Deputy Manager

Description:

What’s your idea of working in care? We’d love to share a glimpse of life at Salutem with you!

At our core, we’re a team of people supporting people to live a life they love.

At Salutem we are proud to provide a range of care and support in our schools, day centres, and residential homes for children and adults. Just like any family, we want the very best for the individuals we support. Our aim at Salutem Care and Education is to empower people to live a life they choose, regardless of the care and support they need.

Each individual we support at Salutem Care and Education has an opportunity to live their best life each and every day. We are proud to offer outstanding levels of care, support and education for each individual we support as part of our Salutem family.

At Salutem Care and Education, we recognise the value and wisdom that come from all stages of life. Join our team to be a part of a community that truly appreciates the richness of age diversity.

Job scope:

The role of the Deputy Manager is to assist the Registered Manager with the day to day organisation and effective running of the service, providing leadership and management to the staff.  To support the Registered Manager in monitoring the training and development needs of staff and maintaining a safe and healthy work and home environment.

To assist the Registered Manager to deliver an effective and efficient provision of support to the people living within Salutem’s services.  The overall objective is to increase their social development and life skills to enable them to live as independent adults in the wider community.  You must ensure that the support that is delivered considers the individual’s racial, culture/religious origins, language, gender, sexual orientation and disability.

Key Responsibilities:  

To support the Registered Manager to monitor and support the delivery of person centred services to all people using our service within your defined area.
To support the Registered Manager to monitor and support the health and safety of both people using the service and support staff.
To support the Registered Manager to ensure that the actions of all staff directly supporting people using the service support their care, protection and well-being, and in compliance with external regulations, standards and monitoring bodies.
To provide supervision to the support workers through effective recruitment and selection, inductions, coaching and performance management.
To develop knowledge and skill of staff teams through delivering effective inductions, including the Care Certificate and providing mandatory & service specific training as and when required
To use the IT system available to support the Registered Manager to effectively manage your staff teams, incidents, quality assurance, training and occupancy.
To work effectively with external agencies to promote the work of the company and to support the Registered Manager to increase referrals and placements within the service in line with defined business targets.
To develop own knowledge and practice relative to continuous service improvement & self-developmentWe want the best for everyone we support and that's what makes us a family. If you have the ability to support someone to feel at home, be their true self, and do what makes their heart happy - we want to hear from you. This is a meaningful role and will suit someone who is looking to make a difference and make memories that'll last a lifetime. 

We know our staff put 100% into building brighter futures for the individuals we support. That's why we offer career progression no matter where you start in the organisation. Your progress here will be regularly reviewed and as you gain expertise your rate of pay will increase. We believe in creating a Career from Care and we want the support workers we recruit now to become our managers of the future!

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 qualify for discounts with a Blue Light card. If you qualify for a pension scheme and choose to opt in, we’ll support you to pay into this. We also have a healthcare scheme you can opt into that looks after you when you need it most.

We enjoy using our internal staff communications app, Blink, where everyone has a voice and can lean on each other for daily support, and celebrate success too.

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