Locality Manager (Beverley Lewis House)

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated

Care to work in a place where 77% of our staff told us it’s a great place to work and 93% of staff told us their actions are guided by L&Q Living’s values (Great Places to Work survey 2022)

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Locality Manager at Beverley Lewis House in East London.

Beverley Lewis House is the only scheme in the country that provides high quality person-centred support service to 6 women with learning disabilities who are fleeing domestic abuse. It recently appeared on Channel 4’s Dispatches show Trapped, Disabled and Abused as an example of good practice. This documentary is still available to watch on Channel 4 demand. Why don’t you take a look? It might help you decide if you want to apply for this post. The scheme also won the UK Housing Award and National Women in Housing Award for Best Specialist Housing category and is part of a service rated Outstanding by CQC.

Having such an excellent reputation, means we are looking for a special kind of person to take over from the existing Locality Manager who is leaving because her new home makes working in London unrealistic. This is what she said about her time at Beverley Lewis House.

Working at Beverley Lewis House for the past 5 and a half years has been one of the most rewarding and proud highlights of my career. Supported and encouraged to promote and develop the service, engaging with other organisations to raise awareness of issues related to domestic abuse and learning disabilities has meant being involved in some outstanding pieces of work. From having the opportunity to feed into the revision of the domestic abuse bill, to hosting our own conference to share good practice. L&Q Living provided a safe and supportive space for me to explore ideas and make positive changes. Mostly I have loved working with such amazing and resilient survivors of abuse in such a caring and nurturing setting.

92% of our staff said their manager treats them with respect and 91% of staff told us their work has special meaning and that it’s not just a job (Great Places to Work survey 2022)

Reporting to the Regional Business Manager you will have overall responsibility for managing and monitoring the scheme and ensuring the delivery of appropriate individualised care and support to service users. To do this effectively, we do not believe in spreading our manager’s too thinly and therefore ensure all managers are 100% off rota so they can truly focus on managing the service. Furthermore, even though this is a small scheme, you will have a scheme manager assisting you to run the service.

It is essential that you share our values, have experience managing complex needs services for adults with learning disabilities who have experienced trauma and have excellent knowledge of Person Centred and Positive Behaviour Support.

To be successful in the role you will also have:

• Excellent leadership skills with demonstrated experience of motivating, managing and developing staff
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to build relationships and work in partnership with relevant stakeholders
• A flexible and positive approach to work with excellent organisational skills
• Experience and knowledge of Safeguarding, lone working and health and safety requirements
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care (or equivalent e.g. social work or nursing) or willing to work towards

Why work for L&Q Living?

• We offer excellent benefits including 24 days annual leave (increasing to 29 days after 3 years continuous service), pension scheme and non-contributory life assurance, season ticket loan, employee discount scheme and a health and wellbeing program.
• You will have access to our spot bonus scheme for demonstrating how you embed our values. If you go way and beyond, we will reward you with a spot bonus of up to £1000 each time you do so
• The opportunity to grow your career with us or other departments within our business

If you are interested in this role and share our values, then apply without delay by clicking on the apply button below or sending your CV to recruitment@lq-living.co.uk

• Please note that due to the nature of this position, it is an occupational requirement that this role is carried out by women only. This is in line with Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies.

For this post the successful candidate will need to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) to enable them to work within the team. Further information about the Disclosure scheme can be found at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs/

At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours. Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing L&Q. More information about L&Q’s values can be found on our website and a copy of our behavioural framework can be provided on request.

We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.

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