To coordinate and manage a team of staff at the service and to ensure the provision of care and support services for people with mental illness, learning disabilities, autism and/or behaviours that may challenge; to maximise the recovery and skills potential of individuals living at the home; to achieve the highest possible standards of care and support in a professional manner through competent management and administration of the home
Experience: 30 years of working in a variety of roles in health and social care. I worked my way up from support worker to other roles such as team leader, deputy manager and then registered manager with the CQC (Care Quality Commission) in a residential service for 22 service users with learning disabilities. and a quality and compliance manager. I have now been an area manger at Focus Care supported living for the last 7 years
Qualifications: Makaton tutor, NVQ level 3, level 5 in leadership and Management. Currently studying for level 7 in health and social care leadership.
Interests: Travelling, spending quality time with family and friends and I am a season ticket holder at Brighton and Hove Albion football club.
Favourite Quote: “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think”.
This property is a shared supported living facility for four people. The facility is a five minute walk to the nearest town centre and a fifteen minute walk to beach. There is a railway station close by and a bus stop outside. The facility has a driveway and a rear garden.
This facility consists of five terraced two-bedroom houses. Each house is home to one service user in receipt of twenty four hour support. There is a communal front garden. During the summer the tenants enjoy Barbeques together. The facility is opposite a park and is a ten minute walk to the town centre. There is also a supermarket close by. The facility is a twenty minute walk to the beach. There is a railway station close by and the facility is on a bus route.
