Some of your week will be supernumerary, giving you time to support the management of the home, complete audits and weekly clinical-risk reviews, undertake walk-arounds, support pre-assessments and make sure actions don't simply sit on a list – they actually happen.

But this isn't a role that's lived entirely from an office.

You'll also work alongside the care team and take responsibility for the home during your floor shifts and because Ardenlee is a relatively rural home, there will occasionally be times when flexibility matters.

If the team needs support, we're looking for a Deputy who is prepared to get involved.

Not Because It's Beneath Their Job Description.

Because that's what good leaders do.

Contract

• £19.48 per hour – equivalent to approximately £40,518 per annum
• £1,000 Welcome Bonus
• 40 hours per week
• Current working pattern includes 2 x 12-hour floor shifts (8am–8pm) and 2 x 8-hour supernumerary shifts (8am–4pm)
• Paid PVG
• Pension scheme
• Uniform provided
• 5.6 weeks annual leave

The Deputy Manager we're looking for

Qualifications matter, but we're equally interested in what you've done.

You may already be a Deputy Manager looking for a home where you can make a difference.

Or you could be an experienced Senior Carer with an SVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care who's ready to progress into management.

What matters to us is that you've built substantial experience in elderly care and understand what good care looks and feels like.

You'll be someone who:

• Builds strong relationships and can bring people with them.
• Understands staff management and knows how to support, challenge and develop a team.
• Can become a trusted link between the Home Manager and colleagues working on the floor.
• Is confident with medication management and care documentation.
• Understands the importance of audits, risk management and quality assurance.
• Is comfortable undertaking pre-assessments and helping ensure new residents are appropriately supported from the beginning.
• Takes responsibility when they're leading a shift.
• Notices when standards start to drift and does something about it.
• Is organised enough to manage the detail but never becomes disconnected from the people delivering and receiving care.
• Is flexible enough to recognise that sometimes leadership means rolling your sleeves up and helping.

Most importantly, you'll care about the culture of the home.

We want someone approachable. Someone residents know. Someone families trust. Someone colleagues feel comfortable speaking to.

Why Care Concern Group?

Career progression shouldn't just be something written at the bottom of a job advert.

At Ardenlee, the evidence is sitting in the Home Manager's office.

They joined us as a Senior Carer. They progressed to Deputy Manager. Today, they're the Home Manager.

And theirs isn't the only story like that across Care Concern Group.

As one of the UK's fastest-growing family-owned care providers, we're continuing to grow, invest in our homes and create opportunities for talented people who want to build long-term careers with us.

We can't promise where your career will eventually take you.

But we can promise that if you have the ability and ambition to progress, you'll be joining an organisation where those opportunities genuinely exist.

A final thought...

You don't need to have Deputy Manager written on your current name badge to be ready for this opportunity.

Perhaps you're already doing many of the things we've described.

Perhaps you're already the person others rely on.

Perhaps you're simply waiting for someone to recognise that you're capable of more.

Our current Home Manager once took that same next step.

Maybe now it's your turn.