Assistant Locality Manager

Assistant Locality Manager 
Greenford, Ealing 
Salary: £29817.33 per annum 
Hours: 37.5 hours per week ( 5 days off rota) 

Do you have experience of working with people with a wide range of needs? Do you have the commitment and potential to take the first step on the management ladder, with one of the UK’s largest not-for-profit providers? Dimensions has a 20-year track record of offering excellent training and progression to ambitious, hardworking care professionals who want to build a progressive career making a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable people.

If you share our values this is a superb opportunity to join us as an Assistant Locality Manager, providing day-to-day support to your Locality Manager, gaining expertise and experience both within the office and across our service in Greenford, London. 

You will support the Locality Manager to ensure we provide a high quality service to the people we support. You will undertake a variety of delegated management tasks to be performed during your off-rota time (37.5 hours) such as supervision, managing/leading a team of 20+ staff, rotas, managing meetings (including behaviour focussed meetings) and will deputise for the Locality Manager during their absence.

Our service in Greenford is a complex service with behaviours of distress. As an Assistant locality manager you would provide a practical hand on approach working from the service with flexibility to work a variety of shifts including days, evenings, nights and weekends. We are looking for someone who is a confident leader and looking for their next opportunity to build their skills and expertise.

Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme 2021

“The total annual pay for the role is currently £29817.33, made up of a basic salary of £25928.11, plus an additional 15% annual allowance 37.5 off rota hours of £3889.22”

About the role

As an Assistant Locality Manager, you will: 

• Supporting the Locality Manager to guide, motivate and encourage your team to provide a quality service in line with our values, policies and practices.
• Working with relatives and outside agencies - including health professionals, social workers and advocates - to meet the needs of the people we support.
• Establishing and monitoring service budgets.
• Managing person-centred rota's and the recruitment of new team members.
• Leading by example and being a positive role model for your team.
• Delivering direct support, dividing your time between supporting people and working in the office.

About you

You already have proven professional qualities, including:

• Experience of working with people with a wide range of needs - for example, autism and complex learning disabilities
• The ability to prioritise workload, manage your own time, delegate tasks and meet deadlines.
• Up-to-date knowledge of the personalisation agenda and Active Support provision.
• The personality to develop positive working relationships across Dimensions – including the people we support, their families, internal colleagues and external agencies.
• The willingness to work towards a Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care/Leadership and Management for Care Services.

Your rewards

In return for your hard work and dedication, we offer ongoing development opportunities and the strongest possible prospects, plus a range of great benefits including:

• Up to 35 days’ annual leave entitlement(including bank holidays)
• Staff discount shopping scheme ‘Rewarding Dimensions’
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Qualification scheme
• Employee recognition scheme 'Inspiring People'
• Discounted health and dental cover
• Life Assurance
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan

For more information visitwww.dimensions-uk.org/careers

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• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
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