Home Administrator in Medway

This is an exciting opportunity to join Akari Care as a Home Administrator. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the care home, working closely with the Home Manager and wider team. The role encompasses a variety of administrative duties, including HR tasks, health and safety compliance, and supporting the home's marketing initiatives. This is a chance to make a real difference in the lives of older people, contributing to a caring and supportive environment.

Main duties of the job

• The Home Administrator will be accountable for ensuring the smooth, efficient running of the care home in all aspects of administration.
• This includes carrying out duties in a highly professional and friendly manner, contributing to the business and supporting the Home Manager in achieving the company's aims and objectives.
• The role involves ensuring accurate and up-to-date human resource duties, strict compliance with health and safety tasks, and participating in marketing initiatives to foster supportive and open communication.
• Continuous professional and personal development is expected, with a focus on building highly qualified teams who embrace continuous improvement.

About us

Akari Care is an award-winning provider of residential care for older people. Their aim is to create an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered personalised care. The organisation is committed to providing a positive and supportive working environment for its employees, with opportunities for training and development.

Job responsibilities

• 37.5 Hours per week over 5 days.
• If you are enthusiastic about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care.
• Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.
• We now seek an Administrator who is enthusiastic about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.
• Working in collaboration and synchronisation with the Home Manager and the wider multi-disciplined teams you will be accountable for ensuring the smooth, efficient running of the home in all aspects of administration.
• This role which assumes responsibility across many disciplines is an exciting role for an experienced Administrator and touches every area of our home.
• Predominantly using your administrative skillsets, you will be involved in ensuring that you carry out your duties in a highly professional and friendly manner which positively contributes to the business and significantly supports the Home Manager in achieving the Company’s aims and objectives as well as dealing with the fundamental day to day operational activities to ensure the smooth running of the home.
• You will also participate in, and undertake duties which encourage supportive and open communication, creating value-based and people-centric marketing initiatives.
• Continual fostering and engagement in personal and colleague training is expected with the aspiration of building highly qualified teams who embrace continuous professional and personal development.
• Additionally, you will ensure that accurate and up to date Human Resource duties and strict compliance to Health and Safety tasks within the home are fully met.

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.

What we require from you:

• The ability to communicate well at all levels.
• A committed, patient, and caring person with a sense of humour and positive outlook on life.
• Highly initiative-taking with an overarching purpose to provide the best service.
• To respect and care for all residents as individuals, ensuring their personal choices and preferences are respected and that individual dignity is always acknowledged.
• Excellent numeracy and numerical skills.
• Experienced with all MS Suite of software.
• Confidential and appreciation of professional honesty and integrity.
• Confident collaborator with ability to control and coordinate areas of own responsibility.
• Genuine interest in working within a care environment including vulnerable adults (including dementia).
• Always striving for continuous personal development.
• Patient, caring, diplomatic and approachable nature.
• Actively and enthusiastically participate in any training or development offered.
• Ensure full understanding and compliance to all health and safety policies and procedures.

What is in it for you:

• A competitive salary.
• Pension contribution of 3%.
• Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes.
• Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid.
• 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays).
• Fully funded training and development.
• Support with personal development plans.
• The opportunity to gain experience and develop both personally and professionally.
• An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included.

Person Specification Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and numerical skills, experience with Microsoft Office suite, and a genuine interest in working in a care environment. Strong initiative, attention to detail, and a patient, caring, and diplomatic nature are also required.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.