Registered Care Home Manager - Ambient Support : Job Details

Registered Care Home Manager

Service Name: The Croft Care Home

Location: Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Hours: 38 Hours PW

Are you looking to make a difference to people’s lives and enable individuals to have greater independence and improve their wellbeing?

Who are Ambient Support?

Ambient Support, a registered UK charity with over 25 years’ experience in providing care and support services for older people, people with a mental health needs and people with learning disabilities.

We believe that everyone is unique and should be able to lead valued lives in their communities, treated with dignity and respect no matter their age, health condition or disability.

About The Croft

Our residential care home is a community-based home for Older People in Amersham for 60 residents providing personalised care and support to individuals including 31 residents living well with Dementia.

The home is welcoming and offers a home from home environment supporting regular activities and organised events and has the attractive grounds which are fully accessible by our residents.

The Care home is rated as good with the Care Quality Commission and has a rating on 9.7 on carehome.co.uk. The home continues to strive to provide a high standard of care to the people we support.

The role of our Registered Home Manager:

• You will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the home, overseeing all activities within the home.
• As the Registered Manager with CQC you will be responsible for making sure the quality of the service and care provided meets the Fundamental standards as well as the standards set by Ambient Support.
• Planning the delivery of the care and support to the people living in the service.
• Respecting the values, beliefs, and culture of everyone
• Ensuring that any concerns, complaints, or requests are responded to effectively.
• Assessing and minimising risks in order to keep each individual safe.
• Ensuring that each resident has a person-centred care plan which is continually reviewed with the individual and their family.
• You will take responsibility for the selection, management and development of all staff working within the service.
• You will be responsible for marketing and selling the private beds in the service and developing the service in line with local needs.
• You will have a key liaison relationship with the landlord and the Local authority.
• To work flexibly over a 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year basis, according to the requirements of the individuals being supported.
• To be on call 'out of hours’ as part of a rota system
• To act at all times in accordance with Equal Opportunities legislation with regard to people who we support and staff.
• To participate in and contribute to any other working groups or meetings as required.

Skills and attributes of our Registered Home Manager:

• A broad range of care skills for older people living in residential care including activities for older people in care.
• Excellent communication skills including verbal and written both internally and external to the service.
• Good IT skills including MS Word, Excel, Outlook, the Internet, and electronic care management systems.
• Competent approach to budgets and petty cash procedures.
• Ability to complete and check monitoring sheets and devise rotas.
• Ability to maintain accurate records.
• An understanding of discrimination experienced by minority groups due to ethnic origin, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation. The postholder must be able to demonstrate an awareness and ability to relate this knowledge to the needs of older people.
• Knowledge and understanding of specific conditions that affect older people such as Dementia.
• Strong people skills.
• Good Observational and assessment skills

Becoming part of the Ambient family brings benefits too!

• Flexible working, enabling work-life balance.
• National Living Wage paid regardless of age, including under 25s.
• Training and development
• 'Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme.
• 'Season Ticket’ loan & 'Bike to Work’ scheme.
• Paid holiday with minimum of 28 days holiday, including BH (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Membership of Health Service Discounts scheme
• Free access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Do you want to take your first steps towards a new rewarding career? If the answer is yes, then we’d love to hear from you.

We positively welcome diversity of background, ethnicity, skills, talents, and contributions from everyone.

We are committed to Safeguarding. An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.