Registered Manager

About Us

CEL Homecare are an independent CQC registered provider of personalised care at home in Teesside, the Tyne and Derwent Valleys, and Cumberland. We are an approved provider of home care services to the NHS and several local authorities in the North-east and Cumbria. We have offices in Consett, Carlisle, Stockton and Maryport. We are a framework provider with Stockton Borough Council. We currently have an opportunity for a Registered Manager to join our senior management team to oversee our homecare provision in Stockton and head the service. Our long standing care offices are currently rated GOOD with the CQC and we expect our new Registered Manager to maintain the same or better CQC rating for this service. The Registered Manager of our Teesside Regional office is there to support our Company Manager (based in Consett) in providing the best possible care and support to our service users in the Borough.

What does the job entail?

We are looking for a Registered Manager for a CQC registered domiciliary care service. You will be expected to promote a caring environment (in conjunction with the Company Manager) for service users through high standards of professional practice which are conducive to the physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual needs of the service users. The successful candidate will support the Company Manager in ensuring that each service user receives care appropriate to their individual need. In summary we need a local manager to:

1. Oversee Coordination of our care locally;

2. Undertake service user care assessments and reviews and prepare and update care and support plans accordingly;

3. Support, mentor and supervise our local care staff;

4. Liaise with service users, family members, care commissioners and health professionals;

5. Help recruit, interview and train new staff members;

6. Undertaking internal auditing of our local service to ensure we maintain the possible standards of care, and meet CQC expectations;

7. Oversea the local Health and Safety of staff, service users and others;

8. Assist with on-call duties on a rostered system

The position is office-based in Stockton. working Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00, although will also involving visiting service users in local community. You may also be required to occasionally give advice to our duty managers out of hours. The starting salary £40,000 per annum with all usually benefits and mileage allowances, but this is negotiable depending upon experience and on how the services develops. A full job description is available on requestion.

Person Specification

Ideally, we are looking for a candidate with senior management experience and a QCF5 (Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young Peoples services) or an NVQ 4/RMA and be willing to work towards a CQF5 is preferred.

The candidate should have the ability to work independently, like taking responsibility for the care within their area. They should be caring and sensitive to the needs of others; but self-motivated, organised, and flexible. A commitment to high standards and to training and professional development are essential.

Essential Requirements

· Previous experience in the delivery and management of Home Care in Essential;

· People management and interpersonal skills are also very important including good commination skills both verbal and written;

· Hold a valid full driving licence and have access to a vehicle;

· Having a solid knowledge of an electronic care management and rostering systems would be beneficial, although full training will be given;

· Willing to work with other members of the senior management team to develop the service;

· A strong understand on the regulatory framework underpinning the role of Registered Manager; and,

· An ability to work independently and manage effectively a team of care staff, and sometimes busy workload.

We could describe the job role in more detail, but if you want to know more about the position, or us in general, please give our Company Manger Elaine a call on 01207 500142.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Referral programme

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Stockton-on-Tees, Durham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Managing: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person