Deputy Home Care Manager

Jupiter Recruitment; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-call allowance

Pension

Maternity pay

Travel expenses

Job summary

Jupiter Recruitment is assisting a leading domiciliary care provider in Canterbury to recruit a Deputy Domiciliary Care Manager. You will support the registered manager, help maintain safe care standards, and oversee staffing and regulatory compliance.

The role is a permanent full-time position (40 hours/week, Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm) with on-call duties. A competitive salary of £29,000 plus benefits is offered, including pension, travel expenses, maternity pay, and a client referral scheme.

Qualifications

• Experience in home care for the elderly or palliative care.
• Familiarity with CQC standards and health and social care guidelines.
• Experience supervising staff and managing performance.

Responsibilities

• Support the registered manager to run the service safely and cover in the manager's absence.
• Plan staffing levels and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Undertake care assessments and liaise with health professionals.

Skills

Home care experience

CQC standards

Supervising

Stakeholder engagement

Health and safety

Professional boundaries

Literacy numeracy IT

UK driving licence

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 guidelinesExperiencing 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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