Compliance Officer and Team Lead

'**Job title: Team And Compliance Lead**

**Reports to: Registered Manager/ Deputy Manager**

**Working Hours: 42 (flexible based on shift patterns)**

**Qualifications: Minimum NVQ Level 3**

**Plus 2 years’ experience minimum in the UK**

**Payscale**:
**Starting £11.50 to £13.00**

An opportunity has arisen for a dedicated Team and Compliance Lead that is wiling to work nights and flexible days shifts as required.

At CIMA Care, we are focused on making our care homes that are well-led and offer our residents the very best care we can offer. It follows that we must always be committed to finding exceptional, caring individuals who want to join our team to deliver that care. Having joined us, we make sure that every member of staff is offered the opportunity to develop their skills to offer.

**Job Overview**:

- To provide leadership to the care staff within CIMA Care Consortium
- To provide care in accordance with current best practices, according to policy and procedures, agreed standards, legislative requirements, relevant regulations under the direction of the Manager/Deputy Manager
- To supervise the care services within CIMA Care Consortium in accordance with agreed standards
- To maintain skills at a current level, and undertake such training and development as may from time-to-time be required to maintain practices as up to date
- To support the CIMA Team to optimise CQC Improvement Plan

**Personal responsibilities**:

- To act at all times in a manner that promotes the well-being of the residents at all time
- To act at all times in a manner which promotes the company’s best interests
- To always maintain a dress code appropriate to the working environment and the company
- To act at all times in a manner which promotes harmonious working relationships with all colleagues and outside agencies
- To undertake any training necessary for the completion of your duties and to keep yourself professionally up to date at all times
- To be aware of and understand the implementation of the company’s policies and abide by them, whilst leading by example in all you do

**Important aspects of the role**:

- To set and maintain the highest standards of personal and social care for the residents at the home
- To promote a caring and proactive environment that through high standards of professional practice and leading the team to meet the physical, emotional, social, intellectual, cultural and spiritual needs of every resident.
- To ensure that each resident receives care appropriate to their individual needs
- To lead by example and act in accordance with the policies and procedures of the home
- To support the management team in the supervision, guidance, and support of the care team
- To act in accordance with the social care code of conduct and practice and professional conduct
- To excel within the boundaries of this job description and beyond through hands on clinical practice, leading by example, education and training
- To support the Manager and Deputy to ensure an open culture that reports any events or circumstances that adversely affect the well-being of the residents and work alongside and in partnership with the local Safeguarding team, Quality Assurance team and the Care Quality Commission to protect residents from institutional, individual and collective poor practice that constitutes abuse or neglect
- Work collaboratively with the management team and all other team members in order to ensure the best outcomes for the resident, the company and the home at all times

**We expect our Team and Compliance Lead to**:

- Prioritise people we look after
- Practice effectively and efficiently
- Preserve safety of all service users that we look after and our staff teams
- Promote professionalism and trust within the home, with outside agencies and in the work they carry out

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- Professional values
- Good Communication and interpersonal skills
- Good practice and decision making
- Leadership, management and team working

All Team and Compliance Leads must demonstrate their knowledge and competence to work with CIMA Care. We need to be assured that all actions our senior team undertake ensure that our residents families and advocates can be confident in the care we deliver. These aspects are:

- The competencies needed to fulfil your role such as the management of medication, person centred care planning
- Deliver high quality essential care to all persons in their care
- Provide visiting professionals with the accurate and relevant information they need to make complex and day-to-day decisions to support the care of our residents
- Act to protect our residents, and be responsible and accountable for safe, person centre, evidenced based care practice
- Act with professionalism and integrity and work within agreed professional, ethical and legal frameworks and processes to maintain and improve standards
- Practice in a compassionate, respectful way, maintaining dignity and well-being and communic