Deputy Manager

LDC Care Co Ltd; Dover; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A care service provider in Dover is seeking a Deputy Manager to support Registered Managers in overseeing care services. This full-time role requires strong leadership and communication skills, as well as a minimum qualification of QCF Level 3 in Health & Social Care. The Deputy Manager will draft rosters, manage paperwork for audits, and support team members in delivering high-quality, person-centred care. Competitive salary offered along with great career progression opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

On Call payments

Blue Light online benefits

Company laptop and mobile

Competitive Sleep-in rate

Career progression opportunity

Qualifications

• Minimum QCF Level 3 in Health & Social Care required.
• Experience in the care sector, especially with Learning Disabilities or Mental Health.
• Strong leadership and team communication skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Support Registered Managers in overseeing services.
• Draft rosters and maintain compliance paperwork.
• Assist in line management of Support Workers.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team management

Flexibility

Education

QCF Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Ability to work towards Level 5

Job description

Reporting to: Registered Manager

Salary: £27,560 - £30,000

Location: Dover

Working Hours: Full Time, 45hrs per week, Monday to Sunday

We Can We Offer You?

We believe that we need to offer you a supportive forward‑thinking workplace culture, filled with new and exciting opportunities. As such, we offer the following as standard :

• Competitive salary £27,560 - £30,000 dependent on experience
• 100 On Call payments
• Blue Light online benefits and cashback rewards
• Company laptop and mobile
• Competitive Sleep‑in rate
• Real Career progression, with a fully development Training and Qualification Scheme that will take you to a Registered Manager position.

What Does the Role Look Like?

As we’ve expanded and grown, we’ve identified the need for dedicated, experienced Deputy Managers.

You’ll be supporting the Registered Managers oversee their allocated services and working closely alongside the Support Teams to provide care and support to our service users, setting exemplary standards of care and helping to drive our Core Values – Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.

Engineering

To help achieve this, you’ll be at the heart of the operation, drafting rosters, maintaining and monitoring paperwork ready for audit and playing a key role in the review and drafting of support plans, risk assessments and other key service ignorance roles.

You’ll also be assisting in the line management of Support Workers and other team members who provide care to supported individuals, including conducting supervisions, return to works, and light investigatory duties

About Us

Providing support to highly complex individuals is what we do best. At LDC Care Co we understand that providing the best person-centred support provides the best opportunities for achieving life goals and personal milestones, and this has been a part of our ethos for the last 24 years.

Everything we do centres around our 4 Core Values – Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. They are the foundations that everything else is built on and have been critical in us becoming the company we are – providing specialist care and support in more than 60 residential care homes and supported living settings across Kent.中奖了 p>With multiple CQC ratings of “Outstanding” we are proud of our ability to provide high quality care to individuals who have struggled to maintain other mainstream placements or have spent time within secure settings, and reintegrate them back into the wider community to pursue social, personal, or vocational development opportunities.

The Person Iost Discipline Hits

Ideally, you’ll already be qualified to the QCF Level 3 in Health & Social Care as a minimum, with a possibility or ability to work towards the Level 5 and have high levels of experience working within the care sector, preferably within Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, and Challenging Behaviour.

You’ll need to be a confident communicator, able to lead and motivate your team and show flexibility and creativity in the way you approach things. Every one of our Service Users is Unique, and we aim to make every day Special. It’s our company motto, and something we all believe in.

If your background is within complex care, and you’re looking to either begin or develop their management career within the care sector, then we’d love to hear from you.

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