Care Home Deputy Manager

Family-owned Kingsley Healthcare; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Deputy Manager to assist in managing operations and ensuring high-quality care. You will oversee care staff and manage the home in the absence of the Home Manager. Ideal candidates will have previous Deputy Home Manager experience and knowledge of CQC standards. The role offers opportunities for team support and professional development.

Benefits

Opportunities for skill development

Support from an enthusiastic caring team

Real Living Wage employer

Qualifications

• Experience as a Deputy Home Manager is essential.
• Ability to understand service user's needs to provide quality care.
• Knowledge of CQC standards is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing operations to achieve goals and high-quality care.
• Oversee care staff and manage in the absence of the Home Manager.
• Train and supervise care staff in their duties.

Skills

Previous Deputy Home Manager experience

Engaging with service users

Knowledge of CQC standards

Building relationships with care professionals

Promoting ownership of care programs

Job description

As our Deputy Manager, you will assist in managing operations within the home in order to reach or exceed goals while assuring the provision of high-quality care. You will be in charge of overseeing the care staff and will be expected to assume full management in the event that the Home Manager is not present.

Through direct instruction and by setting a good example, you will assist in training and supervising care staff in all facets of their work. You will help the Home Manager with pre-admission assessments of residents, ensure that each resident's care plan and daily records are kept up to date, and foster effective communication with the residents' families and other organisations.

Reports to: Home Manager

• Previous Deputy Home Manager experience.
• The ability to engage with the service users to understand their needs in order to provide excellent services of care.
• Good working knowledge of CQC standards.
• The ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with external care professionals, families, visitors and staffing team.
• Ability to promote ownership of care programs by fully involving service users and their families in developing, agreeing and evaluating care programs within the home.

What will you get from the role?

You will have the satisfaction of working with and being supported by an enthusiastic and caring team that puts people at the heart of the business. We know the happiness of our staff improves the service we give our residents. You will have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop your skills, and we have the procedures and processes in place to help you at every step.

Family-owned Kingsley Healthcare is a UK top 20 ranked care home group (carehome.co.uk) employing 2,000-plus staff and supporting 1,400 residents. We have a sector-leading 4.7 Glassdoor rating and are proud to be a Real Living Wage employer. Furthermore, we are proud to have been ranked Number 1 in the UK for work wellbeing in recruiter Indeed's Better Work Awards 2023. A true testament to Kingsley's caring ethos.