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Location

Brighton, East Sussex | United Kingdom

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Job description

The Grace Eyre Foundation is a charity that has been working with people with learning disabilities since 1898. Based in Sussex and some areas in London our mission is to work towards being led by people with learning disabilities and deliver high-quality housing, support and activities in their local communities. People with learning disabilities who use our services tell us that they want “good support from kind and friendly people” – so that is what we are looking for!

We are recruiting a Service Manager to be part of the Choices team at Grace Eyre. The role is to manage a supported living service in Hove for people with learning disabilities and autism.

A brief outline of the role:

We are looking for someone who has experience in leading and supervising a team and has experience working creatively to ensure the people we support have their needs met. The successful candidate needs to have experience in supporting people with learning disabilities and autism and can support a team to follow different plans such as Positive Behaviour Support Plans. The role will also involve tasks such as managing rota’s, quality monitoring, supporting people to manage their medication and finances and ensuring people have a good quality of life which includes doing the things they enjoy.

The people in the service would like it if the successful candidate has interests in sports, art, keeping fit and having fun

No applicant for employment or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership or pregnancy & maternity, and we encourage applications from people with learning disabilities or identify with being on the autistic spectrum/neurodiverse.

Staff benefits include:

Enhanced holiday entitlement
One paid celebration day a year
Cost of living support package such as rental deposit scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Generous refer-a-friend scheme
One paid volunteering day a year
Enhanced sick pay
Enhanced employer pension contribution
Enhanced death in service
Training and development opportunities
Flexible working opportunities.
We are also:

A living wage employer
Accredited as a Disability Confident Leader
Accredited as an Investors in People employer
Successful applicants will be required to provide details of 2 referees. One must be your most recent employer, however if you have not undertaken employed work before, a reference from voluntary work, educational facility or personal reference can be accepted. You must also undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure and provide proof of your right to work in the UK.

Please apply by filling in an application form or alternatively by sending a CV and cover letter to [email protected]. You can also apply by completing an accessible application form, downloading this and emailing this to [email protected]. Please state clearly which job you are applying for and the location when emailing recruitment

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Salary

£30.25k per annum