Registered Manager

Overview

In this role you drive the day-to-day management of a high-quality, person-centred care service for adults with learning disabilities across two locations. You lead a small team, ensuring compliance with CQC standards while upholding L’Arche values. You will oversee care planning, safeguarding, and continuous improvement to enhance wellbeing and independence. This is an opportunity to shape a supportive community, lead by example, and contribute to a mission-driven organisation.

Pay / Benefits

• Blue light card with discounts
• Excellent training and professional development
• Staff well-being support
• Formation program for personal and professional growth
• Opportunities to travel within the UK and internationally
• 28 paid annual leave days (Bank Holidays included; increases to 33)

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management of person-centred care and support services
• Ensure compliance with CQC regulations, policies and best practices
• Provide leadership and development support to House Leaders, Team Leaders and Support Workers
• Safeguard wellbeing, rights, dignity and independence of people supported
• Manage staffing, recruitment, training, supervision and performance development
• Oversee care planning, risk assessments, medication management and records
• Monitor quality, conduct audits and drive continuous improvement
• Collaborate with Community Leader to grow and uphold values and mission
• Manage resources, budgets, health and safety, and service operations
• Build relationships with families, professionals, commissioners and external agencies
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion
• Lead responses to incidents, safeguarding concerns and inspections

Key requirements

• Minimum 2 years of management experience in social care with supervisory responsibility
• Experience with CQC inspections in a social care setting
• Knowledge of current care and support legislation, adult protection and capacity issues
• Experience leading teams to provide high-quality support for people with learning disabilities
• Ability to assess performance, provide feedback, manage conflict and make evaluative judgments
• Commitment to L’Arche values and ability to inspire others
• Experience with staffing, training, supervision and workforce development

• leadership and people management
• effective communication
• empathy and safeguarding sensitivity
• care planning
• risk assessment
• medication management

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