Role: Deputy Manager
Project/location: Crannog Care Home
Hours: 38 hours per week
Salary: £30, per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Tuesday 06 May
Job ref: REQ
Do you want to make a difference by helping us to improve lives?
Can you be a great manager and lead, motivate and inspire your team to deliver excellent services?
Then why not join our fantastic organisation and be part of a first-class team delivering quality care and support.
Here at The Mungo Foundation, we are proud to be one of the most diverse providers of social care and support for vulnerable people in Glasgow, West Central Scotland and beyond. At any one time across our fantastic projects, we are supporting up to 1, individuals, their families and communities, helping them to live better lives.
Our Crannog Project is a 30 bedded residential care home, based in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow, supporting older adults with dementia, learning disabilities and ARBD.
At Crannog we encourage the people we support to get out in the local community as much as possible. The people we support are encouraged to be independent and be involved in all decisions surrounding their care needs
We are looking to recruit a Deputy Manager who can manage and lead this well-established service. You will ensure dynamic and effective leadership of the team to deliver exceptional care and support to individuals to achieve personal outcomes.
You must have excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as a high level of interpersonal skills with the ability to engage at all levels. You will be accountable for managing your own workload and leading the staff team to ensure the service delivers a high-quality, person-centred service to all individuals that we support. You will be responsible for managing all aspects of the service including budgets, People and contract management. A good knowledge of IT including MS Office is essential for this role.
Previous line management experience is essential along with an in-depth knowledge of Dementia, learning disabilities and ARBD. If you have a proven track record in leading a team and supporting individuals to achieve individual outcomes this will be the right opportunity for you.
You must possess a minimum of SVQ4 Social Services and Healthcare (SQCF Level 9 - practice) qualification or equivalent. Candidates must also have or be willing to work towards an award in management that is certificated at or above SCQF Level 9 (minimum 60 credits) and mapped against the National Occupational Standards: Leadership and Management for Care Services SCQF10 or SVQ Care Services Leadership and Management SCQF Level 10, to be achieved within 2 years of commencement in the role or as defined by the SSSC, if sooner. A Registered Managers Award, RGN etc will also be considered and SSSC registration appropriate to the role is required.
The successful candidate will be required to work a flexible shift pattern to meet the needs to the service and will be required to participate in an off duty on-call rota.
We value our staff very highly. Alongside competitive terms and conditions we also offer membership of a great employee benefits’ scheme – Mungo Money. Joining Mungo Money provides full access to supermarket, fuel, restaurant discounts, discounts off your next family holiday, savings on gym memberships and equipment, Cycle to Work scheme and so much more. We also offer access to a credit union and workplace pension plus numerous training and development opportunities, including SVQ registration level qualifications.