Deputy Manager

Agincare; Swindon; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to £42,000 per annum

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 Care Home in Swindon. You will lead the care team to provide safe, person-centred support and drive high standards of care across the home.

You will work 42 hours per week, with opportunities for career development and funded training up to QCF Level 5. A strong knowledge of CQC requirements will help shape compliant, quality care for residents.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK.
• Experience 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 regulatory frameworks.
• Must be available to work 42 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead the care team to ensure safe, supportive and person-centred care for residents.
• Regularly review resident needs to meet current requirements and maintain hygiene and equipment standards.
• Support the Registered Manager in day-to-day running of the home, stepping in as needed.
• Induct new team members and supervise existing staff.
• Complete care audits, update care plans, and monitor dignity and individuality.
• Liaise with family, care professionals and social workers to ensure holistic care.
• Monitor safeguarding risks, report incidents, and maintain records (care notes, meds, meetings).

Skills

Team leadership

CQC knowledge

Health and Social Care 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 impact—shaping 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

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

• 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 ensure the 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.

All of our services are regulated by the CQC 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.