Avante Partnership are accredited with the Investors in People award. We provide on the job training, support and opportunities for growth within the organisation.

Due to the large number of applications received at this office, we regret that we are unable to respond to each one, therefore you will hear from us only if you have been shortlisted for an interview. This is usually within two weeks of the closing date.

If you experience any problems with the information on these pages or have any further queries regarding a vacancy please contact Head Office on 01795 597 400 where we will be able to direct your enquiry promptly.

An application form is available to download:

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Please send your application forms directly to the homes or service that you are applying to work for.

Our latest vacancies can be found below or alternatively you can view available jobs in our other business units:

Avante Care & Support

Avante Community Support

Stepahead Support

Avante Partnership also offers the opportunity of joining us via an apprenticeship.

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‘Are you Ready for a New Challenge’?

Business Development Director

Based in Faversham, Kent

Salary: c£60,000 pa plus benefits. If you deliver? Who knows!

Avante Partnership is an ambitious Kent based charity that primarily supports older people, but also supports children young people and families and people with disabilities. We support over 3,000 people a year, employ close to 2,000 people and have an annual income in excess of £31m pa. Our 2011/16 Business Plan clearly sets out our ambition

‘…as an organisation our growth objective is to increase our turnover from c£32m in 2011 to a minimum of £45m by 2016 and each year to deliver an operating surplus that satisfies our lenders, meets our reserves policy and allows us to fund innovation and service developments’.

The Role

To ensure that Avante Partnership meets its strategic growth objectives by leading the development and delivery of new business and partnership opportunities that maximise the organisation’s market position and secure new and expanded services.

The Candidate

We are looking for a strategic thinker and exceptional leader with a proven track record of business development success in demanding and complex operating environments that include tendering and organic growth. You will be entrepreneurial and driven to deliver. You will have a strong commercial and financial background and committed to our values and charitable objectives

For an information pack please email kflynn@avantepartnership.org.uk and informal discussion about the role, please contact Cedric Frederick, Chief Executive or Debbie Pert, Deputy Chief Executive on 01795 597400. To learn more about Avante Partnership see www.avantepartnership.org.uk

Please send your CV with a covering letter setting out why you think you’re the right person for this role to cfrederick@avantepartnership.org.uk

Key dates for your diary

Closing date for applications: Friday 15 June

1st round interviews: Thursday 12 July

Management Team to meet shortlisted candidates: Wednesday 18 July

Final interviews: Friday 20 July

 

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OPPORTUNITY FOR AN AMBITIOUS AND SELF DRIVEN INDIVIDUAL

Managing Director, Avante Community Support

Based in Faversham, Kent

Salary: c£60,000 pa plus benefits. Potentially a little more for a truly exceptional candidate

 

Avante Community Support is part of Avante Partnership, a long established and ambitious Kent based charity that primarily supports older people, but also supports children young people and families and people with disabilities. Across the Partnership we support over 3,000 people a year, employ close to 2,000 people and have an annual income in excess of £31m pa.

Avante Community Support’s main business is the provision of high quality domiciliary care in Kent, Bexley and Greenwich, but we are determined to expand our services to a wider geographical area whilst retaining the high standards of service provision for which we are known. In addition Avante Community Support provides a range of community based support to people with disabilities which we also keen to develop.

We are looking for a strategic thinker and exceptional leader who has a demonstrable track record of success in the delivery of community based services, but particularly in the domiciliary care field.

Our ideal candidate may currently be an MD or an experienced senior manager but will certainly be someone with drive, passion and ambition who understands the drivers for success in what is a competitive and demanding business sector. Our ideal candidate will also be demonstrably committed to our values and charitable objectives.

For an information pack please email kflynn@avantepartnership.org.uk and for informal discussion about the role, please contact Cedric Frederick, Chief Executive or Debbie Pert, Deputy Chief Executive on 01795 597400. To learn more about Avante Partnership see www.avantepartnership.org.uk

Please send your CV with a covering letter setting out why you think you’re the right person for this role to cfrederick@avantepartnership.org.uk

Key dates for your diary

Closing date for applications: Friday 15 June

1st round interviews: Thursday 4 July

Management Team to meet shortlisted candidates: Wednesday 11 July

Final interviews: Monday 16 July

 

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Avante Partnership

Quality Manager

£35k – 37 hrs per week

 

An exciting new post has been created to support the residential services; ensuring high standards of care are maintained within the 15 care homes within the portfolio of Avante Partnership.

The post holder will be based at our Head Office in Faversham, but work flexibly, and be part of the Practice Development Directorate, and will be expected to travel extensively to operational bases as part of the role.

The post holder will have extensive knowledge of health and social care services and be conversant with ISO9001 and CQC compliance standards. They will also have excellent written communication skills to update and write policy and procedures, to ensure best practice within the scope of the job role.

Ideally the person appointed will be a certificated auditor and hold an IRCA ISO9001 Quality Assurance Management qualification or equivalent.

Please email pdevelopment@avantepartnership.org.uk or telephone on 01795 597428 and ask for Darren Carrett for an application pack. For informal discussions you can telephone Richard Macintyre, Operations Manager, on 01795 597427.

Closing date will be: 14^th May 2012 5pm

Interview date: TBC

Avante Partnership is committed to Equal Opportunities.

A CRB check is required, the cost of which is covered by the Organisation.

 

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Avante Staff Bank (ASB) – based at Homeleigh, Erith 01322 337594

Experienced carers wanted. Good rates of pay, flexible hours, free training updates. Contact ASB on 01322 337594

CLosing Date: Open

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