Registered Home Manager for a small Residential Home providing care and rehabilitation to six adults with Acquired Brain Injuries.

The role of the Home Manager is to actively work with clients delivering care and rehabilitation tailored to client’s assessed needs, wants and choices in a small home environment whilst leading and developing a high performance team, building supportive/mentoring/ coaching relationships with the Deputy Manager, Rehabilitation Coordinator, Care Support Workers and Night Staff in order that they may effectively provide focussed, specialist care to clients. As Home Manager you are expected to always maintain a safe, attractive home, and manage staff rota’s and holidays so as to maintain an effective, stable service at all times. You must abide by and assist in developing Company policies and procedures and maintain all legislative requirements pertinent to the successful running of a Registered Residential Home. The Home Manager is expected to vigilantly develop and maintain all risk assessments with regard to aspects of health and safety and client behaviour, ensuring that staff employed in the Home understand and can implement them effectively. You must be able to drive and maintain a current UK driving license. The Home Manager is an ambassador for the organisation and is expected to conduct him/herself in such a manner as to promote the Company positively to others inside and outside the organisation. The role will include carrying out assessments, research, making presentations off site and providing on-call cover. The Manager must actively train and develop staff, and continuously improve his/her own knowledge and skills. The role requires active “hands-on” care and the administration of drugs. The Home Manager is expected to develop and maintain an effective, competent team of staff, and be proactive in all aspects of human resource management including appraisals, whilst demonstrating reliability, flexibility and trustworthiness. The Home Manager must competently manage home budgets, promoting cost-effectiveness whilst seeking to improve productivity. The Home Manager is also expected to strive to consistently improve the quality of the service, by exercising good time management, building effective networks with other care/ medical agencies, and maintaining a systematic approach to care and rehabilitation. The role will entail meeting the fit person criteria detailed by Regulation 6 of the Health and Social Care Act which stipulates being of good character, physically and mentally fit to carry on the regulated activity with the necessary qualifications, skills and experience. Home Managers are obliged to adhere to Regulation 7 of the Health and Social Care Act (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010 in relation to achieving and maintaining the knowledge, experience and skills for managing the carrying on of the Residential Home.

You are expected to achieve Registered Home Manager status within six months of employment.

The first six months of your employment will be a probationary period during which time your performance and conduct will be monitored. At the end of that period, your employment will be reviewed and may be terminated if you are found for any reason whatsoever to be incapable of carrying out, or otherwise unsuitable for your job. Alternatively the company may extend your probationary period by up to three months. Successful appraisal of role competency during the probationary period will lead to permanent employment.

Registered Home Managers work a 35 hour flexible week. 34.5 hours on shift. All staff compulsorily attend a 2hr 10min staff training/meeting session each calendar month. The rate of pay is dependent on qualifications, registration and length of service. As an example a Registered Home Manager with QCF level 5 in Leadership for Health and Social Care (or equivalent) who has worked under three years with the Company will currently receive £16.52 hour plus a bonus related to the number of clients in the home and flexed to reflect company performance each year. In exceptional cases where a Manager is seeking registration and is undertaking QCF level 5 in Leadership for Health and Social Care (or equivalent) the payment is £15.80 hour. No bonus is paid to unregistered managers.

In homes where only one wake night staff is employed and in any case at the sole discretion of the Company, Home Managers will be expected to organise and participate in an Active On-Call System (AOC) on particular days according to the monthly rota for which there will be separate remuneration currently £20.00 a night stand by payment with the National Minimum Wage applying to hours during call out.

The rate of pay is a flat rate. There are no enhancements for working bank holidays.

Holiday entitlement will be 18 days per annum based on 3 day week (8.20am - 9.10pm shift)

Staff are expected to wear conservative clothing, no jeans/ jogging clothes etc.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £28,756.00-£30,066.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Weekend availability

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• Senior Care: 2 years (required)

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• UK Driving Licence and be able to drive in the UK (required)

Work Location: In person