Deputy Manager

Choice Care; Llanelli; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning Academy - care qualifications

Holiday entitlement starting from 28

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a friend scheme - £500

Choiceversary vouchers

Christmas bonus

Life insurance

Annual staff awards

Advanced/Foundations Management Dev

Paid birthday day off

Monthly prize draw £500

Blue Light Card eligibility

Stream financial wellbeing app

Job summary

Care Without Compromise, the sister company of Choice Care in Wales, is seeking a Deputy Manager for a residential care home. You will support the Service Manager in 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 and a professional, well-organised approach. A proactive leader who can prioritise tasks and maintain high standards is essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge with supervisory experience in Adult Social Care.
• Professional approach with ability to organise and prioritise.
• Good knowledge of relevant codes of practice and legislation.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Supervisory experience

Job description

Hours:37.5 /40

Salary:£14.56 to £14.56 Hour

Care Without Compromise, a Choice Care sister company in Wales, supports people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health conditions and associated complex needs. With its own clinical team, Care Without Compromise has a particular expertise in understanding and supporting individuals with challenging behaviours. Specialist therapeutic services are integrated into the day to day person-centred support offered to the people we support, enabling them to progress towards a more meaningful and enjoyable daily life.

Staff are fully trained in Positive Behavioural Support and are encouraged to develop their skills and career with the company, providing consistency and stability in the services.

Overview of the role

You will be assisting the ServiceManager 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 ServiceManager
• Supporting the ServiceManager by effectively conducting inductions and supervisions
• Conducting regular team meetings and delegatingresponsibilities amongst the team
• Supporting the ServiceManager in maintaining appropriate levels of staffing by planning and managing a rota
• Supporting the ServiceManager in managing the impact of absence
• Ensuring staff are up to date with training
• Actively assisting and supporting the ServiceManager with investigations, disciplinaries andgrievances
• Working in collaboration with other departments and serviceswithin 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 - care qualifications for all staff
• Holiday entitlement starting from 28days inclusive of Bank Holidays
• 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
• 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?

Care Without Compromise is a leading specialist providerof complex behaviour support for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions in Wales. With nearly 15 years’ experience, we’re at the forefront of national best practice, with fully compliant CIW ratings across all services.

Our services are more than just a place to live, they’re like a second family for everyone we support. Each service 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 Care Without Compromise service 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?

Care Without Compromise, our sister company in Wales, supports people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health conditions and associated complex needs at three residential services alongside Supported Living services. With its own clinical team, Care Without Compromise has a particular expertise in understanding and supporting individuals with who display behaviours of challenge. Specialist therapeutic services are integrated into the support for each person, enabling them to progress towards a more meaningful and enjoyable daily life. Staff are fully trained in Positive Behaviour Support and encouraged to develop their skills and career with the company, providing consistency and stability in the homes.

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