website.

Learn and grow with us

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.

But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Area Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.

How to apply

Click Apply to complete a short application and upload your CV.

We may close this vacancy early if we receive enough applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Please note: we do not offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. You must already have the right to work in the UK.

Safer recruitment

We are committed to safeguarding the children, young people and adults we support. If we offer you a job, we'll work with you to complete the appropriate pre-employment checks.
Equality, diversity and inclusion

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we work in.

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, we're happy to help, call us on 01908 357016. Our recruitment website also includes accessibility tools such as translation, OpenDyslexic font and display options.