Job Description:

• Location: Market Weighton
• Annual Salary: £30,129.79 per annum
• Hours per week: Full time (37.5 hours) required to participate in on-call rota
• Required: Experience supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs
• Driver preferred however not essential – ability to travel between 2  locations approximately 1.5 miles apart
• Sponsorship: Not available

Supporting people to live great lives

We currently support 15 people across 2 locations and your role would involve supporting a team of around 40 full and part time staff to deliver great support – primarily working Mon-Fri during office hours with occasional flexibility required.

Your mission (should you choose to accept it)

At Affinity Trust, we’re dedicated to supporting adults with learning disabilities, autism, and related needs, helping them live their lives their way. We have a new opportunity for a Deputy Support Manager who shares our values and really wants to make a difference. We are looking for a dynamic individual to join our team based in Market Weighton, where you will inspire and empower our staff, under the guidance of the Support Manager, to support adults with learning disabilities and Autism to live their life their way!

We need you to:

• Support people to live independently, delivering person-centred care with warmth and compassion.
• Develop personalised plans that respond to individual needs and preferences.
• Inspire and empower your team to provide confident, high-quality support every day.
• Maintain CQC compliance and rota efficiency while promoting structure and independence.
• Drive positive outcomes using Positive Behaviour Support and Proact-SCIPr-UK
• Work flexibly, including out-of-hours on-call, to ensure continuity of care.

If you're ready to make a positive impact and support others in achieving their goals, we'd love to hear from you. Join us in creating an environment where everyone can thrive.

In return we offer an attractive salary and benefits package and the opportunity to be part of a management development programme to enhance your skills and knowledge.

If you think you’ve got what it takes to make a difference we would love to hear from you

What will we do?

We have a range of benefits that you can mix and match to suit you, such as:

• Buy and sell annual leave – transfer windows open twice a year. 
• Stream – an app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it, access to coaching, vouchers, discounts, cashback and more.  
• Vivup – spread the cost of home and electronics items, or a bike to cycle to work through fixed salary reductions throughout the year. 
• Simply Health - Fully funded health cash plans giving you access to a 24-hour GP, money back on prescriptions, dental treatment, opticians, and access to many more health benefits.
• Blue light card – we will reimburse your Blue Light Card membership which provides discounts in your favourite shops and restaurants
• Pension and Life Assurance - you’ll be enrolled into our Scottish Widows pension scheme and Life Assurance scheme.

If you want to empower people to live the life they choose and you share our values… Apply today

Ready to do things differently? Submit your application.

If you are offered a role with us, you will need to complete an enhanced DBS check. We will submit your application and pay for your check. 

Please note that we are actively shortlisting candidates throughout the duration of the advert, interviews will be held as soon as possible and we will make an offer immediately if we find the right candidate. Apply without delay!

We’re committed to being Disability Confident and we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

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