House Manager

Overview

Garvald West Linton is seeking a dedicated and compassionate House Manager to lead one of our residential houses supporting adults with learning disabilities. This rewarding role offers the opportunity to create a warm, safe and nurturing home environment, while leading a dedicated team and ensuring residents receive high-quality, person-centred care. You will play a key role in promoting wellbeing, independence and community life in line with our values and ethos.

Duties

• To ensure that a holistic approach (based on Rudolf Steiner’s principles) is applied in practice, striving to meet the needs of the whole human being and working to create a healthy social atmosphere in the house.
• To ensure the House operates within the policies and procedures of Garvald West Linton.
• To ensure residents’ care plans are properly implemented within SSSC guidelines.
• To ensure Care Inspectorate standards are met and maintained.

Requirements

• Knowledge and experience of working or living with adults with learning disabilities.
• Knowledge of anthroposophical approach and/or Rudolph Steiner approach or Social Pedagogy.
• Organised, able to prioritise, manage budgets, and use IT systems
• Resilient, proactive, and confident supporting complex and challenging behaviours
• Minimum of three years’ experience of managing and/or supervising staff in a care setting.
• SVQ 4 in Health and Social Care and/or Management and Leadership or other relevant qualification or a willingness to work towards
• Must hold a full and valid manual driving licence

Pay: £34,590.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person