Practice Development Manager

• Based Glasgow, with regular travel to our services across Scotland (On site)
• Closing27th May 2024
• Advertised from 6th May 2024
• Pay award pending
• PDM/HO/18654

At Key and Community Lifestyles, we provide person-centred support to over 2,000 disabled people, across 17 Scottishlocal authorities, to enable each person to lead full, active lives in their own homes and communities. Thepeople we support have significantly varying life experiences and needs and range from young people still atschool through to people in their 90s. Key is also a specialist Registered Social Landlord (RSL) providing over700 homes specially designed for disabled people and those with long term support needs.

Our workforce is compassionate, talented, and committed to providing high quality, personalised support so thatpeople can live full, active lives in their own homes and communities. Respect for the fundamental dignity ofeach and every person, regardless of the level of support they require, lies at the heart of our organisation,as do the principles of choice, control, participation and inclusion.

We are excited to be recruiting to this full-time Practice Development Manager position, which is a crucialleadership role in both Key and Community Lifestyles. We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience of successfully supporting individuals with very complex support needs to live good lives in theirown homes and communities

• Can contribute to the development of individually designed support services that uphold human rights and enablecitizenship.

• Has strong interpersonal and leadership skills, able to work closely with the people we support, their families andteams, as well as multidisciplinary partners, to support and sustain the highest standards of practice.

• Is able to confidentially role model excellent practice in line with our values, through a thriving community ofpractice leaders and positive behaviour practitioners as well as contribute to external networks andinitiatives.

• Has strong project management and IT skills to support the implementation of effective processes, systems and toolswhich measure and demonstrate the impact of our strategies.

You will have a recognised social care or relevant professional qualification and while a recognised PBS/BILDqualification would be advantageous, this is not essential as we will offer support to attain this.

The post is based in Glasgow but will involve travel to our services across Scotland.

If you think you’re the person we are looking for, and you’d like to discuss the role further, please contact SheilaHanney, Head of Staff Development, Policy and Practice by email sheila.hanney@key.org.uk

Closing date for receipt of applications is 12 midday Monday 27th May 2024 with expected to take place on Wednesday5th June 2024 in Glasgow.

At Key and Community Lifestyles, we provide person-centred support to over 2,000 disabled people, across 17 Scottishlocal authorities, to enable each person to lead full, active lives in their own homes and communities. Thepeople we support have significantly varying life experiences and needs and range from young people still atschool through to people in their 90s.

Key is also a specialist Registered Social Landlord (RSL) providing over 700 homes specially designed for disabledpeople and those with long term support needs.

Our teams know that good support is essential for a great life, so we work alongside every person we support, andpeople important to them. Our support is provided by small teams of staff who build warm, caring and trustingrelationships.

We employ over 2000 staff, with a relief register of another 500 workers, the majority of whom are directly involvedin either providing, organising, or managing support.

Our workforce is committed, compassionate and talented, so we are excited to be recruiting to this full-timeleadership position within our learning and development team.

We are seeking someone who:

• understands the knowledge, skills and values needed by our workforce to deliver truly person-centred, humanrights-based support to disabled individuals, many of whom have complex needs.

• ideally, has some previous service management experience.

• has significant experience in delivering learning and development activities in social care, having created,launched, and reviewed learning resources for social care workers and managers.

• recognises the importance of making best use of all available resources to offer impactful learning and developmentpathways for a range of managers and staff.

With a recognised social care or relevant professional qualification and ideally a staff development or health andsafety qualification, you will lead the delivery of our workforce and digital learning strategy.

You will lead on the delivery, further development and evaluation of our staff induction and learning and developmentactivities; including online resources, to nurture a high quality, skilled and knowledgeable workforce.

Drawing on your well-honed leadership and time management skills you will work with some amazing people, includingour highly experienced and committed learning and development team in the co-ordination and delivery of a highquality and proactive service.

The role will also have responsibility for overseeing and reporting of staff learning and development activities to arange of stakeholders, so effective organisational skills and a good knowledge of Microsoft office packages, isessential.

The post is based in Glasgow but will involve travel to our services across Scotland.

If you think you’re the person we are looking for, and you’d like to discuss the role further, please contact SheilaHanney, Head of Staff Development, Policy and Practice by email sheila.hanney@key.org.uk

Are you looking for a change of job or career?

Are you passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives?

Key, are a compassionate and caring social care organisation who have worked in North Ayrshire for around 30yrs. Wehave services in Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Stevenston and Kilwinning and are committed to providing high quality,flexible, person centred services to people who have a wide variety of support needs including, learningdisabilities, autism, young people in transition and people who have mental health support needs.

Due to our services expanding we are looking to recruit Team Managers.

Are you looking for a change of job or career?

Are you passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives?

Key, are a compassionate and caring social care organisation who have worked in North Ayrshire for around 30yrs. Wehave services in Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Stevenston and Kilwinning and are committed to providing high quality,flexible, person centred services to people who have a wide variety of support needs including, learningdisabilities, autism, young people in transition and people who have mental health support needs.

Due to our services expanding we are looking to recruit Support Workers.

Are you looking for a change of job or career?

Are you passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives?

Key, are a compassionate and caring social care organisation who have worked in Dumfries and Galloway for around40yrs. We are based in Dumfries town centre and are committed to providing high quality, flexible, personcentred services to people who have a wide variety of support needs including, learning disabilities, autism,young people in transition and people who have mental health support needs.

Due to our services expanding we are looking to recruit a Team Manager.