Deputy Manager

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £38k

Refer a friend

Training to QCF5

Company pension

Job summary

Agincare is seeking a Deputy Manager for Admiralty Care Home in Gillingham, Kent. You will lead a care team to deliver safe, person-centred care, ensuring reviews of residents’ needs, hygiene, and equipment standards are maintained, with support to the Registered Manager.

With 42 hours per week including weekends, you will oversee inductions, supervise staff, coordinate with families and professionals, and help drive high-quality care across the home.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months right to work in the UK.
• Experience leading a team of care assistants.
• QCF level 3 diploma or higher 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 a week including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Lead the care team to ensure that the care delivered to residents is safe, supportive and person-centred.
• Oversee care reviews to ensure needs are met and maintain hygiene and equipment standards for safety.
• Support the Registered Manager in the day-to-day running of the home, including covering in their absence.
• Induct new team members and supervise existing staff.
• Liaise with family members, care professionals and residents to ensure holistic, transparent care provision.

Skills

Team leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Care setting experience

Education

QCF Level 3 Health and Social Care

Job description

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.

Where you'll be working

• Click here to view the care home: Admiralty Care Home in Gillingham, Kent | Residential Care | Agincare
• Care Quality Commission rating - Admiralty Care Home - Care Quality Commission

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

• Up to £38,000 per annum
• 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 a week including weekend availability

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 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new 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 locations nationwide.

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.

and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

and 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