Area Manager (Mental Health Community) required for 35 hours per week in NorthWest England- Driver

To deliver great outcomes for the people we support, the contribution of our staff should be focused on delivering high quality care and support interventions to improve independence, choice and control, enabling people to recover from ill health and promote well-being.

Area Managers line manage Team Leaders to ensure the delivery of this frontline support along a local pathway through effective supervision, guidance and monitoring of key performance indicators.

Building capacity to co-ordinate this activity within the defined pathway will enable resources and interventions to be appropriately deployed to deliver the required outcomes within agreed budgets.

Key Objectives of this role are:

Managing, co-ordinating and facilitating the first level line management function within a community-based setting to deliver effective, high-quality support for individuals with complex mental health needs.
Being a CQC Registered Manager for the delivery of all regulated activity (personal care) within the registered location to ensure compliance with Health & Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and all other relevant legislation. The Registered Manager role may be organised so that there are 2 Registered Managers in each location. Each Registered Manager will share full responsibility for all regulatory compliance in that location. All Registered Manager roles will be full time.
Completing quality assurance audits locally to monitor and report on the quality of care enabling the delivery of great outcomes.
Supporting senior managers through operational, financial performance and quality assurance reporting to improve efficiency and the delivery of excellent outcomes which increase independence, choice and decision making for service users.
Occasionally providing direct care and support in service though manager step-down or on-call requirements.
Participating in the organisations on-call rota to support 'out of hours' management, decision making and management of significant events.
CQC Registered Manager

Be the CQC Registered Manager for all regulated activity (personal care) within a registered location. Ensure services are safe, caring, responsive, effective and well led.
Ensure that people receiving new packages of support are assessed to determine whether they meet the definition of receiving personal care as a regulated activity.
The Registered Manager role may be organised so that there are 2 Registered Managers in each location. Each Registered Manager will share full responsibility for all regulatory compliance in the location. All Registered Manager roles will be full time.
Be the main point of contact for CQC relationship manager at local level. Ensure that routine CQC engagement meetings are conducted in a positive and effective manner.
Lead on CQC inspection process and any preparatory work such as Pre Inspection Report returns. Plan and implement any actions identified as part of any inspection process.
Ensure that all formal CQC notifications are made in a timely and accurate manner.
Ensure any CQC data submissions are made in a timely and accurate manner e.g. Covid workforce or capacity statistics.
Support the organisation's Nominated Individual with any regulatory activity at corporate level including the preparation of reports, submissions of data or providing updates on significant events.
Qualification / Training
Training in Person centred practices (planning, review, team development)
NVQ Level 4 qualification in management or care (or equivalent) and a commitment to complete a Level 5 qualification within an agreed time period.

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