Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative
Assistant Service Manager
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We’re looking for an Assistant Service Manager to join our friendly team supporting people across the Llandrindod Wells area.
We’re dedicated to supporting people with learning disabilities to live fulfilling, enriched lives and be an active part of their community. As an Assistant Service Manager, you’ll play a vital role in making this happen — supporting a great team and helping the people we support to live life on their own terms.
Role: Assistant Service Manager
Location: Llandrindod Wells
Hours: Your shift pattern will include weekends and sleep-ins
Salary: £29,149.91pa and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 55p per mile
Contract: Permanent
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What you’ll be doing:
In this role, you’ll work closely alongside the Service Manager to help create a safe, caring and supportive service for both the people we support and our colleagues. You’ll be a visible and hands-on presence in the day-to-day running of the service, providing support and carrying out duties that reflect the individual needs and requirements of the people we support.
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- You’ll work shifts on a rota basis, which may include sleep-ins.
- When the Service Manager is absent, you’ll step up to take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the service.
- This is an opportunity to lead from the front — providing leadership and management to the team, monitoring performance, carrying out one-to-ones and appraisals, and bringing colleagues together through team meetings.
Above all, you’ll be driven by one important goal: supporting the people we support to achieve the highest possible levels of independence and live fulfilling lives on their own terms. You’ll help organise and model support in an innovative, person-centred and flexible way, ensuring that every day is meaningful and making everyday remarkable.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- experience supporting people with learning difficulties in a social care setting
- Level 3 in Health and Social Care (or actively working towards)
- a strong caring nature to support others to live an enriched life and fulfil their potential
- a working knowledge and understanding of the Care Council for Wales Code of Practice
- flexibility to work shifts and provide cover as required
- a full driving licence - essential and happy to travel for meetings and training
- access to your own car and happy to use this for transporting people we support to and from activities as well as obtaining business insurance for your vehicle for which we pay 55p per mile to cover this
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Our Benefits
- Training and development opportunities
- 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
- Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Company pension
- Benefits and discount platform
About Us
We’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support. You can find out more about this here.
Our Values
We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include:
- Honesty
- Trust
- Kindness
- Respect
- Wellbeing
Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.
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