Deputy Manager Ascot House Intermediate Care Unit

Deputy Manager (Ascot House Intermediate Care Unit)

Employer – Trafford Council

Address – Ascot House Intermediate Care Unit, Ascot Avenue, Sale, M33 4GT

Salary – £32,076- £33,945 with a 6% allowance for alternate weekends and 4% on Call.

Salary Grade – Band 6      

Working Pattern – Full Time

Working hours – 36.25 hours per week, shifts am pm and alternate weekends

Contract type – one year Fixed Term

Closing date – 7^th May 2024

Interview date – 21^st May   

About us:
Ascot House Intermediate Care Unit supports Patients with therapy rehab goals within the 24-hour setting. We provide support with personal care, medications and therapy plans for people who have experienced recent illness or injury. Our focus is to support our Patients to regain their confidence and independence. Patients are given the time and space they need to progress with their goals to enable them to return home.

The team consists of 68 Support Workers, Assistant Practitioner, 4 Senior Support Workers and 4 Deputy Managers plus the Registered Manager.  We work as a multi-disciplinary team working alongside Nurses, Doctors, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapy and Social Workers this gives the service users a holistic assessment of their needs.

About you:

Your style and approach will reflect your values and you will be passionate about what you do, always striving to improve things, valuing and respecting others. You will take pride in your work and always getting things right the first time and learn from when things do go wrong. You will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

You will have good communication skills with both service users and other professionals.

About the role:
Ascot house is an Intermediate Care services and a Discharge to Assess unit our goal is to support our Patients to progress with their rehab, gaining confidences to return home and  live independently. You will support the Registered Manager to lead, manage and coordinate the service.  Ascot house has an amazing team of staff who you will lead and support through supervision.  You should be creative in problem solving have a practical nature.  You will be responsible for the medication and management of medication whilst on duty. You will be expected to take part and lead on action learning sessions.  You will manage sickness following Trafford Councils policies and procedures. You will need to be confident at dealing with the general public and their expectations, manage their complaints and compliments.  You will undertake all training courses as required.

You will be required and undertake all tasks conducive to the role.

Role Profile.pdf

About the benefits:
Trafford recognises the importance of staff wellbeing and offer a number of initiatives for staff including mindfulness, mental health first aiders, running & walking groups and health and wellbeing events.

Our great benefits include:-
Pension

Home Technology Scheme
Car Lease Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Simply Healthcare
Employee Discount Scheme - 'Perks at Work'

Trafford the place - Trafford continues to be one of the best places to live, in the country. According to statistics, the borough scores highly in terms of recycling, education, employment and crime reduction, and has a reputation of being one of the safest places to live in Greater Manchester.

Trafford has some of the best schools in the country; it also has excellent transport links and is globally recognised for its, sport, culture and leisure interests.

Any appointments made to these roles will be subject to the candidate obtaining an enhanced DBS as part of our clearance processes.

For more information contact Sue Burrell
Tel: 0161 912 2664
Email: ascothouse@trafford.gov.uk

Please do not send CV’s to this email address.

For information about working at Trafford Council please click here:-

https://www.trafford.gov.uk/residents/jobs/docs/Info-For-Applicants.pdf

The Council needs to hold and process information about employees, workers and other individuals as appropriate, for various reasons. With the General Data Protection Regulations coming into force we have in place a new privacy notice for staff, contractors, volunteers, trainees, those on work experience and job applicants.

To find out more, please click here:-

http://www.trafford.gov.uk/recruitment-and-employment-privacy-notice

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.

We have a guaranteed assessment scheme in place, please read this guidance to see if it applies to you Greater Manchester Guaranteed Assessment Scheme | greater jobs