Administrator

Administrator

Service Name: The Croft Care Home

Location: Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Salary: £19,110.12 Per Annum

Hours: 35 Hours PW

Do you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives, enabling them to gain greater independence and improve their well-being? If the answer is yes, read on!

Who are Ambient Support?

Ambient Support, a registered UK charity with over 25 years’ experience in providing care and support services for older people, people with a mental health needs and people with learning disabilities.

Our residential care home, The Croft, is a community-based home for Older People in Amersham. We provide care and support to 60 residents, including up to 31 residents with a higher level of specific dementia care needs. This is a welcoming home from home environment offering regular activities and organised events.

The role of our Administrator:

• To maintain appropriate and accurate petty cash and amenities records, and service users’ personal money records. This will include visiting the bank to deposit or withdraw cash.
• To deliver and distribute all mail to staff and Service Users.
• Provide an effective and efficient telephone service to the general public and relatives/visitors to the home and pass on care issues to DRP or Manager.
• To collate information and ensure that timesheets and other documents relating to the payroll are processed and delivered within given deadlines.
• To provide appropriate admin systems as required for the accurate processing of invoices.
• Use care management systems to access and update residents’ information, such as care plans, and to access and update other home data.
• Use computers to support individuals in their daily lives.

Skills and attributes of our Administrator:

• The ability to work accurately with figures.
• To have the ability to follow and work to procedures and policy.
• The ability to work with vulnerable older people.
• Having a good time management
• The ability to work under pressure, set own priorities, and capable of working individually in meeting appropriate deadlines.
• The ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Attention to detail.
• Having the ability to establish and maintain organisation in filing systems.

Becoming part of the Ambient family brings benefits too!

• Flexible working, enabling work-life balance.
• National Living Wage paid regardless of age, including under 25s.
• Training and development
• 'Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme.
• 'Season Ticket’ loan & 'Bike to Work’ scheme.
• Paid holiday with minimum of 28 days holiday, including BH (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Membership of Health Service Discounts scheme
• Free access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Do you want to take your first steps towards a new rewarding career? If the answer is yes, then we’d love to hear from you.

We positively welcome diversity of background, ethnicity, skills, talents, and contributions from everyone.

We are committed to Safeguarding. An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.