Supported Living Supervisor

The Supported Living Service enables and supports adults with learning disabilities and complex needs in their own homes. Our approach is person centred and our aim is to promote positive fulfilling lives for service users. Our teams are passionate and ambitious for the adults, families and communities we support as we continue to build on our progress and put people firmly at the centre of our care.

We can only do this because of our highly valued, skilled, and supported workforce.

We are proud that our Adults Social Care Services and our Supported Living Service have both been rated "Good" by the Care Quality Commission.

Make a difference as a Supported Living Supervisor in St. Helens Council Supported Living Service.

We are excited to offer a full time 37-hour Temporary 12 months position as Supported Living Supervisor post. This is based in our Supported Living Service Duty Office at 22 Sorogold Close. The post is Monday to Thursday 8-3.30pm and Friday 8-3pm, including bank holidays. The successful candidate will also be part of the out of hours on call rota e.g. 10pm-8am and will join our team of 8 Supervisors. Drivers are desirable but not essential.

Applicants must have experience of working with adults with a learning disability, and it is essential that they hold NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent and ideally possess an NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent or a willingness to work towards. Working in a Care Quality Commission Regulated Service applicants must adhere to all standards of the job role.

Supported Living is a provider service that enables and supports adults with learning disabilities with a range of complex needs such as autism, physical disabilities, and behavioural challenges in their own homes. We adopt a multi-agency approach to help promote positive behaviour management, in the safest, ethical, and most appropriate way possible. The role of Supervisor involves being responsible and accountable for the care and safety of 21 Service Users living in 14 tenancies across the borough of St Helens including providing personal care and meeting support needs as and when the service requires.

Our overall aim and ethos are to promote positive fulfilling lives for Service Users, via social inclusion, choice, developing and promoting their independence in a person-centred way. Whilst office based the role can often include directly supporting Service Users in their own home as and when required to meet their needs with personal care using safer people handling equipment were assessed and to manage their challenging behaviour by following risk assessments and risk management strategies, whilst maintaining and promoting their independence at all times.

This role will involve supervising and supporting Supported Living Support Workers across the service to ensure they are working from person centred support plans, risk assessments and the promotion of person-centred planning, follow all the policies and procedures that are in place e.g. safeguarding adult’s procedures and attend regular training.

As a council employee you will benefit from a thorough induction, supervision, appraisal, support from your line manager, paid holiday entitlements, occupational health support and access to other employee benefits.

Full details of the important work in this role is included with the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Please ensure you refer to these documents prior to completing your application.

Employees are required to follow policies and procedures and be willing to undertake all essential training to meet Care Quality Commission standards.

Hours of Work: 37

Pay Rates: £28,598 - £31,022 per annum

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Shift Patterns: Shifts patterns Monday-Thursday 8am-3.30pm & Friday 8-3pm working in the Duty Office. There may be a requirement to work with in a tenancy should the needs of the service requires this .Out of hours On Call rota e.g. 10pm-8am. Bank holidays as per rota as the service is run 24/7. There may be occasions to work additional hours to support the service whilst the team are on training, holidays, and sickness.

Travel:Office base is 22 Sorogold CloseOur Service Users live across several tenancies in the borough and rely on the flexibility and reliability of our teams to travel across the borough of St Helensto provide the care they need and to complete their managerial responsibilities. A drivers licence is advantageous but is not essential.

For an informal discussion please contact Tracy Pickering, Supported Living Manager on 07857 602 002.

The flexibility of our workforce is crucial in enabling us to provide continuous 24/7 care to service users. If you have the relevant experience, can reliably commit to shift work, and are able to travel to office/Council hubs and different properties we would welcome your application.

"We ensure the staff who are supporting service users to live in their own homes provide this in a manner that is safe, caring, responsive, effective and well-led. I champion staff having career progression and ensure they are equipped with the right knowledge, skills and training to support our Service and achieve their full potential"

Melanie Catterall, Registered Team Manager, Supported Living Service.

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.

St Helens Council runs a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. Full details are available on our careers site.

Important Information

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