CQC rating: Good
Address: Eversfield, 56 Reigate Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0QR
Salary: £17.16 per hour
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Elizabeth Finn is a leading care provider providing exceptional care throughout our eight prestigious care homes. Our company values are Bring Love, Inspire More, Act with Purpose and Welcome All.
About The Role
We’re looking for a dedicated Head of Residential Care to help create a warm, safe and high‑quality environment for our residents. You’ll support the Home Manager in delivering excellent care, maintaining compliance, and leading a valued and motivated team.
What You’ll Do
* Resident Care & Wellbeing: Support residents to live safe, fulfilling lives by delivering high‑quality personal care, promoting physical and mental wellbeing, and creating a warm, secure environment in collaboration with the General Manager.
* Care Planning & Medication: Oversee assessments, care plans and regular reviews, ensuring accurate documentation, effective liaison with health professionals, and safe administration and monitoring of medication.
* Leadership & Staff Management: Lead, supervise and support staff, ensuring effective induction, training, performance standards and compliance with policies and procedures.
* Operational & Administrative Management: Manage rotas, records, complaints, and resources to ensure the smooth, efficient running of the home with appropriate staffing levels and skill mix.
* Quality, Compliance & Safety: Uphold quality assurance standards, safeguarding (SOVA), health and safety, infection control, COSHH, moving and handling, and security procedures.
* Financial & Resource Oversight: Contribute to budget management and financial performance by planning efficient rotas and ensuring equipment and supplies are available and well maintained.
Qualifications & Skills
* Level 2 and 3 or equivalent care qualification
* Experience managing or leading a care/clinical team in older people’s services.
* Strong communication, leadership and IT skills
Benefits
* Fully paid induction programme
* Enhanced pay for family leave
* Flexible shifts
* 5.6 working weeks holiday per year
* Overtime and bank holiday enhancements to pay
* Group pension plan with option to join the more generous scheme with a 9% employer contribution on a salary sacrifice basis
* Occupational sick pay after probation
* Wellbeing support through various initiatives including an employee assistance programme with free counselling and Mental Health First Aiders.
* Opportunity to earn rewards via Care Friends which you can cash in when you choose
* Free Blue Light card – provides members with thousands of amazing retail discounts
* Cycle to work scheme
* Long service awards
* Apprenticeships, continuous learning and development, professional development and study support opportunities
* Free DBS unless leaving during probation
* Uniform provided
* Free on-site parking
* Subsidised meals while on duty
To Apply
Elizabeth Finn Homes do not currently provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have a right to work in the UK.
Interested candidates are invited to submit a CV and supporting statement that covers their suitability for the role and how they work in line with our four values of bring love, welcome all, inspire more, act with purpose.
Application deadline is 11.59pm on the 26th April 2026. Interviews to be held week commencing 28th April 2026.
Safeguarding
In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment Elizabeth Finn Homes implement a range of procedures and actions including Police/Enhanced DBS Checks to ensure our employees, residents and everyone is safeguarded, and abuse is prevented. This is in line with our company values, which are Bring Love, Inspire More, Act with Purpose and Welcome All.
Criminal record checks
As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
Elizabeth Finn strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other’s differences. Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts, nurtures and retains the best people.
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