Interim Care Home Manager | Care Home (Residential)
Carlisle
Cumbria
Salary: £35k – £40k per annum
Hours: (Full Time) 8.30am – 5pm Mon - Fri
Intro:
We are looking for an Interim Care Home Manager to provide strong, effective leadership and day-to-day management of a 19-bed residential care home in Carlisle, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care is delivered in line with regulatory standards and organisational values during a period of maternity leave cover.
The home is a small independent family residential home, which has a great reputation and undertakes constant renovation and refurbishment. This home cares for up to 21 residents over 19 rooms (2 double rooms) and provides residential and dementia care for elderly people. The owners are committed to future reinvestment to maintain high standards. The current CQC rating is “Good” and the individual we choose will need to be ambitious and play a leading role in its development.
The role would be on a fixed term contract of 1 year to cover maternity leave however this could have potential to extend.
The Candidate
The right candidate will have extensive experience of caring and working with elderly people and comfortable to support the Directors in ensuring that the home is successful and fully compliant with regulatory boards (CQC and Local Authorities).
We desire someone who has great leadership skills and who will be loyal to the home and its development. We are looking for someone who can motivate the staff team to work to the best of their ability and can show good compassion and care with residents.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Previous experience as a Care Home Manager or Deputy Manager in a residential setting.
- Strong knowledge of CQC standards and regulatory requirements.
- Proven leadership and team management skills.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Experience managing safeguarding, audits, and inspections.
Desirable Criteria
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care (or working towards)
- Experience managing smaller residential homes (approx. 20 beds).
- Experience overseeing budgets and occupancy levels.
- Track record of achieving “Good” or “Outstanding” CQC ratings.
Role Responsibilities
- Drive a program of continuous improvement
- Deliver an excellent level of care
Some of the Main Tasks of the Job:
- Maintain effective working relationships and communication with other social service and health care organisations and advocacy groups to ensure effective service delivery and public relations.
- Manage, supervise and appraise senior care assistants, care assistants and all other staff within the home in line with company policy.
- Assist with the recruitment of new staff ensuring they have the homes values and necessary skills.
- To be flexible and available to be on call for the senior staff in case of emergencies. This may include working unsuitable hours in cases of emergency.
- Assist other personnel with emergency coverage and crisis intervention support for all users as needed.
- Work in line with company policies and procedures and support your teams to access and understand them
- Assessing, planning, recording and implementing, appropriate care plans, risk assessments and other strategies
- Ensuring the implementation of person-centred support including person-centred reviews, staff supervision and appraisal, to ensure that the people we support are enabled to achieve identified outcomes.
- Plan and manage rotas effectively to meet the needs of the services, working in line with budgets and support hours
- Ensuring the continued financial viability of the service, closely monitoring budgets, contracts, care hours, auditing as necessary, and addressing any shortfalls at the earliest opportunity.
Location
The role is based in Carlisle on a private road.
Interview Process
You will initially be interviewed by our Care Home Consultant. The next stage you will be contacted by the Directors.
Rewards
- Initial salary of £35k - £40k (dependant on experience)
- Performance related bonus
- Funding for further training and career progression
- 20 days holiday plus bank holidays per year
- Company Pension
Benefits:
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary, Contract
Pay: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
