Care Home Deputy Manager

Athenacarehomes; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking care home as a Deputy Manager, where you will lead a dedicated team in providing exceptional care. This role is pivotal in ensuring compliance with regulations, enhancing the quality of life for residents, and fostering a supportive environment for staff. With a competitive salary and a family-like atmosphere, this position offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in the community. If you are passionate about care and leadership, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

33 days of holiday per year

Free Blue Light Card

Annual recognition awards ceremony

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a management or leadership role within a care home.
• Proven track record for leading and motivating a team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory guidelines.
• Deliver quality care and enhance residents' quality of life.
• Supervise staff and manage rotas for efficient operations.

Skills

Management experience in care home

Leadership and team motivation

Quality care delivery

Job description

As the Deputy Manager at Langdon House Care Home, you will be responsible for supporting the General Manager in leading the care home team to deliver high quality relationship centred care for our residents.

About Langdon House Care Home:
Langdon House is an exceptional residential care home in Cambridge. At Langdon House we pride ourselves on our family-feel, attractive gardens and providing outstanding care to each of our residents.

We’re based in a quiet nook in Chesterton on the north eastern side of Cambridge, three miles from the city centre. Our home offers fantastic 24-hour care to up to 51 residents.

About the role:
Championing independence and personal choice whilst developing care plans to meet our residents changing physical, social and psychological needs whilst building on the positive reputation of the Home.

Salary:
Up to £39,300 per annum.

Shift Pattern:
37.5 hours per week, worked across Monday to Sunday.

Home Location:
20 Union Lane, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1QB – 3 miles from the city centre.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with all legal, regulatory and best practice guidelines ensuring all risks are proactively managed and issues identified, investigated and resolved.
• Ensure the delivery of quality care continually assessing our residents’ needs and wishes, developing the service to enhance their quality of life.
• Promote high standards of care for your team, actively seeking ways to improve levels of service.
• Take a leadership role for the team, ensuring all staff are supervised appropriately and rotas are in place to enable the smooth, efficient running of the business.
• Be responsible for supervising staff, allocating work, encouraging staff development and ensuring Athena policies are followed.

Training, Skills & Experience Required:

• Experience in a management or leadership role within a care home.
• Proven track record for leading, empowering, supporting & motivating a team.
• Proven experience of delivering quality care and achieving financial targets.

What we can offer:

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
• 33 days of holiday per year.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
• Annual recognition awards ceremony – The AFTAS.
• Refer a friend scheme.

About Athena:
Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).

We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.

Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care,clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.

We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.