Home Care Manager

Full-time Care Manager and Manager Job description

We're looking for a Care Manager for our supported living care service in Harrow, Middlesex. Salary up to £29-£35k ono

We are an independent micro provider and specialise in supported living accommodation for children and young people. We pride ourselves on providing quality care to our service users care and the support that we provide to our staff

The Job:

Requirement for the suitable candidate: -

- NVQ 4 or Level 5 social care qualification or equivalent

-  Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a senior capacity in a Children/Young People’ Home  

- Good reference for Ofsted or CQC inspection etc.

-  Clinical knowledge of relevant care home settings & policies.

- Be “hands-on” when the operation requires and supportive and collegiate approach in terms of mentoring, coaching and developing staff.

-  Confident at dealing with operational challenges as they arise, and in creating solutions, while including members of the team

- Experienced at managing teams and the desire to inspire a new team.

- Have a full drivers license

What are the main responsibilities of this role?

* To ensure staffing rotas and on-call arrangements are always adequate for the service: you will also be expected to participate in an on-call rota.

* To assist the community to deliver and evidence service delivery standards in accordance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

-  Undertake the role of ‘safeguarding co-ordinator’ within the service, with the  Senior Management. To bring to the immediate attention of the  Senior  Manager any concern about the well-being, with a strict adherence to the company’s safeguarding policy and procedures.

-  To undertake staff management such as disciplinary hearings, performance management, sickness absence and grievances, ensure that all filing and administrative processes are carried out.

-  Involve the people we support in decisions regarding the ethos and delivery of service, including the staffing, and the service design.

-   Lead parts of the assessment and admission of new people to the service, ensuring they have a contract for their care and support and all necessary funding and tenancy documentation is in place prior to admission.

-  To ensure that regular supervision meetings, annual reviews as well ongoing training and development are undertaken.

-   To take part in recruitment and selection processes and carry out thorough inductions for new staff.

-  To make provision for continued own professional development, including updating of knowledge around national and local initiatives.

-  Ensure that incidents, complaints, accidents, and all near-misses are appropriately recorded

What are the main responsibilities of this role?

* To ensure staffing rotas and on-call arrangements are always adequate for the service: you will also be expected to participate in an on-call rota.

* To assist the community to deliver and evidence service delivery standards in accordance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

*Undertake the role of ‘safeguarding co-ordinator’ within the community, with the Care and Support Manager. To bring to the immediate attention of the Care and Support Manager any concern about the well-being, with a strict adherence to the company’s safeguarding policy and procedures.

* To undertake staff management such as disciplinary hearings, performance management, sickness absence and grievances, ensure that all filing and administrative processes are carried out.

* Involve the people we support in decisions regarding the ethos and delivery of service, including the staffing, and the service design.

* Lead parts of the assessment and admission of new people to the service, ensuring they have a contract for their care and support and all necessary funding and tenancy documentation is in place prior to admission.

* Alongside the Team Leaders for the area, ensure that regular supervision meetings, annual reviews as well ongoing training and development are undertaken.

* To take part in recruitment and selection processes and carry out thorough inductions for new staff.

* Make provision for continued own professional development, including updating of knowledge around national and local initiatives.

* Ensure that incidents, complaints, accidents, and all near-misses are appropriately recorded.