Care Management Trainee

**Fast Track into Management in Adult Health and Social Care with the Care Talent Collective - unlock your leadership potential.**

**Role**:Care Management Trainee
**Location**:Reigate, Redhill and nearby locations
**Contract**:Fixed Term Contract - 2 years
**Salary**:£24,500 per annum for 37.5 hours per week
**Hours**:37.5 hours per week worked on a shift basis including weekends and evenings

The Fast Track into Management programme offers a structured career pathway that is ideal for ambitious people who are looking to unlock their leadership potential in a rewarding, supportive environment.
- A two-year programme with an enhanced induction into social care and four 6-month placements
- A salary of £24,500 per year
- A professional qualification - you will complete a Level 5 Diploma in Adult Health and Social Care. Your course costs will be covered, and you will be given paid study leave.
- A structured career pathway into management with a gradual increase in responsibilities over the two-year programme
- A guaranteed interview for a Management position upon completing of the programme
- Make a difference to people in your community and unlock your potential

**Who we are looking for**

Are you a natural leader? Do people to look to you to make decisions? Do you find yourself thinking about how you would manage others? Do you feel you have more to offer than you are able to in your current role? Do you want to make a difference to the lives of others? Do you have natural empathy and a gift in caring for others? If this sounds like you, this could be the role you have been looking for.
- The ability to commit to a demanding fast-track programme
- Care experience, or leadership experience and transferable skills from other sectors
- The ability to complete a higher education qualification - a Level 5 Diploma is at the equivalent level of a first year undergraduate degree
- The right to work in the UK and have been living in the UK longer than 3 years
- GCSE / O-Level pass grades in Maths and English that have been obtained in the UK

We actively encourage applicants of all ages, and from ethnic minority backgrounds.

**The Fast-Track into Management programme**

The Fast Track into Management programme offers a rotation of placements across settings, allowing you the opportunity to gain experience across a variety of areas. You will be part of a network of like-minded people who will be placed in one of Surrey's top social care providers but will come together regularly for shared training and networking opportunities. This will give you the chance to tap into a wide range of experiences, insights, and best practices.
Not only will you benefit from collective expertise but also from a stimulating environment for learning and development. Your contributions to the field will be amplified, as you'll be able to draw from the collective wisdom of these providers, while bringing your own insights to the table.

**About the Care Talent Collective**
The Care Talent Collective is the first of its kind: an alliance of seven leading care providers in Surrey, including Active Prospects, which has received government funding to lead an innovative talent management programme over the next two years.
Half of all roles in social care are supporting people with Learning Disabilities and autistic people. It is a significant sector employing 750,000 people nationally, with huge potential for advancement as well as making a real difference to people’s lives.
We encourage talent from diverse backgrounds and offer professional accreditation, which you will work towards alongside your day job of transforming people's lives. Your journey starts here

**Key Responsibilities**
You will provide support to adults with diverse care needs, focusing on competencies such as enabling motivation and aspiration for full lives. You will emphasise a person-centred approach, working through co-production with people who use our services to meet their unique needs, including supporting vocational learning, employment, learning new skills for independence and supporting a person's health and wellbeing. You will encourage people to form and maintain friendships, relationships and community networks, and offer behavioural support and functional development to promote indendence and wellbeing.
You will actively partake in the learning pathway, collaborating with others, and attending course sessions and monthly workshops that will provide you with the skills required in leadership.

**What are you waiting for?