Job summary
The role of Community Lead at Barchester Healthcare's care homes involves leading and supervising a team of carers, ensuring a safe, stimulating, and fulfilling environment for residents. The position requires senior-level care experience, clinical responsibilities, and strong leadership and communication skills to build relationships and provide person-centered care.
Main duties of the job
As a Community Lead, you'll help make residents' lives stimulating and fulfilling, delivering person-centered care and support. You'll have clinical responsibilities, record observations, and carry out simple wound dressing procedures. You'll be a role model for your team and someone residents and their families can trust to provide a safe, reassuring, and happy environment. You'll build key relationships within the home and externally.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care services in the UK, operating a network of residential care homes. They are committed to delivering high-quality, person-centered care and creating a vibrant, supportive culture for their employees.
Details Date posted
18 July 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£15.99 an hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
1347218290
Job locations
Barchester Healthcare
Herne Bay
CT6 5DN
Job description Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Community Lead within our Residential Care Homes at Barchester, you'll help to make our residents' lives stimulating and fulfilling so that we can deliver the person-centred care and support they deserve. Always focusing on respecting our residents' independence, privacy, dignity and choice, while leading and supervising our team of Carers and Senior Carers.
The role of Community Lead will involve some clinical responsibilities, including recording observations on weight and blood pressure, and carrying out simple wound dressing procedures. Across everything you do, you'll be a role model for your team and someone our residents and their families can trust to provide a safe, reassuring and happy environment. You will build key relationships within the home and externally.
ABOUT YOU You'll need senior-level care experience to join us as a Community Lead. You'll also have supervised others and developed a good understanding of how to provide clinical care for the older person. We'll look for a Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care plus a willingness to undertake the assessor qualification. Enthusiastic, tenacious and full of integrity, your caring approach and strong communication skills mean you inspire trust in others. Most of all, you'll share our commitment to maintaining a vibrant, supportive culture that empowers our people to put our residents and their families first.
REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:
Free learning and development A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme
If you'd like to use your leadership and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.
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Job description Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Community Lead within our Residential Care Homes at Barchester, you'll help to make our residents' lives stimulating and fulfilling so that we can deliver the person-centred care and support they deserve. Always focusing on respecting our residents' independence, privacy, dignity and choice, while leading and supervising our team of Carers and Senior Carers.
The role of Community Lead will involve some clinical responsibilities, including recording observations on weight and blood pressure, and carrying out simple wound dressing procedures. Across everything you do, you'll be a role model for your team and someone our residents and their families can trust to provide a safe, reassuring and happy environment. You will build key relationships within the home and externally.
ABOUT YOU You'll need senior-level care experience to join us as a Community Lead. You'll also have supervised others and developed a good understanding of how to provide clinical care for the older person. We'll look for a Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care plus a willingness to undertake the assessor qualification. Enthusiastic, tenacious and full of integrity, your caring approach and strong communication skills mean you inspire trust in others. Most of all, you'll share our commitment to maintaining a vibrant, supportive culture that empowers our people to put our residents and their families first.
REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:
Free learning and development A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme
If you'd like to use your leadership and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.
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Person Specification Qualifications Essential
* You'll need senior-level care experience, supervision experience, and a good understanding of providing clinical care for older persons. A Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care, plus a willingness to undertake the assessor qualification, is required.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
* You'll need senior-level care experience, supervision experience, and a good understanding of providing clinical care for older persons. A Level 3 NVQ or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care, plus a willingness to undertake the assessor qualification, is 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name
Barchester Healthcare
Address
Barchester Healthcare
Herne Bay
CT6 5DN
Employer's website
https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details Employer name
Barchester Healthcare
Address
Barchester Healthcare
Herne Bay
CT6 5DN
Employer's website
https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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