OR106184 – Residential Care Home Manager

Purpose of the role

To be the Registered Manager for Mapleton Road Care Home which supports people over the age of 65 with dementia.

Main responsibilities

• Lead and manage day to day operations and development of the service in line with CQC standards and nationally recognised good practice.
• Manage a team of staff providing high quality and innovative person centred care to older people with a variety of needs including those living with dementia.
• Ensure residents’ physical, emotional and social needs are met with compassion and respect.
• Be responsible for the homes overall performance, including occupancy, budget management, recruitment, staff management and reputation.
• Contribute to the achievement of the council’s key purposes and to the continuous improvement of performance.
• Provide operational management, as directed by Head of Service, to Provider Services teams during absence of managers.

Experience/skills/knowledge

• Experience of working as a Registered Manager in a residential care home for older people.
• Experience of managing staff, budgets and operations.
• Experience of supporting and promoting safeguarding through actions and behaviours.
• Experience of using quality assurance monitoring systems.
• Experience of proactively managing the health and safety of others.
• Experience of partnership working and of developing and maintaining good relationships with stakeholders.
• Experience of presenting information and reports and of representing services at internal and external meetings.
• Knowledge of CQC requirements and of legislation relating to the delivery of residential care and experience of implementing these.
• Knowledge of best practice in regards to person centred approaches.
• Knowledge of best practice in supporting older people with dementia.
• Sound ICT skills including the use of Microsoft applications.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Qualifications

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Adult Care/Health & Social Care or equivalent relevant qualification

Terms/circumstances

• The postholder us required to take part in manager’s out of hours on-call rota.
• Satisfactory enhanced DBS checks including barred list