Deputy Manager - Person specification And Skills Experience 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 KNOWLEDGE and abilities 1 Substantial recent experience of working in Health or Social care Experience of supporting people with Learning Disabilities, Mental in Supported health or Autism, Living, Day Opportunities or Residential services Experience and motivating staff teams, as a Team Leader or Senior care Experience of writing documents, reports, about the service and people as required leading of risk that ensuring of and recruitment, performance the ensuring of is managed safely is Experience supervision management of staff teams Experience environment and there compliance with all regulations Experience of carrying out assessments Experience of assessing people’s individual needs on a daily basis Experience of detailed record keeping Experience of managing self and others to deliver quality services to timescales Excellent communication skills. Experience of working in a diverse organisation and community Experience of working in a busy, growing organisation Computer literate in all Microsoft Office programmes, such as Word and Excel, able to research using the internet and learn different software packages eg. Google Awareness of policies and current issues 1 and written safeguarding verbal Essential Desirable √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 QUALITIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 issues Knowledge of current HR and employment and legislation Knowledge of data protection legislation Knowledge of Disclosure and Barring Service regulations Level in diploma management/health & social care or equivalent in 5 Level management/health & social care or equivalent or working towards / prepared to work towards Comprehensive knowledge of the Care Commission Regulations and able to ensure compliance Knowledge of health and safety legislation diploma Quality adapt service-oriented Flexible. to Able to changing work priorities at short notice, take on the ideas of others, adapt own way of working Identifying potential problems and identifying ways to solve them, using own initiative Positive, helpful communication Good at multi-tasking – enjoys doing several different tasks at once Experienced self-confident person. Unflappable, ‘can do’ attitude Interested in and committed to the aims of New Directions and inter-personal √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ In your personal statement on the application form please ensure that you give concrete and specific examples and evidence of how, when, where and why you meet the requirements on the person specification, i.e. what you are doing or have done in the past that is similar or transferable to our requirements. (Some of this evidence may not be work related but still relevant to this post). March 2022 2