Registered Manager

Location

Cardiff | United Kingdom

Job description

We are looking for a registered manager to oversee the running of care homes covering different leaves.
The Care home provides residential care and support to individuals with learning disabilities and/or mental health needs or Dementia, providing person centred care and enabling individuals to achieve their full potential and promote their well-being, decision making and lifestyle choices.
As manager you will be responsible for mentoring and ensuring the continual development of the staff team and for overseeing all aspects of the day to day running of the home.You will also be expected to work with other Managers, Team Leaders and Directors to ensure our policies, procedures and best practice are implemented.
The successful candidate will hold a QCF level 5 in Leadership for Health & Social Care Services (or equivalent qualification) as recognised by Social Care Wales to meet the standards required to register as a care home manager.
You will need to have previous experience of working with individuals with a learning disability and/or mental health needs and who may exhibit behaviours of concern. We are looking for a dynamic, motivated person who will join us in promoting a “can do” approach that seeks to enable individuals to achieve their full potential and promotes their well-being, decision making and lifestyle choices.
The role will involve liaising and ensuring the continuation of professional working relationships and partnerships with individuals’ family members, health care professionals and other stakeholders to ensure high standards of care and support continue to be delivered at all times.
You will need to be able to act upon your own initiative, have excellent written and oral communication skills, IT and organisational skills and demonstrable experience of motivating a team.
Hours are generally 9 - 5 Monday to Friday, although flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the service. The successful candidate will need to be a driver holding a full, valid UK driving licence and with access to their own vehicle.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE POST
• Ensure delivery of high quality care in accordance with individuals’ holistic needs and multi-disciplinary team’s decisions and recognised best practice, implementing improvements where identified. Facilitate and enable the development and delivery of consistently safe, evidence based care practices for the welfare and benefit of both the individuals we support and our staff team.
• Liaise and develop professional working relationships and partnerships with individuals’ family members, health care professionals and other stakeholders to ensure care excellence delivery and well-being of those in our care.
• Take responsibility for the implementation and monitoring of the company’s policies and procedures in line with relevant legislation including meeting/exceeding the standards set out by the “Social Services & Well Being Act (Wales) 2014”, the “Regulation and Inspection of Social Care Act (2016)” and any subsequent updates.
• Provide the best possible support and safeguard all individuals in our care. Follow any relevant policies/procedures and protocols both within the company and relevant external agencies to ensure that individuals within our service are safe. Implement any Adult/Child Protection procedures in accordance with the All-Wales safeguarding policies and any other relevant accompanying legislation.
• Play a leading part in ensuring the ongoing financial viability of the service, providing an excellent care service whilst working within internal budgets. This includes responsibility for maintenance of the property and ensuring it complies with all Health & Safety requirements, delegating day to day duties as necessary.
• Support and safeguard Individuals with their personal financial arrangements, maintaining confidentiality and ensuring that any financial transaction is recorded. Supervise petty cash expenditure.
• Mentor staff, providing clear and consistent leadership, direction, guidance and professional advice. Co-ordinate training needs of staff in conjunction with the HR department.
• Work alongside the recruitment team to ensure there are sufficient and competent staff to meet the needs of the service and individuals within our care. Undertake recruitment processes, interviews, staff supervisions, appraisals, back to work interviews, performance management and disciplinary procedures as necessary. Actively monitor absence levels and implement sickness management policies to reduce overall staff absence.
• Take overall responsibility for ensuring staff rotas are produced in a timely fashion and there are sufficient and competent staff available at all times with the correct skills, gender mix and experience for supporting our individuals and their planned activities.
• Be accountable for care service delivery plans and corresponding documentation, making sure care plans, management plans, risk assessments and other relevant paperwork are all in place and reviewed as required at the recommended / prescribed frequencies.
• Monitor and record patterns of behaviour, identify triggers and patterns and implement proactive positive behavioural support responses to manage and reduce behaviours.
• Liaise with the Registered Responsible Individual and other members of the corporate team as appropriate providing regular reports about key areas of performance e.g. quality and finance.
• Take overall responsibility for ensuring accidents and incidents are documented and reported in line with policy and regulations and that complaints are dealt with in a timely and sensitive manner.
• Ensure correct ordering, auditing and storing of medication and COSHH products in accordance with company policies and procedures, delegating duties as appropriate.

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Salary

£20 - £25 per hour