Deputy Manager in Weymouth

Ready to take the next step and make your mark? Join Agincare as a Deputy Manager and play a vital role in delivering exceptional care while bringing out the very best in your team. This is your chance to turn your experience into real impact—shaping a service that residents are proud to call home.

Where you'll be working: Agincourt Care Home | Weymouth, Dorset | Agincare

£36,000 per annum

• Refer a friend scheme up to £1000
• Outstanding career development
• Fully funded training up to QCF Level 5
• Blue Light care discount package
• Company pension scheme

What is required from you?

• A minimum of 12 months right to work in the UK
• Prior experience of leading a team of care assistants (and Registered Nurses if clinical)
• QCF level 3 diploma or above in Health and Social Care (or equivalent)
• Good knowledge of the CQC key lines of enquiry and other regulatory frameworks
• Must be able to work 42 hours per week

A day in the life of a Deputy Manager:

• As Deputy Manager you will be responsible for leading the care team to ensure that the care delivered to our residents is safe, supportive and person‑centred.
• You will ensure that these needs are regularly reviewed to meet their current requirements and that the general standards of hygiene, cleanliness and equipment are maintained for their safety and wellbeing.
• You will support the Registered Manager in the day‑to‑day running of the home, assuming full capacity in their absence.
• Induction of new team members and ongoing supervision and support of existing team members.
• Completion of care audits to ensure good practice and trigger reviews of care provision as needs change; care plans will be person‑centred, focusing on dignity and individuality.
• Liaising with family members, care professionals, social workers and residents to ensure a holistic and transparent care provision.
• Monitoring, reporting and investigating risks and safeguarding events, and implementing processes to mitigate and avoid these risks.
• Ensuring administrative records such as daily care notes, medication charts and meeting notes are up‑to‑date.

About Agincare:

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family‑owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not‑for‑profit Children’s Services. Today, Agincare is one of the UK’s largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living and live‑in care across more than 170 locations nationwide.

Agincare is a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, supporting care leavers by guaranteeing an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community. All services are regulated by the CQC. Agincare is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.