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SalaryMcCarthy Stone are looking for a professional Relief Duty Manager to join their team at their prestigious development, Eastry Place in Canterbury.
This development of retirement properties in Canterbury includes a mix of 50 one and two bedroom Retirement Living PLUS properties that will all benefit from fantastic views, a location close to the city centre and excellent transport links.
This is not traditional care, this is better!, this role is a mixture of care, hospitality and domestic duties.
Base Salary: £13.56 per hour day rate and £11.25 sleeping night rate per hour plus additional pay (see below)
Hours: to be discussed (includes day and night shifts)
Our day shifts vary between 08:45 and 16:30 or between 16:15 to 09:30.
Our night shifts are from 21:30 to 09:00am
Our Relief Duty Managers sleep between 23:00pm and 07:00am providing emergency support only to our homeowners throughout that period.
McCarthy Stone have a wealth of support and benefits for their staff. These include:
Receive an extra £1 for every hour worked from midnight Friday to midnight Sunday
Life assurance
Company pension
Opportunities to stay in our guest suites across all our developments UK wide
Discounts on apartment purchases for employees and immediate family
Management and leadership training and support with professional qualifications
24/7 access to Employee Assist Programme (including counsellors and legal advisors) and access to inhouse Mental Health First Aiders
About the role:
We are seeking a professional Relief Duty Manager to exemplify the high-quality customer standards that we are renowned for. This is a brilliant opportunity to support the management and smooth running of this thriving community of active and independent older people, so they get to live their best lives - in elegant private apartments in a beautiful setting – with the peace of mind of always having someone on hand to help if needed.
About you:
You will be a warm, friendly, organised, and self-motivated individual with experience of working in a care or support environment and excellent care skills.
You will want to work in the Health and Social care sector and preferably have a QCF Health and Social Care (Adults) Level 3 qualification although consideration will be given to a candidate with an alternative qualifications and relevant experience.
Keen to take on the responsibility of managing the security of the development, looking after the safety and wellbeing of the homeowners, and overseeing the Care and Support teams.
Able to co-ordinate and facilitate activities that help strengthen the community spirit within the development.
Driven to continue to grow their skills and will want to lead by example and think on their feet.
Able to make a difference to the wellbeing and happiness of older people.
Why join?
McCarthy Stone has been officially recognised as a great place to work! This is a hugely rewarding role and a career to be proud of, where every day you will go home knowing you made a positive difference to the lives of older people.
Could this role be the perfect job for you? Apply now! All applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received, and we hold the right to appoint before the closing date.
McCarthy Stone celebrate diversity and promote equality and inclusion amongst our colleagues. We welcome applications from all, regardless of personal characteristics or background.
As the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, we provide high quality homes to exacting specifications. As of November 2021, McCarthy Stone operates 475 developments across the UK for more than 20,000 people.
We believe in championing the role, wellbeing and happiness of older people in society. We help our customers have a better later life, so they feel more connected, recognised and valued than ever. In late 2020 we launched the McCarthy Stone Charitable Foundation to support local causes that help older people in need across Britain.
We are proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work 2022 as well as making the Great Place to Work Wellbeing list!
