Deputy Manager

We have a fantastic opportunity for a proactive individual to join us as a Deputy Manager at our care home in Harwich, Essex.

You will be alongside our Registered Manager while setting up a bespoke support team

As Deputy Manager, you will assist the Registered Manager in all aspects of the day-to-day running of the home, this includes ensuring that the needs of the service users are met, managing the staff team, monitoring the quality of care and support, ensuringhigh standards of professional practice, whilst achieving compliance with external regulatory standards.

Reporting to the Registered Manager, the post holder will work to ensure that specialist and quality care and support for service users is maintained through assisting in the planning, implementation, supervision and evaluation of service user care and support.The Deputy Manager will also be required to ensure that policies, procedures, systems and workplace practices are fully implemented and consistently applied.

You will be passionate about motivating and empowering your team and encouraging their development. You will also be an inspiring role model, leading by example, imparting knowledge, championing best practice and promoting new thinking, enabling the teamto help the people we support to make choices and decisions, live each day to the fullest and develop life skills along the way.

Brooks Lodge and Brooks View are Ofsted registered solo placement residential homes in Harwich, Essex, providing young people with a physically nurturing and safe environment. The homes have been have been newly refurbished and are designed to ensure thatyoung people feel safe and secure whilst developing skills that support their greater independence.

Our bespoke model of care supports the needs of children and young people between 7-18 years, who have complex social, emotional, and mental health needs and may display challenging behaviour. We offer social learning opportunities, the promotion of health& wellbeing and dedicated emotional and behavioural support. We believe that residential care can be a positive choice and experience at an important stage in a young person’s life and should provide them with skilled support from committed staff in a caringand structured environment.

Our primary aim is to provide each young person with the necessary tools and support needed to aid their transition back into foster care, independent living or return back to a family home. We support young people to take positive opportunities and achievegoals they may not have previously thought possible.

Brooks Lodge and Brooks View

We are looking for a highly motivated team member who will either have or be working towards NVQ/Diploma in Health and Social Care level 3/5. Experience of working with individuals with communication difficulties is desirable. A sound working knowledge andunderstanding of CQC Regulations and Standards, the Mental Capacity Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Standards is also desirable.

Creating an environment where people feel safe, we work with each individual to build their confidence and skills, empowering them to lead a rich and fulfilling life as independently as possible.

In this role you will be expected to:

- Demonstrate written communication skills, sufficient to contribute to a record keeping system.
- Be able to demonstrate a warm, person centred and affirmative approach to the individuals we support.
- Be able to remain compassionate, and professional during challenging times.
- Be willing to work alongside clinical professionals and to be open to new ideas and ways of working.
- Lead and delegate appropriately when on shifts.
- Complete regular staff supervisions.
- Be a positive role model in all aspects of our daily work life
- Assist an individual when in crisis to manage their behaviours

In regards to benefits, at Salutem, any day can be a payday. That’s right, you can withdraw up to 30% of your wages via Wagestream, so if you need some cash, we’ve got you covered.

As a keyworker in the Care sector, you’ll hold a valued role in society. You’ll qualify for discounts with a Blue Light card and we’re signed up to Perkbox which offers over 200 exclusive perks and discounts. If you qualify for a pension scheme and chooseto opt in, we’ll support you to pay into this.

Inductions and training are a priority, and we’re committed to supporting you to find your feet when you join us. We’ll pay for any training you need to do your job. We also have an internal staff communications app, Blink, where everyone has a voice andcan lean on each other for daily support, and celebrate success too.

We have a massive duty of care towards those we support who are often the most vulnerable in society, which is why all our staff are vaccinated against Covid.

You can find out more about us on our recruitment site. There’s information about the team, our benefits, training and importantly what makes us 'HumanKind’. If you like the look of us, register your interest for a role. You never know, you might find ajob to love, just around the corner