40 hours per week, including alternate weekends and on-call responsibilities
Are you a compassionate and experienced care professional ready to take the next step in your career?
Our care home – The Mayfields in Long Stratton, has been designed to support up to 60 residents with residential care needs. Split over 2 floors, one for residents with dementia and one for residential care requirements.
We are seeking a dedicated Deputy Manager to support the Registered Manager in the day-to-day running of our care home, ensuring the highest standards of care and service are delivered to our residents.
About the Role
As Deputy Manager, you will play a key leadership role in both clinical and operational aspects of the home. You will work closely with the Registered Manager to uphold our values and ensure compliance with all regulatory standards. This role includes:
• Leadership & Management: Acting as the Regional Manager’s deputy, leading staff meetings, managing rotas, and supporting junior staff.
• Clinical Oversight:
Leading the clinical team, conducting audits, liaising with external agencies, and ensuring medication and care plans are managed effectively.
• Staff Development:
Empowering and supporting staff, delivering in-house training, and promoting a positive and professional working environment.
• Administrative Duties:
Maintaining accurate records, responding to complaints, and ensuring compliance with CQC and other regulatory bodies.
• Care Planning: Overseeing care documentation, supporting handovers, and involving families and multidisciplinary teams in care decisions.
What We’re Looking For
• Proven experience in a care setting, ideally with leadership responsibilities
• Strong clinical knowledge and understanding of elderly care
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• A commitment to continuous professional development
• Ability to lead by example and inspire a cohesive team
Working Pattern
• 40 hours per week
• Alternate weekends and on-call duties
• 3 to 4 supernumerary days
• 1 to 2 floor support days
Benefits and culture:
- We live by our company values – we are one big family, everything we do is from the heart, caring is our passion, always have fun, nothing is too much.
- Ongoing training and development; including fully funded diplomas up to NVQ level 5
- A Rewarding role
- Variety – no two days are the same!
- Long term career opportunities
- Annual Leave 28 days
- FlexEarn - providing you with the opportunity to withdraw a portion of your wages in advance of payday, to increase your choice and financial wellbeing.
- No DBS fees.
- Employee assistance program to support your health and wellbeing.
- Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts across retail and hospitality.
- Refer a friend scheme - earn up to £400
- Being part of an award winning organisation!
Training and development
We see training and development as an instrumental part of the success of each of our care homes.
Every team member will receive a full induction on commencement of employment ensuring that everyone feels welcomed and has a good understanding of their role and our high standards and ethos of the business.
Throughout your time with us we positively encourage further training through National Vocational Qualifications. This is available throughout all areas of our business to include all employees.
If you don’t have any experience, we will support and train you to promote your understanding of a Care Assistants role in clinical issues and to develop your own career pathway, ensuring that you feel confident in all aspects of the role.
Founded in 1999, Castlemeadow Care has been delivering excellence in the delivery of care and support. We wouldn’t be able to do this without our compassionate, dedicated and talented teams throughout our homes. We are a passionate company and strive to constantly improve standards across all areas. As a rapidly growing business we’re always looking for passionate and committed individuals who take pride in making a difference in people’s lives.
