Home Manager

HC-One; Retford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in care services is seeking a compassionate Home Manager to lead their team in providing exceptional care. This role involves overseeing staff management, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and fostering a caring environment for residents. You will be responsible for marketing the care home, enhancing its reputation, and building community links. This rewarding position offers opportunities for professional development, a supportive team environment, and a chance to make a significant impact on the lives of residents. If you have a passion for care and leadership, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Paid Enhanced DBS/PVG

Free Uniform

Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Annual Leave

Life Assurance Cover

Award-Winning Learning and Development

Online GP Services

Colleague Discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of care standards and health & safety legislation.
• Proven skills in staff recruitment and retention.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations of the care home and ensure high standards of care.
• Promote the home and increase occupancy through effective marketing.

Skills

Sales and Marketing Principles

Staff Recruitment and Retention

Training and Development

Health and Safety Legislation

Interpersonal Skills

Leadership and Motivational Skills

Education

Relevant Care Management Qualification

Job description

As a Home Manager, you will play a crucial role supporting in all aspects of managing and running the care home to support staff members and meet the welfare of our residents. Your role will include overseeing staff management, occupancy, marketing, and recruitment.

You will promote a caring environment which provides residents with a high standard of personal care, meeting individual needs and ensuring everyone is treated with respect and dignity, and rights to privacy, independence, and choice are met.

Daily Duties:

• Marketing and promoting the home to maintain and increase the reputation of the brand and home within the area.
• Increase occupancy and commercial business targets.
• Building and increasing links within the community through engagement.
• Ensure company policies and procedures are followed.
• Maintaining Health and Safety and fire safety requirements.
• Completing staff supervisions and appraisals in order to deliver the highest standard of person-centred care.
• Overseeing key areas within the home; the front of house, catering, and housekeeping.

Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications required:

• Knowledge of the principles in sales and marketing.
• Skilled in the recruitment, selection, and retention of staff.
• Committed to a structured approach to training and development of staff.
• Understand the Care Standards Act and Health & Safety legislation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• A professional, confident, and warm personality.
• A caring disposition.
• Leadership qualities, enthusiasm along with influencing and motivational skills.
• Willing and able to provide an out of hours on-call service.
• Be able to provide cover for absent Managers at other care homes.

About HC-One:

At HC-One, kindness is more than a word. It is a belief that caring for people means caring about what matters most to them so we can support them to lead their best possible life.

To be able to provide the kindest possible care, there are 5 values or qualities that everyone who is part of the HC-One team shows up with, supports, and coaches in each other every single day. We call these 5 qualities Kindness the HC-One Way: We are curious and ask questions, look for clues and seek to understand. We are compassionate and try to walk in the shoes of others. We're creative yet practical, using our imagination to make things happen. We are courageous in how we support residents to live the life they want, and we can always be counted on.

We champion inclusivity, fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued and can be themselves. Our diverse and inclusive workforce allows us to learn from each other and better represent the communities we serve.

Our dedicated, professional colleagues strive to always deliver outstanding care – and we care about our talented teams too, supporting them in their professional and personal growth. We are committed to developing people that work for us through robust career pathways, CPD, and postgraduate programmes. Throughout your career, HC-One will invest in you with great opportunities to progress into regional and national roles.

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and therefore it is important that you are able to recognise the signs which may indicate possible abuse, harm, or neglect in its different forms and know what to do if there are any concerns. All colleagues are required to attend safeguarding training appropriate to their role and to undertake additional training in associated areas. You also have the ability to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, including escalation if action is not taken.

You will enjoy access to a huge variety of benefits and services to support your physical and psychological well-being and throughout your career as a Home Manager we will invest in you and you will enjoy additional support and benefits including:

• Paid Enhanced DBS/PVG
• Free uniform
• Company pension scheme
• 28 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Life assurance cover for all colleagues
• Award-winning learning and development and support to achieve qualifications
• GP online - a service providing around-the-clock GP consultation via an interactive app - available to you and your children under 16
• An opportunity to learn from experienced colleagues as part of an outstanding and committed team
• Colleague discounts – Access to over 1600 high street discounts including carefully selected discount partners
• Wellbeing - free of charge access to an independent and confidential Employee Assistance Programme