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Are you an experienced Deputy Manager or Service Manager with a background in managing care services for adults with learning or physical disabilities ? Do you want to work for a company that support their staff well with competitive salaries, industry-leading benefits, well-resourced services, work/life balance and a supportive working environment? If so, this Deputy Manager position might be right up your street.

As a Deputy Manager at this care home in Norwich, your focus will be on delivering exactly what you came into care to do… managing quality focused services that truly enrich the lives of the people you are there for. This is a charity who pull out all the stops to ensure that people they support are able to lead full and flourishing lives.

On offer is a salary of £32,198 per annum, generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays which increases after 5 years’ service, employee assistance and wellbeing programme, rewards and recognition scheme that includes gift voucher rewards for every member of the team when your service achieve Good or Outstanding CQC inspections, pension, life assurance and career-enhancing training.

It’s important to note that all staff receive competitive salaries, and the benefits outlined above, so when you’re managing services, you’ll benefit from having staff who feel valued leading to higher retention rates. In this tough social care recruitment market, they also offer golden hello scheme for Support Workers/frontline staff, and they have a sponsorship licence to enhance your ability to attract staff.

The Deputy Manager Role

* Your focus is on supporting and managing the teams who deliver care within the care home and ensuring that high-quality person centred support is consistently provided.

* Take responsibility for the development and implementation of systems and processes within the service .

* Ensuring through auditing that all care documentation is up to date and is reflective of each individual’s needs

* Dealing with any safeguarding

* Ensure that when people’s care needs change that they are re-assessed, and new contracts put in place to meet people’s needs.

* Deputise in the absence of the Registered Manager

About you

* You’ll need to be an experienced Deputy Manager / Supported Living Manager / Service Manager of a regulated care service before – such as a care home or supported living service.

* You’ll be driven by a passion to deliver services for people with learning disabilities and physical disabilities that are truly-person centred and make a difference to people’s lives.

* Ideally, you’ll hold QCF level 5 qualification in Leadership of Social Care but if not, as long as you are willing to work towards it, we can consider you.

* You’ll be able to demonstrate a good knowledge of CQC standards, and legislation relevant to manging social care.

Interested? To be considered for the Deputy Manager role, please click apply to submit your CV to Laura at Thendon Resourcing and we’ll be in touch within 1-2 business days to discuss your application.

Please note, we are only considering candidates that have management level experience within CQC regulated services and have experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities / Physical Disabilities. If you are in any doubt as to whether your experience would match up, please call me for a chat.

Please don’t delay getting your application across - we are looking to interview for this role ASAP