Deputy Manager

Overview

You will be assisting the Home Manager in the operation of a residential care home. Your duties will include development, implementation and monitoring of individual care plans; assisting with staff supervision and administrative control; and ensuring compliance with all relevant codes of practice and legislation.

40 hours per week

£14.11 to £14.11 per hour

• Identifying residents' emotional, physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs and making appropriate decisions for action in consultation with the management team
• Coordinating and leading the staffing team, under the direction of the Home Manager
• Supporting the Home Manager by effectively conducting inductions and supervisions
• Conducting regular team meetings and delegating responsibilities among the team
• Maintaining appropriate levels of staffing by planning and managing a rota
• Managing the impact of absences
• Ensuring staff are up to date with training
• Actively assisting and supporting the Home Manager with investigations, disciplinaries and grievances
• Working in collaboration with other departments and homes within the Company
• Conducting risk assessments for both staff and residents

Being patient, reliable, flexible, a team player and a good communicator are key characteristics of a successful Deputy Manager.

• Learning Academy – Adult Care Worker Level 2 and Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 qualifications for all staff
• Enhanced holiday entitlement – starting from 34 days inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Sick pay entitlement
• Employee Assistance Programme – comprehensive health and wellbeing support for staff
• Refer a friend scheme – £500 when you recruit a friend to Choice Care
• Choiceversary – staff receive vouchers of £75 after 5 years, £100 after 10 years and £150 after 15 years
• Christmas bonus – vouchers for all staff members
• Life insurance
• Annual staff awards – winners receive £400
• Complex in-house training – Advanced Management Development Programme and Foundation Management Development Programme
• A paid day off on your birthday
• Free monthly prize draw – winners receive £500 each, tax‑free
• Blue Light Card eligibility
• Reclaim prescription costs for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and access free feminine hygiene products whilst on shift
• Stream – a financial wellbeing app with interest‑bearing savings, early earning features, retailer discounts and financial coaching
• Minimum service periods and apprenticeship funding eligibility applicable to some benefits

Heronsmede – a spacious, detached home in Old Windsor near the River Thames. The home supports eight residents with moderate to severe learning disabilities, autism and associated complex needs, all of whom are non‑verbal. Residents have access to local community and leisure facilities.