Assistant Locality Manager

Assistant Locality Manager - Female

Full-time - 37.5 hours / 7.5 hours off-rota

Garboldisham, Suffolk 

Full UK driving licence essential

Do you have experience of working with people with a wide range of needs? Do you have the commitment and potential to take the first step on the management ladder, with one of the UK’s largest not-for-profit providers?

Dimensions has a 20-year track record of offering excellent training and progression to ambitious, hardworking care professionals who want to build a progressive career making a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable people.  If you share our values this is a superb opportunity to join us as an Assistant Locality Manager, providing day-to-day support to your Locality Manager, gaining expertise and experience both within the office and service in Garboldisham, Suffolk/Norfolk.

This is your opportunity to build your skills and expertise by supporting the Locality Manager to guide, motivate and encourage your team to provide a quality service in line with our values, policies and practices. You will be working with relatives and outside agencies - including health professionals, social workers and advocates - to meet the needs of the people we support as well as establishing and monitoring service budgets. You may support the Locality Manager with managing person-centred rota's and the recruitment of new team members whilst leading by example and being a positive role model for your team.

This role is ideal for people who want to grow professionally and take on more responsibility whilst still being able to provide the direct support that’s so incredibly rewarding - it's the best of both worlds!

This is a full-time position where you will be working 37.5 hours per week, with 7.5 hours off-rota. You will be required to work flexibly on the rota, with shifts usually starting at 8am until 8pm.

"Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010." 

About the role

This is your opportunity to build your skills and expertise:

• Supporting the Locality Manager to guide, motivate and encourage your team to provide a quality service in line with our values, policies, and practices
• Working with relatives and outside agencies - including health professionals, social workers, and advocates - to meet the needs of the people we support
• Establishing and monitoring service budgets
• Managing person-centred rotas and the recruitment of new team members
• Leading by example and being a positive role model for your team
• Delivering direct support, dividing your time between supporting people, and working in the office

About you

You already have proven professional qualities, including:

• Experience of working with people with a wide range of needs - for example, autism and complex learning disabilities
• Experience supporting people who display behaviours that others may find challenging
• 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 Dimensions – including the people we support, their families, internal colleagues and external agencies
• The willingness to work towards a Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care/Leadership and Management for Care Services

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role in more detail, please call Rosie Hazell on 0300 303 9150.

Your rewards

Dimensions has a 20-year track record of offering excellent training and progression to ambitious, hardworking care professionals who want to build a progressive career making a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable people.

Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are members of the Great Places to Work programme 2019, 2020 & 2021.

• Up to 35 days’ annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays)
• Staff discount shopping scheme ‘Rewarding Dimensions’
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Qualification scheme
• Employee recognition scheme 'Inspiring People'
• Discounted health and dental cover
• Life Assurance
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan

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• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
• We welcome applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce
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