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Registered Care Manager | Woking, Surrey

We require a Registered Care Manager for our office in Knaphill, Woking, Surrey.  This is an exciting opportunity to join the Outstanding Employer of the Year 2009 in a key management position.

The Registered Care Manger will be responsible for managing and growing the Woking office whilst maintaining the highest standards of care.  The ideal candidate will have:

• Managed a high volume domiciliary care agency or a large residential home
• A track record of achieving rapid growth whilst maintaining and improving high standards of care (ideally demonstrated through an improvement in CQC ratings)
• A deep understanding of care so they are able to deal with complex care packages
• An ability to balance ambition and drive with compassion and empathy
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.  The ideal candidate must be comfortable delegating responsibility and authority and managing through others
• Experience of managing office based staff and large numbers of remote based carers.  The ideal candidate will be as comfortable providing praise as managing difficult staffing and disciplinary matters
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Ambitious, motivated and goal oriented with experience of managing in a commercial environment
• Excellent planning and organisation skills
• Strong relationships with social service commissioners
• Excellent knowledge or Care Standards and experience of dealing with CSCI/CQC
• Beable to manage effectively under pressure.

Desirable characteristics:

• Computer literate (ideally with an understanding of care based packages, e.g. Staffplan)
• Experience and knowledge of managing live-in care

If you have the right skills and experience and seek a new challenge in a dynamic organisation, please  email your CV and a brief covering letter/email setting out why you are interested in this role to careers@betterathome.co.uk .