Care Team Manager

Advanced Home Care are looking to recruit a Team manager working from our office based in Kirkham you will be responsible for the Lytham, St Annes, Kirkham, Freckleton and Warton area's

This is your opportunity to join a motivated, highly driven preferred care provider for Lancashire county council.

You will be working alongside other team managers reporting to the Registered Manager and their deputy. 

Person Specification

Self motivated and enthusiastic individual, with positive attitude and pro-active approach. 

This person must be extremely reliable and be committed to this role of high responsibility, flexibility is essential to meet the demand of the service which can change at short notice. 

They will have a caring nature and the ability to understand the changing needs of the service users and the dynamics of the domiciliary care industry as a whole, including staffing, environment, target achieving, planning and the legal aspects of the industry. 

The individual will be competent at dealing with people on all levels and have the ability to think quickly and act accordingly. This person will be adaptable and take a non-judgmental approach to encompass a thorough understanding of the life changing effects of care and be able to deal with both positive and negative feedback and outcomes.

Applicants must have NVQ/Diploma Level 3 in health and social care or above, a full driving licence and a vehicle and must ensure that they have access to transport at all times.

Key Duties

• Manage team of staff who provide care to service users within their own homes.
• Be involved with or responsible for your teams rotas and rota changes.
• Be responsible for and see that all work is covered and provide hands on care if necessary.
• Understand and take full responsibility for finding cover at short notice.
• On-call Duties
• Involvement with recruitment.
• Train and motivate staff.
• Assessment of new service users.
• Reviewing existing service users.
• Formulate care plans.
• Carry out supervisions, appraisals and disciplinary.
• Arrange and chair staff meetings.
• Administrative duties.
• Day–to-day running of the team.
• Prepare for and attend inspections.
• Deal with complaints.
• Occasionally you may be required at times to assist another team to support, this may happen if their team manager was unable to attend work or deal with emergencies.
• Support the directors in the running of the company and be involved in assuring quality, goal setting, and forward planning.
• Attend conference and training sessions.