Job Description

Location - Cardiff

Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Annual Salary: £25,576.14; Sleep-ins are paid additionally at £45 per night
**Rare opportunity for an Assistant Locality Manager in the Cardiff area
As part of the stable management team in Cardiff, you will be led by a progressive and committed Locality Manager and supported by an experienced Operations Director.
You will lead your team of support workers in a hands-on-manner as a confident and competent Practice Lead, whilst also providing strategic management support. Crucially, you will work closely with the people we support, making a real difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities.

About the role

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.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role in more detail, please call Michelle Debbabi on 07824529266.
Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme 2022 - On top of on-going, fully-funded training and mentoring, we offer all our colleagues generous benefits; job satisfaction and job security, genuine career prospects, and an inclusive, caring work environment that celebrates diversity, champions mental well-being, and encourages employee recognition.
Apply now or please share this vacancy with someone you think would make an amazing Support Worker!

An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
We welcome applications from everyone who has the right to work in the UK, and value diversity in our workforce
As Disability Confident Leaders , we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy - Dimensions has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees
We offer a salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of the money you've earned before payday.
As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application. Please contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 03003039150.
We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all of our recruitment.

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