Supported Living Manager

Are you a Team Leader or Senior Support Worker ready to take the next step? Do you believe people with a learning disability and/or autism should live lives full of choice, purpose and connection? At Mac Intyre, we support people to live gloriously ordinary lives – lives that make sense to them. We're now looking for a Frontline Manager to lead teams across 3 supported living homes in Warrington.

You will lead and inspire 3 teams across 3 houses where we currently provide support for 6 people. You will lead teams to provide a person-centred support that is ambitious and supports connections, purpose and quality of life. You will be a visible leader building relationships, with the people we support, your team, families, and partner professionals.

• Create a positive, inclusive culture where staff feel confident, supported and motivated
• Lead person-centred recruitment to build the right team around each individual
• Coach, mentor and develop staff through supervision, reflective practice and day-to-day leadership
• Ensure support is meaningful, creative and shaped by what matters to each person
• Champion Mac Intyre's values, DNA and PBS practice in everything you do
• Operational leadership

• Rotas, support planning and risk management
• Embedding high-quality PBS practice with support from the PBS Lead
• Safeguarding, quality and regulatory compliance, including an understanding of or willingness to learn about CQC (the Care Quality Commission) and how to meet their standards
• Managing resources effectively and supporting the sustainability of the houses you are responsible for leading.
• Building strong relationships with families, commissioners and health and social care professionals
• You won't be doing this alone – you'll be supported by a collaborative local management team and specialist colleagues.

• There are currently 3 houses in the Hub we are recruiting for. 1 house supports 3 people; one house supports 2 people and the third supports one person.
• You will be overseeing commissioned support hours for each person, including sleep ins and waking night support.
• Focus on understanding people's gifts skills and passions, being ambitious for people, supporting purpose and connecting with local communities and building and maintaining friendships and relationships.

Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsor ships as we await further guidance from the Home Office. Applications requiring sponsorship cannot be considered at this time. We appreciate your understanding.

• Experience supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism, ideally in supported living
• Experience supervising or managing a team
• A calm, reflective and values-led leadership style
• Confidence working with PBS, or a willingness to develop in this area
• Well-organised, IT-literate and able to manage competing priorities

Mac Intyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism. We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone's unique gifts, talents and contributions.

For all people with a learning disability to live a life that makes sense to them.

We will support a sense of wellbeing through a celebration of each person's unique gifts, talents and contributions, the quality of our relationships and ensuring the promotion of real opportunities to connect with others.

To achieve excellence in everything we do.

is to make a positive contribution to the lives of children and adults with disabilities. We make this contribution by ensuring that all our interactions are great, that our knowledge and skills represent excellence and that we support people to develop purposeful and warm relationships. Our “secondary purpose” is to have a positive influence in our local communities and on our sector by connecting well, nurturing partnerships and demonstrating best practice.

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