Deputy Manager

Choice Care; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning Academy - Adult Care Worker &

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Job summary

Choice Care is seeking a Deputy Manager for Beech Tree House in Holmer Green, near High Wycombe. You will support the Home Manager with developing and monitoring individual care plans, supervising staff, and ensuring compliance with codes of practice and legislation.

The role requires extensive supervisory experience in Adult Social Care, a professional approach, and the ability to organise and prioritise across shift patterns and training.

Qualifications

• Supervisory experience in Adult Social Care.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Home Manager in developing and monitoring individual care plans.
• Coordinating and leading the staffing team under the Home Manager.
• Conducting inductions and staff supervisions and regular team meetings.
• Managing staff rotas and absence to maintain appropriate staffing levels.
• Supporting investigations, disciplinaries and grievances in collaboration with management.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Job description

Hours:40

Salary:£14.11 to £14.11 Hour

Overview of the role

You will be assisting the Home Manager in the operation of a residential care home. Your duties will include development, implementation and monitoring of individual care plans;assisting with staff supervision and administrative control; and ensuring compliance with all relevant codes of practice and legislation.

The position requires extensive knowledge, including supervisory experience from working in Adult Social Care. You will need to have a professional approach with the ability to organise and prioritise, and a good knowledge of relevant codes of practice and legislation.

Key duties

• Identifying residents' emotional, physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs and make appropriate decisions for action in consultation with the management team
• Coordinatingand leading the staffing team, under the direction of the Home Manager
• Supporting the Home Manager by effectively conducting inductions and supervisions
• Conducting regular team meetings and delegatingresponsibilities amongst the team
• Supporting the Home Manager in maintaining appropriate levels of staffing by planning and managing a rota
• Supporting the Home Manager in managing the impact of absence
• Ensuring staff are up to date with training
• Actively assisting and supporting the Home Manager with investigations, disciplinaries andgrievances
• Working in collaboration with other departments and homes within the Company
• Conducting risk assessments for both staff and residents

Personal attributes

Being patient, reliable, flexible, a team player and agood communicator are key characteristics of a successful Deputy Manager.

What are the benefits?*

• Learning Academy - Adult Care Worker Level 2 and Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 qualifications for all staff
• Enhanced holiday entitlement - starting from 34 days inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Sick pay entitlement
• Employee Assistance Programme - comprehensive health and wellbeing support for staff
• Refer a friend scheme- enjoy a payment of £500 when you recruit a friend to Choice Care
• Choiceversary - staff receive vouchers of £75 after 5 years, £100 after 10 years and £150 after 15 years to celebrate their commitment to Choice Care
• Christmas bonus - vouchers for all staff members
• Life insurance
• Annual staff awards - this year each winner received £400 and we had over 30 winners in total
• Complex in-house training - this includes our Advanced Management Development Programme for managers in the making and our Foundation Management Development Programme for rising stars
• A paid day off onyour birthday
• Free monthly prize draw - all frontline care colleagues are automatically entered into a monthly prize draw. Three winners, selected at random, receive£500 each, tax-free
• Blue Light Card eligibility
• Reclaim prescription costs for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and accessfree feminine hygiene products whilst on shift
• Stream– a financial wellbeing app that enables you to: track your earnings; save withhigh-street beating interest rates; choose to access your earnings ahead of pay day withflexible pay; receive discounts with hundreds of retailers;learn with financial coaching and education, and much more

*minimum serviceperiods and apprenticeship funding eligibility applicableto some benefits

Who are we?

Choice Care is one of the UK’s leading residential care providers for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions. With over 30years’ experience, we’re at the forefront of national best practice, with among thehighest CQC ratingsof any comparable organisation. We are also proud to be one of the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employersfor the second year in a row!

Our homes are more than just a place to live, they’re like a second family for everyone we support. Each home is a close knit community, with its own unique personality, and all the ups and downs of typical family life, built on trust and the promise of unconditional care. Our colleagues build close bonds with the people they care for, helping to create enduring, positive relationships that build confidence and self-esteem.

In every Choice Care home there’s a strong emphasis on living life to the full and having fun, with purposeful daily activities based on individual preferences and capabilities. Alongside this there areregular social events, projects, outings and holiday breaks which everyone canget involved in and express themselves through.

Where will you work?

Beech Tree House is a large property in a semi-rural setting, supporting up to eight young men and women, with learning disabilities, autism and associated complex needs. The home is located in Holmer Green, a busy village with local amenities and an active community, with easy access to nearby High Wycombe and Amersham. Everyone at Beech Tree has a tailored activity programme, matched to their preferences and capability, such as cooking and baking, and arts and crafts, helping to build self-confidence and independence skills. The home also has a vehicle for local travel and regular educational and recreational trips.

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