Head of Care - Bury, United Kingdom - Persona Care & Support

Persona Care & Support

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Bury, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Head of Care

Closing Date:
Monday 13th May 2024

37 hours per week

Salary - £55,666 rising to £56,704 after successful completion of induction and probation

Are you passionate about adult social care?
Are you an inspirational leader?
Do you thrive in a fast paced environment?
Do you want to make a real difference to people's lives?

If you have answered yes to these questions, you may be who we are looking for.

We've got an ambitious strategy to deliver in the coming years and we're excited to be recruiting for this additional role to increase our senior leadership capacity.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and inspiring Head of Care who can help unlock those opportunities and continually develop our services.

About us

We support adults with learning disabilities and older people across Bury in Greater Manchester and provide a range of services for adults across days, stays and lives.

These services are very diverse and offer a unique and exciting opportunity to empower the people we support.

Persona is a local authority trading company and as such, plays a significant role in the delivery of social care in Bury.

We are a strategic partner of Bury Council and a member of the Bury Integrated Care Partnership.

We operate on a not for profit basis; we are a values led organisation and embed this in to all we do.

We believe that great support comes from a great workforce and put strong emphasis on building the right team to deliver our services.

About you

You will:
- be an inspirational leader, who is a role model for outstanding, personalised support and has a passion for providing support that meets and exceeds our internal quality standards and those of our regulators
- be experienced in managing registered services and have experience in a senior management role
- have a 'hands on approach' - we expect our Head of Care to be visible within our services and approachable to all members of the team
- lead a culture of equality, diversity, inclusion, and flexible working where everybody can thrive, succeed, and contribute
- be a confident and experienced leader of change
- be creative, flexible and innovative
- be self-motivated, confident and embrace challenges by looking for positive outcomes
- work to protect people's right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect in line with internal and local Safeguarding Adults policies and procedures
- be a team player and be skilled at supporting others
- be able to develop and role model excellent relationships and collaboration with external stakeholders including commissioners, people's circles of support and regulators, ensuring Persona's reputation is highly regarded
- have experience in auditing and ensuring that action plans are created and achieved
- be confident with technology and able to support implementation of care planning software
- be collaborative and able to work in partnership with colleagues across the leadership team

To be successful in this role you must have:

senior operational experience of Health and Social Care, with experience of leading and managing within the sector

- operational experience of managing dispersed services and staff teams

Level 5 or equivalent professional/management qualification

- experience of budget management.
- experience of being a CQC registered manager and of being involved in regulatory inspections
- experience of supporting and managing registered managers
- experience and confidence in the use of ICT systems and equipment including but not limited to:

Microsoft 365 (Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint), care management software, technology enabled care solutions

No one will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we're saying and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you

About the role

As Head of Care you will be working alongside the Director of Care and the current Head of Care, ensuring services are compliant and ensuring delivery of quality services to people receiving support.

Your role will involve enabling and supporting services across the business to be delivered in line with Persona's values.

You will ensure that services being delivered to people we support are safe, caring, effective, responsive and well-led, bringing about change, being consistent, leading by example and always maintaining a focus on quality.

For this role you will have a strong understanding of regulatory compliance and be able to identify concerns and act to resolve these quickly and effectively.

This role is a permanent position.

In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career

We provide a wide range of
employee benefits, career development and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.

Persona is committed to being an inclusive employer and recognises the value of hav