In 1995 Lifeways opened its first location for people with complex needs. Over 25 years later and we’ve grown to become the UK’s largest supported living specialist and are proud to help almost 5,000 people to live more fulfilling, independent lives.
Our commitment is to provide extraordinary support that creates life-changing outcomes for people with complex needs. We do this through our stability, our local teams, our strong relationships, and our shared focus on quality and reassurance.
Are you ready to progress your career and use the skills you have gained to manage the day to day running of one of our supported living services?
Lifeways is one of the UK leading providers of support services for people with people with diverse and often complex needs in community settings. Our vision is to help people live ordinary, independent, and happy lives through extraordinary support.
We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic Deputy Manager to manage the day-to-day running of a 16 bed supported living service in Birmingham. This service is made up of 16 high quality self-contained apartments that provides 24 hour support to people with autism and complex learning difficulties. Our committed teams receive continuous support and professional development to ensure their skills remain aligned with the evolving mental health needs.
In this role you will support the Service Manager to ensure that excellent services are delivered and ensure that the service is compliant with external regulatory standards. You will also be responsible for leading, advising and motivating a team and your duties will include colleagues’ supervision and team meetings.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of providing support to individuals with mental health needs in a supported living environment and strive to uphold the principles of the Right Care, Right Support, Right Culture. We are passionate about developing our teams and welcome applications from candidates who have transferrable skills and the right values.
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We value our colleagues and work hard to develop their skills through the provision of training and support. We are expanding, there are real opportunities for career development.
The Lifeways Group is an equal opportunities employer and is regulated by CQC in England, CIW in Wales and CI in Scotland.
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