Job Description

Shaw healthcare are recruiting an Assistant Deputy Manager for Maitland Park Care Home in Camden, 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.

Maitland Park

is a 60 bedded residential care home providing care for older people including people with dementia.

Location

: Maitland Park, Maitland Park Villas, Camden, NW3 2DU

Salary:

20 per hour

Hours:

36 hours per week (this includes 12 - 18 hours working on the floor)

Benefits:

Employee Ownership Trust - 76% Employee Owned - our employees have received over 1850 each in tax free bonuses to date!
30 days annual leave
Company Maternity Pay (after a qualifying period)
Individualised professional development programmes
GP online - providing around the clock GP consultation via an interactive app
Refer a Friend Scheme of up to 1,000
Retail/Leisure/Holiday and travel discounts

Shaw Healthcare is one of the UK's leading Health and Social care providers who deliver a wide spectrum of care in a variety of purpose-built care environments; care homes for the elderly, specialist dementia units, mental health units and low secure psychiatric hospitals.


We highly value the wonderful contribution of our employees and it is our ethos to put people first by involving our people in key decision-making. We are the largest employee ownership trust within the healthcare sector.

Main Responsibilities

Essentials Skills & Duties of an Assistant Deputy Manager:

Developing and implementing evidence based individualised care packages, therapeutic interventions, and individualised activity programmes;
Supervising the team to deliver the highest standards of person-centred care using clinical governance and their own personal development;
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.
To support the Service and Deputy Manager to manage the effective use of resources, including those which impact on the financial performance of the Service, and maintain high levels of occupancy.

The Ideal Candidate

QCF Level 3 or above
Experience of supporting the elderly
A strong knowledge of person-centred care
Working closely with each resident, assessing their needs and delivering a care plan that helps each person to live a fuller life
You'll provide the very best levels of care, make sure that all procedures are carried out to the highest of standards and optimising the wellbeing of every resident