Area Manager

Posted 18 April by Domus Recruitment Ltd
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£35,000 - £45,000 per annum
Exmouth , Devon
Permanent, full-time
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Posted by Domus Recruitment Ltd
Domus have a fantastic opportunity for an Area Manager to join a reputable provider in Exmouth, Devon in support for adults with Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Sensory Impairments, complex Mental Health and Autism.

You will be responsible for staff management, development and coaching, as well as budgeting and driving performance.

This is a great opportunity for someone to join a forward thinking, person-centred organisation who offer quality services to vulnerable adults.

Key Responsibilities of an Area Manager:

  • Leading and managing the Management Team across all aspects of day-to-day business deliverables; through supervision, effective management, personal development, and succession planning.  Monitoring performance in relation to quality and key performance indicators to agreed targets for care standards and quality.
  • Ensuring compliance with all statutory regulatory bodies and company policies and procedures. Being accountable for ensuring findings from internal site quality inspections are reviewed and actioned as appropriate.
  • Managing relationships with third party professionals, staff teams, Service User families and all other stakeholders as required.
  • Monitoring of all financial controllables and care hour delivery against the local authority placement contracts and agreed funding matrix.
  • Inserting measures into Services that guarantee the highest standards of health and safety; actioning any identified areas of concern as a priority.
  • Ensuring that all Services are staffed by appropriately trained care staff, and that all are compliant with any mandatory training and refreshers.
  • Ensuring that key hotspots of concern are given focus and development through auditing and action planning. Providing regular progress updates to the Head of Operations.
  • Overseeing the transition of new Service Users, ensure that new SUPs, RAs, and HAPs are completed prior to arrival. Instrumental in the preparation of living arrangements (furniture / furnishings etc) for new Service User admissions.
  • Ensuring that any areas of concern identified surrounding quality and compliance are thoroughly investigated, and that remedies are put into place to safeguard against recurrence.
  • Leading Management Team Meetings if required, ensuring that tasks are allocated and actioned as necessary.
  • Ensuring their own personal development by continually seeking opportunities for training and development. 
  • Ensuring effective out-of-hours cover as required, with participation in a weekend on-call rota.
Key requirements an Area must have:
  • Highly experienced within the care and support for adults with Learning Disabilities and Mental Health.
  • Be comfortable managing a team of managers, ensuring accountability and high standards at all times.
  • Have significant experience managing relationships with professionals associated with the care sector.
  • Have sound judgement in difficult and complex situations.
  • Encourage a positive and supportive culture.
If you are interested in the above Area Manager vacancy, please contact Jodi Littlefield at Domus Recruitment.

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