The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall management of the service, ensuring high-quality care delivery, regulatory compliance, staff supervision, and positive outcomes for service users.
Requirements:
* Significant practitioner and/or management experience, skills and knowledge in one or more of the following areas:
1. Services for older people/people with dementia/memory loss
2. Residential day or community services for older people
3. Extra care or home care services for older people
4. Prevention and re-enablement services for older people
* Experience of supervising and being a role model to staff and plan rotas to meet the needs and preferences of service users
* A relevant professional qualification (e.g. Diploma in Social Work, RMN/RGN, NVQ 4/5).
* A degree level or post- graduate qualification
* A warm, person centred and respectful approach to working with older people
* Ability to assess needs and devise and implement outcome focused care/support plans
* Ability to work positively and collaboratively with colleagues, service users and their families, professionals and stakeholders
* Skills and confidence in networking and developing partnerships with external colleagues and agencies
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to listen sensitively to others
* Ability to produce high quality written reports within deadlines
* Excellent IT skills with the ability to contribute to a computerised record keeping system
* Working knowledge of computer applications and ability to use computerised record keeping system
* A commitment to equal opportunities and the promotion of anti-discriminatory practice
* Willingness to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the service
If you meet the requirements and can start immediately, we would be very pleased to hear from you
Salary description
£31077.00 - £36000.00 per year