Overview
Deputy Care Manager – Permanent – Full Time
ID: 276141
Job Specialism: Operations – Midlands
Location: Handsworth Wood
Salary: £28,378 per annum
Closing Date: Monday, 26th May 2025
Are you looking for a rewarding career?
If you are a Senior Support Worker, Team Leader or Deputy Manager looking to progress your career, then this could be the role for you! We are recruiting for a Deputy Care Manager at our CQC registered service in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham.
This is a permanent role, working 37.5 hours per week. You will receive £33,730 per annum (Increased salary as of April 2025).
As a Deputy Care Manager, you will support the Registered Care Manager in providing high-quality, personalised care to individuals. Your responsibilities include 15 hours of direct support as a Support Worker and 22.5 office hours for staff management tasks, such as creating rotas and mentoring Support Workers.
About this service & requirements for the role:
- 5-bed home, 5 people supported
- Supports individuals with vision/hearing difficulties and communication challenges and complex needs.
- Full UK manual licence essential- as we have company vehicles used to drive and take individuals to appointments, activities outside of the home and trips.
- Prior experience of working in a Social Care setting such as Community/Residential/Supported Living is essential.
- Knowledge of multiple sensory impairments, physical and/or learning disabilities is desirable.
Join us in making a positive impact on lives while advancing your care management career!
Working at Sense gives you a wide range of benefits including:
- 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
- Free DBS Check
- Free access to over 100 online and face to face training
- On-going development opportunities
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
- Employee referral scheme
- Health and well-being support
- Pension Scheme
- Discount scheme
- Wisdom App- free access for all employees to mindfulness application
About Sense
For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.
To apply
Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.
If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 415 6735 or recruitment@sense.org.uk
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone’s contribution is valued and we ensure they’re given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/jobs/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-in-recruitment/
Precise Location: 88 Church Lane, Handsworth Wood, Handsworth Wood, West Midlands, B20 2ES, United Kingdom
