Non-Executive Directors x 2 | Borough Care Ltd

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Non-Executive Directors x 2 Borough Care Ltd

Join our Board to help support our commitment to deliver high-quality services and person-centred care for older people to live their ‘Life in Colour’.

• Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester
• Salary: £8,731 per annum and reasonable expenses paid

Who we are

Borough Care Ltd is a not for profit community benefit society providing quality residential and care services for older people in Stockport and the surrounding areas. We work with local authorities and directly with self-funding residents and families.

We manage 12 homes offering a range of services, including residential, intermediate, short-stay and daycare. We also provide specialist dementia care, including support and advice to families. We ensure that all our residents live their ‘Life in Colour’—our strapline, which underpins a deep and organisation-wide commitment to high-quality services, person-centred care, community integration, and inclusion.

As a not for profit organisation, any surpluses generated are reinvested in the business to deliver greater benefit to the community. We have an annual income of around £22.8 million and operate with a team of 800 staff. Our current reserves are £10 million.

Our Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors are responsible for:

• Leading the organisation to ensure that it is properly run.
• Developing a strategy which enables every resident to live their ‘Life in Colour’.
• Putting policies, plans and resources in place to achieve the strategic objectives.
• Monitoring progress against those objectives.

We operate a combined/unitary board structure, which includes independent, part-time, non-executive directors and executive officers. We currently have six Board Directors but can have up to a maximum of 12.

Our Board is central to shaping our future sense of direction and sustainable growth. We know that good corporate governance is essential for the organisation’s success, and our services are vital to the residents and families we serve. We work hard to provide a balanced, diverse and effective board, leading the organisation to deliver benefits to the communities we serve while complying with our legal obligation.

The Board has one standing sub-committee, the Nominations and Remuneration Committee, which meets once a year.

All Non-Executive Directors will be subject to DBS checks.

Who we are looking for

We seek experienced Non-Executive Directors who will challenge and support us to innovate and grow and help us deliver the highest-quality care and support to all those who have chosen us to provide their homes.

Our Non-Executive Directors need to have a commitment to Borough Care’s strong values with the passion and energy to ensure residents receive the highest quality of service and care. In summary, we are keen to receive applications from people who bring:

• Commercial acumen and strategic ability from experience in a profit-led or income-generating environment.
• Awareness of good board governance and ability to apply knowledge in a small to mid-sized organisation.
• Experience of operating in a regulatory environment.
• A robust and calm approach to difficult and challenging situations and with the vision and ability to identify solutions and innovation in the best interests of the residents and the mission of the organisation.
• A collaborative team player who participates and contributes effectively, bringing independent thinking and objectivity, and takes shared responsibility for decisions, outcomes and activities delegated by the Board.
• Ability to assess issues and risks effectively to progress and grow the organisation.
• Helpful to have awareness or experience of working in the adult and/or elderly social care sector.
• The necessary time and commitment to fulfil the role and with an interest and flexibility to actively support Borough Care.

It would be particularly beneficial to attract a Non-Executive Director with leadership or management experience of directly delivering social care services and support on a day-to-day basis.

Time commitment

Directors are appointed for a three-year term at the annual AGM, with the option to be reappointed for up to one additional three-year term. The role requires a commitment of around 2 to 3 days per month linked to 11 main board meetings per year.

In addition to attending meetings, reading and preparation, it will be necessary to participate in board development sessions, attend events, as well as undertake service and home visits.

Some time may need to be given outside of normal office hours, and during the initial few months, you may need to commit more time to get to know the organisation.

Borough Care’s head office is in Stockport, Greater Manchester, with homes in Stockport and Staffordshire. Although NEDs are not required to live in the area, there will be an expectation of in-person attendance at meetings in the head office and to participate in service and home visits.