Job Ref: 215672926

Date: 2022-01-27 15:46:35

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Cardea Healthcare is a specialist healthcare recruitment agency providing home care, residential care, and supported living. We are currently recruiting for a Deputy/ Assistant Manager to work in a adapted bungalow providing residential care for five adults with learning disabilities. To assist the manager in a number of duties such as; deputising in the absence of the registered manager, support and manage the staff to enable them to meet the needs of the residents, providing help and support when needed.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Your role as an Assistant Manager is really varied where you can provide hands on care and support as well as gaining experience with administrative tasks that go along with running a registered care home.

You will support the management team to ensure the home runs smoothly on a day-to-day basis and you will be involved in moving the service forwards and developing new ideas. You will help provide supervision, coaching and support to the small established team.

You will:

be passionate and driven with the desire to provide high quality, person centred services.
have experience in the delivery of care and/or support services to vulnerable adults and will ideally have experience of supervising staff.
Have a `can-do` attitude and driven by the desire to make a difference
have the ability to recognise the wishes and needs of vulnerable adults and communicate effectively using different methods according to people`s needs.

Knowledge and Skills:

Team building skills
Supervision skills
Ability to manage teams effectively
Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing
Good organisation skills
Counselling skills
Training skills
Knowledge of a number of Acts and Legislation

The candidate must have the following:

All applicants must hold a valid UK driving licence

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