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Are you passionate about making a difference to our citizens and the district that they reside in? Then, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team.

About the Role:

• to work effectively as part of the management team to support adults with learning disabilites to live independently within the community, promoting independence, rights, choices and inclusion. 
• to ensure the service is deliverecompliance with relevant legislation

Key Responsibilities:

• undertake day to day operational responsiblities for tenants, supporting individuals to live independently in the community.
• responsible for induction, probation, supervision, identify and tracking learning and development needs of staff.  Completing rotas, implementing the councils policys and procedurers.
• shared responsiblity up to 100 staff in managers absence.
• Accountable for safe management of expenditure and income for tenants including cash, invoices, cheques in relation to thier personal finances. 
• Regular finacial audits
• medication audits
• Producing and processing manual and electronic data and esponsible for ensuring accuracy of information, confidentiality and data security.

What will be expected from me?

• flexibility nad may necessitate occassional evening and weekend work.
• good keyboard skills
• support manager to ensure safe delivery of service
• participate in a telephone on call service on a rota basis with responsibility across the whole service. 

Essential requirements:

• Level 3 NVQ care or Diploma
• Willing to work towards a leadership management level 3/5 qualification 
• Relevant training to meet needs of a CQC regulated service
• Significant experience of working in a similar setting with learning disabilities. 

What can I expect?

• A competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy up to 10 extra days of annual leave
• Hybrid working (subject to role suitability)
• Access to high-quality training programs to advance your career to the next level.
• We are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We recognise that resilient teams need good work life balance as well as supportive leadership.
• Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and a Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme providing a tax efficient way to increase our pension.
• Great range of benefits including an Employee Assistant Programme, discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise program, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, a cycle to work scheme, and many more

Want to know more?

If you would like to know more about the role, the recruitment process or working for Wakefield Council, feel free to contact.

Name: Kim Finnerty

Tel: 01924 302680

E-mail: kfinnerty@wakefield.gov.uk 

Company: Wakefield Council

Salary: £32,418.70 - £34,918.27, Grade 10

Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Sector: Health and Social Care

Sector: Adult Services

Sector: Education

Job Role: Manager