06 May Signs a Career as a Care Manager is for You

A Care Manager is responsible for the daily operation of a care setting and ensuring the service provided meets national care standards. This includes managing and recruiting staff and managing budgets. Here are the signs you’d make a good care manager:
You have…
- a passion for working with people and providing person-centred care
- excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to communicate with a range of people
- excellent written skills for writing reports
- leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate others
- the capacity to work under pressure and to take a problem-solving approach to work
- effective organisational and time-management skills with the ability to prioritise your own and others’ workload
- numerical skills for managing budgets
- an understanding of accountability to ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
You want to…
- ensure the delivery of quality, person-centred care
- manage budgets and the financial effectiveness of the setting
- recruit, train and supervise staff
- chair meetings and deliver training
- maintain quality standards and ensure health and safety compliance
- ensure any regulatory activity, such as personal care and administering medicines, is delivered within regulations
- provide information, advice and support to residents’ families
- organise activities for residents and actively promote their independence
- liaise with and maintain partnerships with other local community organisations.
You don’t mind…
- Shifts, evening and weekend work and some on-call duties in the event of an emergency.
Getting started
Although a degree isn’t essential for care management, having a relevant degree qualification will improve your employability.
Possessing qualifications in management and leadership would be useful, as would further qualifications in a specialism such as dementia. A higher apprenticeship can provide this managerial experience.
Most care manager jobs require management experience in a relevant field so try to gain this experience in a way that can be clearly demonstrated to an employer; you might discuss adding responsibilities to your job description with your manager or apply for a deputy care manager position.
Search all care manager jobs on our vacancies page.
Article source: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/care-manager