Registered Manager

Agincare UK, located in Worthing, is seeking a dedicated Registered Manager to join their team and lead domiciliary care services. This is a permanent position offering a salary up to £42,000 annually. As a Registered Manager, you will play a crucial role in providing high-quality care to clients while ensuring compliance with CQC standards and regulations. The role involves leadership, management, and coordination to ensure the effective delivery of care services. Additional benefits include career development opportunities, a refer-a-friend scheme, and a Blue Light care discount package, making this an attractive opportunity for experienced care professionals.

Main duties of the job

As the Registered Manager at Agincare UK, you will lead a team to deliver safe, caring, and effective care services to clients at home, ensuring compliance with CQC regulatory standards. Your main responsibilities include ensuring clients understand care options, reviewing and adapting care provisions, conducting audits to guarantee service quality, implementing risk assessments, and staff training. You will also manage complaints, safeguarding issues, and staffing to cover clients' needs effectively. Agincare offers career development, training funding, and additional employee benefits as part of their commitment to delivering high-quality care services and supporting their staff.

About us

Agincare UK is a reputable, family-run care provider established in 1986, with a commitment to offering quality care and support. With over 4,500 staff members, Agincare operates more than 100 care locations across England, including home care branches and supported living properties. The company is dedicated to providing comprehensive training and career development to its employees. They embrace equal opportunities and are signatories of the Care Leaver Covenant, offering support to care leavers for independent living. Agincare values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all individuals passionate about making a positive impact in the care sector.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Are you an experienced care professional looking for a change?

Come and join the Agincare family as a home careRegistered Manager

Where you'll be working

• Care at Home in Worthing Domiciliary Home Care Services Agincare
• Care Quality Commission rating - Agincare UK Limited - Overview - Care Quality Commission

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

• Up to £42,000 per year
• Refer a friend scheme - earn up to £1000
• Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
• Company pension scheme

What is required from you?

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK
• Management qualification at QCF level 4 or equivalent or a willingness to work towards this qualification
• QCF level 4 or higher in Health & Social Care or equivalent
• Previous registration in a home care service preferable
• Demonstrable up to date knowledge of the care sector including the running of a home care service and regulatory framework
• Excellent leadership and management skills
• Experience of working with vulnerable client groups
• Include any requirements on availability or hours

A day in the life of a Registered Manager

As the Registered Manager, you will lead the team to provide a safe, caring, responsive and effective service for your clients, ensuring delivery of the highest possible care standards fully compliant with all CQC statutory regulations, whilst making sure you achieve your operational and quality assurance KPIs.

Your day to day responsibilities therefore will include:

• Ensuring all your clients understand the care and treatment choices that are available to them and that the care is provided in a way that promotes choice, dignity and individuality
• Reviewing existing care provision to ensure it meets the current physical and mental health needs of your clients and in turn liaising with the clients, internal staff, health professionals, social workers and other interested parties to adapt existing plans to meet current needs
• Ensuring that auditing is carried out to fully understand that quality of the service being provided and taking quick reparative action if any concerns are raised
• Ensuring that effective risk assessments are in place to protect the needs of your clients.
• Inducting new staff, and ensuring that existing staff are regularly trained, motivated, supervised and supported.
• Carrying out any potential disciplinary or formative action against team members as and when required.
• Effectively staffing your service to ensure that personnel can cover the needs of your clients' care calls and having effective contingency plans in case of unexpected absence or events.
• Investigating any complaints surrounding safeguarding, abuse, or delivery of your services and ensuring notifications and duty of candour are sent to the right parties.

About Agincare

Were a family run business thats been caring and supporting people since 1986. With over 4,500 team members, were one of the UKs largest care providers and are continuing to grow.We have over 100 locations across England including care& nursing homes, home care branches, extra care schemes, supported living properties and live-in offices.

Agincare are signatories of the Care Leaver Covenant and are committed to supporting care leavers to live independently.We are proud to be able to offer a guaranteed interview to care leavers, or an informal conversation about our career opportunities.

All of our care services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Equal opportunities are important to us at Agincare and we welcome applications from all.

Refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions

Person Specification Qualifications

• The ideal candidate must have at least 12 months of right to work in the UK, a management qualification at QCF level 4 or a willingness to work towards it, and QCF level 4 or higher in Health & Social Care. Experience in home care service registration and current sector knowledge are essential, along with leadership, management skills, and experience with vulnerable client groups.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Depending on experienceSalary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.