Active Lives Service Manager - Arts

You will work closely with the Active Lives Head of Service receive a full induction and regular support. You will work closely with the wider Active Lives Management Team.

From directly speaking to the people that we work with they want people who support and work with them are nice and kind. We want staff to give us space (when we need it) and be respectful.

Grace Eyre is looking to recruit an experienced Service Manager to lead the successful running of these services, with a focus on the Arts and Creativity workstream. Experience of managing services and line-managing staff are key to this role. Being a great leader and a people person is key in supporting the 70 plus people who attend our Service each week.

Brief outline of the role: Active Lives activities and projects are delivered in our base in Hove and some delivery in the local community. You will be one of the key managers responsible for the management and leadership of the Active Lives service. You will have demonstrable experience in social care, community development and/or line management.

Excellent organisational and communication skills are key to this role, e.g. you will be communicating with colleagues, people we support, families, carers and partners. Experience of working in day services for people with learning disabilities and/ or autism would also be attractive.

Good IT skills and being confident in using Microsoft Office are essential. This is needed as Active Lives has a variety of funding streams, e.g. social care and Trust & Foundation Grants. Report writing and data management is important to this role.

Who we are: The Grace Eyre Foundation is a charity based in Brighton & Hove and the wider Sussex community that has been working with people with a Learning Disability and autistic people since 1898. Our mission is to work towards being led by people with Learning Disabilities and autistic people to deliver high-quality housing, support and activities in their local communities. The people we support tell us that they want "good support from kind and friendly people" - so that is what we are looking for!!

Introduction: Grace Eyre Active Lives provides a large range of day activities for people with learning disabilities and/or autism from our space in Hove. These activities support people's creativity, wellbeing, health, learning and development.

You will have a real commitment to quality and positive attitude in working with people with learning disabilities and/or autism.

If you wish this information to be provided to you in Easy Read, then please let Grace Eyre's recruitment team know. If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact Grace Eyre and ask to speak to James Hughes, Head of Active Lives.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: No applicant for employment or employee will be treated less favourably than another on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership or pregnancy & maternity, and we encourage applications from people with learning disabilities or identify with being on the autistic spectrum/neurodiverse.

Staff benefits include:

· Enhanced holiday entitlement

· One paid celebration day a year

· Cost of living support package such as rental deposit scheme

· Cycle to work scheme

· Generous refer-a-friend scheme

· One paid volunteering day a year

· Enhanced sick pay

· Enhanced employer pension contribution

· Enhanced death in service

· Training and development opportunities

· Flexible working opportunities.

We are also:

· A living wage employer

· Accredited as a Disability Confident Leader

· Accredited as an Investors in People employer

Successful applicants will be required to provide details of 2 referees. One must be your most recent employer, however if you have not undertaken employed work before, a reference from voluntary work, educational facility or personal reference can be accepted. You must also undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure and provide proof of your right to work in the UK.