Deputy Manager at Deerswood Lodge

at  Shaw Healthcare

Shaw healthcare are recruiting a Residential Deputy Manager for Deerswood Lodge Care Home in Crawley to deliver a quality of care and support to our service users in line with our care principles of ‘wellness, happiness, and kindness’. You will work together with your colleagues to ensure that the physical, social, psychological and emotional needs of our service users are met.
Deerswood Lodge is a 90 bedded residential care home providing care for older people including people with dementia.
Location: Ifield Green, Ifield, Crawley RH11 0HG
Salary: £40,000
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

ESSENTIALS SKILLS & DUTIES OF A DEPUTY MANAGER:

Good working knowledge of CIW/CQC standards and the Health and Social Act 2008;
Developing and implementing evidence based individualised care packages, therapeutic interventions, and individualised activity programmes;
Leading and supervising the support and nursing teams to deliver the highest standards of person-centred care using clinical governance and their own personal development;
You will be familiar in areas concerning sickness management, staff training and development, and coaching and mentoring. You will have an effective way of communicating with your team;
Be able to communicate and engage effectively with our service users, their families and colleagues, good interpersonal and working relationship skills are essential;
Have a good understanding of the disabilities, health and social care needs, of service users and assist those who have mobility or continence needs, using the appropriate aids and equipment;
Provide appropriate levels of care and support to ensure that personal hygiene needs are met, (washing, dressing, bathing, using the toilet);
It is essential to be Health and Safety aware, to ensure the safety of our services users and colleagues.