Deputy Manager

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Swindon; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Refer a friend scheme up to £1000

Outstanding career development

Fully funded training up to QCF Level

Blue Light care discount package

Company pension scheme

Job summary

Agincare is seeking a Deputy Manager for our Edgehill Care Home in Swindon to lead the care team and ensure safe, person-centred support that residents are proud to call home. You will support the Registered Manager, supervise care assistants, carry out care audits, keep accurate records, and liaise with families and professionals while applying CQC key lines of enquiry to meet regulatory standards.

This role is 42 hours per week with a salary up to £42,000 per annum.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months right to work in the UK.
• Experience leading a team of care assistants.
• QCF Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (or equivalent) required.
• Good knowledge of the CQC key lines of enquiry and other regulatory frameworks.
• Availability to work 42 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead the care team to deliver safe, person-centred care.
• Regularly review residents' needs and maintain hygiene and equipment standards.
• Support the Registered Manager in day-to-day running of the home.
• Induct new team members and provide supervision.
• Carry out care audits and maintain accurate records.
• Liaise with families, professionals and residents to ensure holistic care.

Skills

Team leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Education

QCF Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

Package 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 impactshaping a service that residents are proud to call home.

Where you'll be working Care Home in Swindon | Edgehill Nursing Home in Wiltshire | Agincare Care Quality Commission rating - Edgehill Care Home - Care Quality Commission

Benefits

• Up to £42,000 per annum
• Refer a friend scheme up to £1000
• Outstanding career development
• Fully funded training up to QCF Level 5
• Blue Light care discount package
• 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 more than5,500 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 Childrens Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UKs 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 tosupporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto 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.