Deputy Manager

The Ash Lea House family are recruiting!

Ash Lea House is a spacious 27-bed residential care home in Darlington supporting adults with physical disabilities, complex care needs and mental health issues. We provide a high level of support to enable all the people we support to meet their personal goals and future aspirations!

The individuals we support at Ash Lea House are a very creative bunch! We love drawing, painting, and all things craft. One individual we support recently made a birdhouse! We all love decorating the home for Halloween and especially love decorating the tree at Christmas. Our resident rabbit Rico is loved by everyone and is looked after by John who lives here. Steph has recently been on holiday to Lanzarote supported by two of our lovely support workers.

We are all very well supported here as staff at Ash Lea House and none of our efforts go unnoticed. We understand what’s important and always try our best to help the individuals live their best lives! No two days are the same, one day we’re partaking in a family event or party and the next we’re out window shopping and sightseeing! There is huge variety in the role and lots to learn with lots of opportunity to develop new and existing skills.

At Salutem Care and Education, we recognise the value and wisdom that come from all stages of life. Join our team to be a part of a community that truly appreciates the richness of age diversity.

Job scope:                      

The role of the Deputy Manager is to assist the Registered Manager with the day to day organisation and effective running of the service, providing leadership and management to the staff.  To support the Registered Manager in monitoring the training and development needs of staff and maintaining a safe and healthy work and home environment.

To assist the Registered Manager to deliver an effective and efficient provision of support to the people living within Salutem’s services.  The overall objective is to increase their social development and life skills to enable them to live as independent adults in the wider community.  You must ensure that the support that is delivered considers the individual’s racial, culture/religious origins, language, gender, sexual orientation and disability.

Key Responsibilities:  

To support the Registered Manager to monitor and support the delivery of person centred services to all people using our service within your defined area.
To support the Registered Manager to monitor and support the health and safety of both people using the service and support staff.
To support the Registered Manager to ensure that the actions of all staff directly supporting people using the service support their care, protection and well-being, and in compliance with external regulations, standards and monitoring bodies.
To provide supervision to the support workers through effective recruitment and selection, inductions, coaching and performance management.
To develop knowledge and skill of staff teams through delivering effective inductions, including the Care Certificate and providing mandatory & service specific training as and when required
To use the IT system available to support the Registered Manager to effectively manage your staff teams, incidents, quality assurance, training and occupancy.
To work effectively with external agencies to promote the work of the company and to support the Registered Manager to increase referrals and placements within the service in line with defined business targets.
To develop own knowledge and practice relative to continuous service improvement & self-development

We want the best for everyone we support and that's what makes us a family. If you have the ability to support someone to feel at home, be their true self, and do what makes their heart happy - we want to hear from you. This is a meaningful role and will suit someone who is looking to make a difference and make memories that'll last a lifetime. 

We know our staff put 100% into building brighter futures for the individuals we support. That's why we offer career progression no matter where you start in the organisation. Your progress here will be regularly reviewed and as you gain expertise your rate of pay will increase. We believe in creating a Career from Care and we want the support workers we recruit now to become our managers of the future!

In regards to benefits, at Salutem, any day can be a payday. That’s right, you can withdraw up to 30% of your wages via Wagestream, so if you need some cash, we’ve got you covered.