Unit Manager - Care

£14.00 ph

Full time

£1000 joining bonus

Refer a friend £500

If you have NVQ Level 3 and proven experience of caring for older people, and are looking for a rewarding role that comes with excellent training and great opportunities for personal development, join Care UK as a Senior Team Leader and make a real difference.

Being a Senior Team Leader at Care UK

Senior Team Leaders at Care UK are flexible in approach and have broad experience of caring for others and leading shifts. They're great at building relationships and inspiring others too. Collaborating and sharing information and ideas comes naturally to them, as does using tact and diplomacy to deal with challenging situations and quickly resolving them. Their innovations help to raise standards, while their passion for what they do is second to none. And, they consider it a privilege to be trusted to look after others. Do you have the same sort of attributes? Then we could have just the role for you.

What you'll be doing

Being a Senior Team Leader Is about acting as a role model by leading and supervising carers day-to-day, working alongside them and completing regular staff appraisals. It's also about taking responsibility for case managing residents and liaising with families, health care professional and other stakeholders to ensure that the best care plans are created and delivered. Working closely with nurses to develop the services we provide is an important aspect of the role too, as is administering medication and carrying out risk assessments. Put simply, it's about making a difference. A real difference.

What you'll need

Well-organised, IT literate and adept at allocating and delegating work appropriately, you have a proven ability to lead and supervise others and a good understanding of care planning processes. What's more, you're trained, or willing to train, to administer medication and used to contributing to, monitoring and implementing changes that improve outcomes for residents. Above all, you have a natural ability to help make the lives of others more fulfilling and want to work in an environment where the work can be hard, but also fun and rewarding.

The benefits
Competitive rates of pay - we continuously review pay in your local market
Opportunities to progress through our personalised career paths into more senior and management roles whilst growing your earnings
Earn whilst you learn and take on a variety of apprenticeships applicable to your role enabling you to increase your pay once achieved
Competitive refer a friend scheme of up to £1000 depending on role
Quality and free training to help develop and enhance your skills
Bank holiday enhancements
Cycle to work scheme
Flexible hours, including day, night or weekend shifts
Free DBS
Thousands of online and in-store discounts across big known retailers enabling our colleagues to make big savings on every day shopping such as holidays, supermarkets and travel.
Employee Assistance Programme - Immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to include support such as financial and family concerns

One of the UK's leading care home providers, Care UK run over 120 homes and day clubs across the UK that provide residential, nursing, dementia and end-of-life care for older people. A top rated employer in best quality results, our goal is to help every employee fulfil their potential by providing first-class training and support.

Fulfilling lives, fulfilling Careers.

Located in the picturesque village of Copthorne, Francis Court Care Home is one of the premier residential and dementia care homes in West Sussex.

Here at Francis Court care home we're all about having fun and getting the most out of life. We understand that it's important to keep busy - it helps residents to stay independent, for one thing - so they love the range of activities and events we plan for them, from arts and crafts to themed meal nights, quizzes and fundraising.

Every family worries about how their loved one will settle in to a care home. New residents are very welcome to bring their own furniture and possessions to Francis Court so that their rooms feel just like home. We'll even hang their pictures and photos exactly where they want them. What's more, we'll find out as much as we can about your loved one (with their, and your, help) so that every aspect of their care - from the food we provide, to the medication they need and the time they want to go to bed - is tailored to them.

We're always keen to hear what residents and their families think about Francis Court. That's why we hold regular meetings to give them the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback. We're quick to respond too: when relatives told us they wanted a friends and family room, we set about creating one.