Deputy Manager

Agincare Group; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Refer a friend scheme up to £1000

Fully funded training up to QCF Level

Company pension scheme

Job summary

Agincare is looking for a Deputy Manager in Aylesbury to lead the care team and deliver safe, person-centred care. You will collaborate with the Registered Manager and ensure high standards of hygiene and resident wellbeing.

You will oversee inductions, audits and care plans, while liaising with families and professionals. The role requires 42 hours per week and a strong regulatory knowledge base.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months right to work in the UK.
• Prior experience leading a team of care assistants.
• QCF Level 3 diploma or above in Health and Social Care (or equivalent).
• Good knowledge of the CQC key lines of enquiry and other regulatory frameworks.
• Must be available to work 42 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead the care team to ensure safe, supportive, and person-centred care for residents.
• Regularly review care needs and maintain hygiene, cleanliness and equipment for safety and wellbeing.
• Support the Registered Manager in day-to-day running of the home, stepping in as needed.
• Induct new team members and supervise existing staff; provide ongoing support.
• Complete care audits and ensure care plans focus on dignity and individuality.
• Liaise with families, care professionals and residents to ensure holistic care; monitor and report safeguarding risks.
• Keep daily care notes, medication charts, and meeting notes up to date.

Skills

Team leadership

Care experience

Regulatory knowledge

Right to work in UK

Education

QCF Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

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Ready to take the next step and make your mark? Join Agincare as a Deputy Manager and play a vital role in delivering exceptional care while bringing out the very best in your team. This is your chance to turn your experience into real impact—shaping a service that residents are proud to call home.

• Up to £38,000 per annum depending on experience
• Refer a friend scheme up to £1000
• Fully funded training up to QCF Level 5
• Company pension scheme

What is required from you?

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK
• Prior experience of leading a team of care assistants
• QCF level 3 diploma or above in Health and Social Care (or equivalent)
• Good knowledge of the CQC key lines of enquiry and other regulatory frameworks
• Must be available to work 42 hours per week.

A day in the life of a Deputy Manager

As Deputy Manager you will be responsible for leading the care team to ensure that the care delivered to our resident is safe, supportive and person-centred .

You will ensure that these needs are regularly reviewed to ensure they meet their current requirements, and ensurethe general standards of hygiene and cleanliness and equipment are maintained for their safety and wellbeing.

You will support to the Registered Manager in the day to day running of the home, assuming full capacity in their absence .

A typical day could include:

• Induction of new team members and the supervision and support to existing team members
• The completion of care audits to ensure good practice and trigger reviews in care provision for residents as needs change. Your care plans would be person-centred, with focus on dignity and individuality
• Liaising with family members, care professionals, social workers and the residents themselves to ensure a holistic and transparent care provision.
• Monitor, report and investigate risks and events of safeguarding concern or harm and ensure processes are in place to mitigate and/or avoid these risks
• Ensuring administrative records such as daily care notes, medication charts and meeting notes are up to date.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Children’s Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UK’s largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locationsnationwide.

As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services are regulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be anequal opportunities employerand encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isn’t the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers