Person Centred Development Manager

Certitude provides personalised support for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs. As a not-for-profit organisation, we have been developing our expertise, working with individuals, families and local communities across London since 1990. Certitude’s person-centred approach is creating a future where people with learning disabilities and mental health needs have the same opportunities and rights to a good life as everyone else. We are a London based organisation working across 16 boroughs, employing over 1000 staff and supporting over 1500 people.

Person Centred Development Manager

We are currently looking for someone with a passion for making sure that individuals’ voices are heard and the skills to motivate and enable the people around them to take positive action to make things happen.

The Person Centred Development Manager will play a pivotal role in delivering and implementing a Certitude approach to Person Centred Planning and Person Centred Reviews, working closely with people we support, their friends and family, support staff and managers in both Learning Disability and Mental Health teams.

A confident and expert practitioner in person centred approaches, you will ensure that meaningful person centred reviews and person centred plans are a reality for people we support and are adapted to the relevant support environment. From providing hands on support to facilitate individuals’ reviews and person centred plans, to delivering training and coaching support to families, teams and managers to develop their skills in this area, the post holder will ensure that people’s voices are heard and that they live good lives as a result.

Attendance at meetings in the evenings and weekends may be required, as will travel to many of the boroughs that Certitude operates within.

Experience

We are looking for applicants who have:

• Excellent skills and experience of facilitating person centred reviews and plans using a range of tools and approaches
• A proven track record of leading person centred support which enables people to live good lives, including service delivery and design
• Ability to design and deliver training courses in person centered review and person centered planning
• Ability to coach others in the use of person centred thinking tools and approaches.
• Knowledge of Personalisation and support planning approaches

Benefits

We are offering successful applicants a stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop.

• There is an attractive package of 33 days annual leave
• Pension scheme
• Childcare vouchers
• Access to a 24 hour Employee Assistance counselling
• We will pay for your DBS.

You may have experience of the following: Care home manager, Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Worker, Community Care, Not for Profit, NFP, Healthcare Assistant, Care Worker, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Voluntary Sector, Care Assistant etc

All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as a need for full employment history from time of leaving compulsory education and up to date employment references.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the job vacancy and to consider them on their abilities.