Care Home Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new Care Home Manager to join our client’s care homes management team. Based in Gloucester, you will be responsible for leading their Community in supporting people living and working at the location and developing the Christian ethos.

Build your career within an organisation committed to creating caring communities.

About Our Client’s Charity:

Their largest area of work is in providing Communities for older people in the UK. They bring nearly 80 years of experience to this work – their residential home opened in 1940.

They now manage 10 Communities for older people, and two communities for young people, ranging in capacity from 16 to 30 beds. By joining their family of staff you will be working alongside people dedicated to delivering a culture change programme based on the respect and dignity of those who live in their services. You will create a centre of excellence for person-centred care.

About their Care Home:

There are 30 rooms, making it their largest-capacity care home.

Built in the 1930s, it was originally a residential family home, which was later augmented by and joined to form the current care home. 

It is situated on the outskirts of Gloucester city and is in a residential area. The parish church of St. Catharine’s is an easy 200 metre walk away.

About the Role:

They are looking for someone to lead in care management through assessing prospective people, arranging admissions, maintaining records and ensuring a multidisciplinary approach to care. Supervising and monitoring all aspects of care delivery with particular emphasis on the use of Person Centred Software.

You will ensure that the service is delivered in a way that is:

• Safe – ensuring that people are protected from abuse and avoidable harm.

• Effective – in leading people’s care and support to achieve good outcomes promoting a good quality of life based on the best available evidence.

• Caring – leading, by example, a team of people that involve and support people with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.

• Responsive – to the needs and views of people living, working and visiting their Community.

• Well led – across the whole week with a team of people committed to their Community vision, leading by example through learning and innovation whilst promoting an open and fair culture.

Their ideal candidate will:

• Be educated to Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care or equivalent

• Have experience of instilling a culture of care and continuous improvement at a management level

• Be passionate for person-centred care

• Have excellent leadership and organisational skills

• Have a commitment to your own professional development and that of your team

• Have a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people.

• Have a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from their ethos

Location: Gloucester

Salary: circa £32,000 p/a plus pension scheme

Hours: 40 hours p/w 52 weeks p/a

Contract: Permanent

Closing: Friday 30th November 2018

Interviews: w/c Monday 10th December 2018

Benefits of joining them:

• A supportive network and family of staff in a motivating work environment

• A generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (plus 8 bank holiday days) per year

• Pension scheme

To Apply:

Please apply online to receive further information on how to complete the application process.

More information can be found in the Candidate Brief. 

For safeguarding purposes, they cannot accept CVs alone as an application for this role – you must complete an Application Form.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Their Charity is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours, which flow from their ethos. They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of their residents. They expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

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