Assistant Domiciliary Care Manager

Jupiter Recruitment; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Maternity Pay

UK Travel expenses paid

Client referral scheme

Job summary

Jupiter Recruitment seeks a Deputy Domiciliary Care Manager in the Canterbury area to support the registered manager, ensure safe service delivery, and oversee staff support and development. The role focuses on high-quality care for vulnerable adults and collaboration with healthcare professionals in the community.

The position is full-time (40 hours, Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm) with a generous benefits package, including pension, travel allowances, and a referral scheme, with a competitive salary of

Qualifications

• Experience in home care for the elderly and palliative care.
• Familiar with CQC standards and health & social care guidelines.
• Experience supervising staff and coordinating teams.
• Experience engaging with external health & social care partners to improve client outcomes.
• Commitment to health and safety and professional boundaries.
• Good literacy, numeracy, communication and IT skills.
• Hold a UK full driving license.

Responsibilities

• Support the registered manager to run the service safely, covering in the manager's absence.
• Ensure staffing levels are planned and compliant with legislation.
• Undertake care assessments and liaise with healthcare professionals.
• Recruit, supervise and develop health care workers and monitor performance.

Skills

Communication skills

Driving license

Literacy & numeracy

IT skills

Job description

An amazing new job opportunity has arisen for a committed Deputy Domiciliary Care Manager to work for a leading domiciliary care provider based in the Canterbury, Kent area.You will be working for one of UK's leading domiciliary care services

You will play a vital role in supporting and empowering vulnerable adults and their carers in the local community

As the Deputy Manager your key responsibilities include:

• Supporting registered manager to run the service safely, including covering in the registered manager's absence and ensuring standards of care are maintained
• Ensuring that the service safely plans staffing levels and complies with legislation and regulatory requirements
• Undertake care assessments of client's needing care and support, as well as working closely with healthcare professionals and others
• Helping the service to recruit and develop new health care workers, supporting, supervising and performance managing them

The following skills and experience would be preferred and beneficial for the role:

• Experience of working in a home care service with the elderly and palliative care
• Experience of working within the CQC standards, health and social care guidelines
• Experiencing of supervising the work of others
• Significant experience in engaging and working with external partners, including health and social care professionals, to achieve better outcomes for clients
• Commitment to promoting an environment which has the highest regard for the Health and Safety of others
• High-level understanding of professional boundaries and ability to maintain boundaries
• Good literacy, numeracy, communication and IT skills
• Hold a UK full drivers license

The successful Deputy Manage will receive an excellent salary of £29,000 per annum.This exciting role is a permanent full time role working 40 hours on Mon-Fri from 8:30am-5pm (1 week on + 3 weeks off) In return for your hard work and commitment you will receive the following generous benefits:

**£150 for on call**

• Competitive salary with merit-based pay progression
• Transparent pay bands rewarding individual experience, skills, training, and qualifications
• Paid annual leave based on working patterns
• Client referral scheme - up to £250 per referral
• UK Travel expenses paid
• Pension
• Maternity Pay

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