Are you considering the next step in your health and social care career? Want to keep making a difference while developing yourself? Discovery are currently recruiting for an Assistant Locality Manager to join our team at The Willows, Taunton.

The Assistant Locality Manager at The Willows will support the manager and their team of Support Workers in a variety of ways - delivering the highest possible care to the people we support, ensuring compliance to organisational policies and procedures assisting with rota planning and shift management, using different IT Systems to ensure full compliance in H&S checks managing their time effectively across two locations working alongside the Locality Manager to ensure that colleagues are supported and managed effectively in line with the company values. Acting up as manager when the Locality Manager is unavailable to ensure safe running of the homes and compliance is maintained.

Discovery is proud to be successfully accredited by the Great Places To Work Programme for the forth year in row in 2024.

The total annual pay for the role is currently £30503.66

About the role:

This is a diverse and exciting role, some of your responsibilities will include:

- Support the Locality Manager with the smooth operation of the service, including rota management, reviewing and updating support plans and assisting with the recruitment and development of a team of Support Workers.

- Work with relatives, healthcare professionals and external agencies to ensure that the needs and interests of the people we support are met and upheld.

- Serve as a role model to a team of Support Workers, demonstrating excellent practices of support.

Experience of working with people with a wide range of needs - for example, autism and complex learning disabilities

- The ability to prioritise workload, manage your own time, delegate tasks and meet deadlines.

- Up-to-date knowledge of the personalisation agenda and Active Support provision.

- The personality to develop positive working relationships across Discovery - including the people we support, their families, internal colleagues and external agencies.

- Have or be willing to work towards a Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care/Leadership and Management for Care Services., Disability Confident
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Discovery exists to help each person we support to live a fulfilling life, to be equal in society and to be active in his or her local community. That's a big deal. It means being able to have choice and control in life. It means choosing to go out or to stay in, making friends and having relationships, finding and developing skills and interests. It also means managing a home, voting, staying healthy and being able to pursue employment or volunteering opportunities. If you think you can help the people we support get more from life, we want to hear from you.

This list is not exhaustive, please review the attached person specification for further information

Why join us?

Discovery are committed to developing skills and rewarding our staff. We offer:

- A salary of £30503.66 per annum (based on 37.5 hrs per week)

- 30 days' annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays

- Access to discounts on high street shopping, cinema tickets and meals out

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Supported 'Learn to Drive' scheme (up to 30 driving lessons paid for by us and a Theory and Practical test)

- Pension scheme

- Life Assurance