Head of Care 36 hours – Magdalen House
Website Gloucester Charities Trust
Head of Care (36 hours per week).
At GCT, Magdalen House
Who are we?
We are Gloucester Charities Trust (GCT) a multi award-winning care provider and employer, who offer a range of services from specialist Dementia Day services to Sheltered Housing and Residential care for older people in Gloucester.
What are we looking for?
We are seeking an experienced and skilled Care professional to complete our management team to lead in the quality and improvement of the care delivered at our beautiful residential home, Magdalen House ensuring innovative service delivery, regulatory and statutory compliance and championing person-centred approaches to the care of our residents.
A primary aspect of this role is to demonstrate what good care looks like to the CAS Team so you must lead by example.
We are keen to recruit an individual who wishes to promote a positive workplace culture and shares our values. You must be compassionate, caring and hardworking – with at least 2 years’ experience in a care setting for older people and preferably with an NVQ/QCF 3 in Care or equivalent or a willingness to complete any study commensurate with the role.
Ideally you will have experience in medication administering, leading shifts and digital care planning although full training will be provided on all our systems.
Please note this is primarily a supernumerary role but there is an expectation to work on the floor when needed.
Why work for GCT?
We are an employer who takes the wellbeing of our staff very seriously & pride ourselves on providing a supportive working environment for members of the team.
We also offer a great range of benefits which include:
- Full training programme & development opportunities
- Golden Hello – £500 and a further £1500 on satisfactory completion of 6 months’ probation
- Free uniform and DBS
- Contributory Pension Scheme – NEST
- Birthday bonus / long service awards
- save as you earn scheme
- Reward and Recognition scheme
- Long service awards
- Staff Wellbeing initiatives
- Free onsite parking
- A Staff Champion who can offer support and advice on any employment related issues.
Post details:
- Head of Care –36hours per week over 5 days, which will include alternate weekends and weekly late shifts (2pm-9pm) to ensure excellent communication with the Night Staff Team.
- The starting salary for the above post is £30,000 per annum.
Please see the below Job Description for more information.
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There is no closing date for this post. Interviews will be agreed with applicants
To be part of our winning team, please contact recruitment@gloschar.org.uk or give us a call on 01452 500429 for an application form or Click here to send your CV and apply.