Select Lifestyles Ltd
Scheme Manager ( care sector )
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Company Description
Select Lifestyles Ltd is an independent provider of supportive services for adults with learning difficulties across the West Midlands. Since 2007, the organization has delivered tailored enabling services that respond to each person’s specific needs and goals. The team brings extensive care sector knowledge and experience, supporting individuals through day services, supported living, residential care, and respite or short breaks. Select Lifestyles focuses on empowering people to live the lives they choose, offering personalized solutions that promote independence, dignity, and wellbeing.
Role Description
The Scheme Manager is a full-time, on-site role based in Wolverhampton, responsible for the day-to-day management of a care scheme supporting adults with learning difficulties. The role includes:
- Overseeing the delivery of person-centered support
- Coordinating staff rotas
- Supervising and mentoring support workers
- Ensuring that care plans are implemented and regularly reviewed
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- Monitor quality and compliance with relevant regulations and internal policies
- Manage health and safety standards
- Maintain accurate records and reports
The position also involves:
- Liaising with service users, families, social workers, and other professionals
- Handling referrals and assessments
- Contributing to continuous service improvement
Budget awareness, participation in audits, and supporting training and development within the team are key elements of the role.
Qualifications
- Strong case management skills, including care planning, risk assessment, and coordination of support for adults with learning difficulties
- Experience in staff training and development, including coaching, supervision, and supporting best practice in the care sector
- Practical understanding of elder care and wider adult social care, with a person-centered and rights-based approach
- Knowledge of social services frameworks, safeguarding procedures, and multi-agency working within health and social care
- Awareness of basic medicine-related responsibilities in care settings, such as medication policies, safe administration, and record keeping
- Previous experience in managing or supervising a care service, ideally within learning disability or supported living settings
- Relevant health or social care qualification (e.g., NVQ/QCF Level 3 or 4 in Health and Social Care or equivalent); management qualification is an advantage
- Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize, solve problems, and remain calm under pressure
- Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and to promoting independence, choice, and dignity for all service users
- Ability to work flexibly, including participation in an on-call rota where required
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