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Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us click here.
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Deputy Supported Accommodation Manager
The HOST provides supported accommodation, targeted and tenancy sustainment services to young people aged 16 - 25 including care leavers, unaccompanied asylum seekers and families. The service directly manages Beverley House, which provides supported housing for seven young people & Green Leas, which provides 16 supported flats for care leavers and one emergency room. It is a 24 hour, seven day a week service. The service is currently opening a new home in Maidenhead for 20 care leavers. You will be expected to work across all our supported housing projects, currently Kingston, New Malden and Maidenhead.
About the role
As Deputy Supported Accommodation Manager you will support and deputise for the Supported Accommodation Manager in their absence for all day to day operations and hold shared responsibility for all safeguarding for the young people at the two homes. You will ensure that the young people in our service have a safe environment and are empowered to reach their full potential, which at times may include addressing complex needs often coupled with the impact of a history of childhood trauma.
Your working hours will include shifts on the project rotas which includes two early (starting at 8am) and two late shifts (finishing at 10pm) and you will be part of the on-call manager rota for the HOST service.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Laura Clark via email: laura.clarke@achievingforchildren.org.uk
About you
- A willingness to take any mandatory training and a Level 5 qualification
- Educated to level 3 in a relevant discipline.
- Experience of working with vulnerable young people within an Ofsted regulated setting with the ability to manage high levels of risk, including safeguarding.
- Ability to lead on safeguarding and management decisions when on shift at the homes and whilst on call for the wider team.
- Excellent administration and time management skills.
- Experience of being solution focussed and able to seek resolutions.
- Experience of managing people and ability to manage performance and service development.
- Able to work both early shifts 8am-4pm and late shifts 2-10pm and cover staff absences.
- Strong communication skills to support, maintain and improve relationships within the service.
- Experience of working effectively in a team with the ability to address specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:
- 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term-time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract)
- Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
- Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
- Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- A range of staff benefits and discounts
- An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children click here. For our social work offer click here. For our Recruitment Journey, click here.
Important Information
Start dates: Achieving for Children have set start dates meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.
Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
