Temp Assistant Service Manager
| Posting date: | 29 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,935 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 January 2026 |
| Location: | Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Cartrefi Cymru |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
Come and make a real difference: we’re looking for an Temporary Assistant Service Manager to help make everyday remarkable for our friendly team in CARMARTHENSHIRE.
We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilities to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community, as a Assistant Service Manager, you can play a vital role in this.
Role: Temporary Assistant Service Manager
Location: Carmarthenshire
Hours: 35, Your shift pattern will include weekends and sleep-ins
Salary: £25,935 pa and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile
Contract: Fixed Term Contract - Temporary until July 2026.
What you’ll be doing:
In this role you’ll be working alongside the Service Manager to ensure a safe and caring service for the people we support and our colleagues. To do this successfully, you’ll be visible in the day-to-day operation of the service supporting duties in line with the requirements of the people we support. You’ll be working shifts on a rota basis which may include sleep ins. In the absence of the Service Manager, you'll have responsibility for the day to day running of the service. This will involve providing leadership and management to the team, monitoring performance, carrying out one to one’s and appraisals and holding team meetings.
Above all else, your focus will be on achieving the highest levels of independence for the people we support, and on organising and modelling that support in an innovative, person-centred and flexible way to make everyday remarkable.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- experience supporting people with learning difficulties in a social care setting
- Level 3 in Health and Social Care (or actively working towards)
- a strong caring nature to support others to live an enriched life and fulfil their potential
- a working knowledge and understanding of the Care Council for Wales Code of Practice
- flexibility to work shifts and provide cover as required
- a full driving licence - essential and happy to travel for meetings and training
- access to your own car and happy to use this for transporting people we support to and from activities as well as obtaining business insurance for your vehicle for which we pay 45p per mile to cover this
Our Benefits
- Training and development opportunities
- 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
- Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Company pension
- Benefits and discount platform
- Blue Light discount card
About Us
Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families. We’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support.
Our Values
We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include:
Honesty
Trust
Kindness
Respect
Wellbeing
We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilities to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community, as a Assistant Service Manager, you can play a vital role in this.
Role: Temporary Assistant Service Manager
Location: Carmarthenshire
Hours: 35, Your shift pattern will include weekends and sleep-ins
Salary: £25,935 pa and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile
Contract: Fixed Term Contract - Temporary until July 2026.
What you’ll be doing:
In this role you’ll be working alongside the Service Manager to ensure a safe and caring service for the people we support and our colleagues. To do this successfully, you’ll be visible in the day-to-day operation of the service supporting duties in line with the requirements of the people we support. You’ll be working shifts on a rota basis which may include sleep ins. In the absence of the Service Manager, you'll have responsibility for the day to day running of the service. This will involve providing leadership and management to the team, monitoring performance, carrying out one to one’s and appraisals and holding team meetings.
Above all else, your focus will be on achieving the highest levels of independence for the people we support, and on organising and modelling that support in an innovative, person-centred and flexible way to make everyday remarkable.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- experience supporting people with learning difficulties in a social care setting
- Level 3 in Health and Social Care (or actively working towards)
- a strong caring nature to support others to live an enriched life and fulfil their potential
- a working knowledge and understanding of the Care Council for Wales Code of Practice
- flexibility to work shifts and provide cover as required
- a full driving licence - essential and happy to travel for meetings and training
- access to your own car and happy to use this for transporting people we support to and from activities as well as obtaining business insurance for your vehicle for which we pay 45p per mile to cover this
Our Benefits
- Training and development opportunities
- 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
- Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Company pension
- Benefits and discount platform
- Blue Light discount card
About Us
Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families. We’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support.
Our Values
We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include:
Honesty
Trust
Kindness
Respect
Wellbeing