Care Service Manager - Weymouth

Care Service Manager - Weymouth, DT4 0DL, United Kingdom

Could you be the leader who takes a great care service and makes it even better?

Were looking for an experienced Service Manager to lead our established care service in Weymouth. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about high-quality, person-centred care and wants to make a genuine difference to the lives of the people we support.

Youll have the opportunity to lead a dedicated team, shape the culture of the service and drive positive change, while ensuring the people we support have choice, independence, dignity and control over their lives.

If youre an experienced care leader who enjoys building strong teams, improving services and seeing the difference your leadership makes, wed love to hear from you.

At full capacity, the service supports up to 46 residents, giving you a real opportunity to influence the quality of care, the experience of our customers and the development of your team.

You wont just be managing a service,youll be creating an environment where people can thrive.

About the role

As a Service Manager, youll have overall responsibility for the quality, safety and effectiveness of the service, ensuring we meet CQC requirements and consistently provide high standards of care.

Youll:

• Lead, support and develop a dedicated care team.
• Create a positive culture where colleagues feel valued and supported.
• Ensure customers receive personalised, high-quality care and support.
• Promote independence, dignity, choice and wellbeing.
• Maintain strong compliance with CQC regulations and relevant legislation.
• Lead on safeguarding, risk management and quality assurance.
• Monitor and improve the quality of the service through audits, reviews and feedback.
• Ensure care plans and risk assessments accurately reflect individual needs.
• Build positive relationships with customers, families, commissioners and professionals.
• Oversee recruitment, performance, training and development.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and turn them into meaningful change.

About you

Were looking for someone who can lead with confidence, compassion and integrity.

Youll ideally have:

• Current or recent experience as a Registered Manager within a regulated domiciliary care service.
• A strong understanding of CQC requirements and health and social care legislation.
• Experience leading, developing and motivating a care team.
• A track record of maintaining and improving quality within a regulated service.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A genuine commitment to person-centred care.
• The confidence to make decisions, solve problems and drive improvement.

Most importantly, youll be someone who cares about people and takes pride in doing things well.

Why join us?

This is an opportunity to join an organisation with a long history of providing care and support. Weve been supporting people since 1960, and our customers remain at the heart of everything we do.

We believe people should have more than just a home. They should have choice, independence, meaningful relationships and the opportunity to live life on their own terms.

As a Service Manager, youll play a key part in making that happen.

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:

• A focus on colleague wellbeing workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives.

We cannot wait to hear from you! Apply as soon as possible with your most updated CV.

All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & its subsidiary brands.

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