Registered Branch Manager Dorset DCA
Based in Christchurch Branch £38,000 per year + £240 per month Car Allowance
Make a real difference every day.
At Voyage Care, we’re leaders in supporting adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs and acquired brain injuries. We’re now recruiting an experienced and valuesdriven Registered Branch Manager to lead our well-established Dorset supported living services.
Covering six schemes across the wider Dorset, you’ll be based at our Christchurch branch with travel to services each month to support your teams and Field Supervisors. This role offers the opportunity to take on a highperforming, fully staffed and stable branch, with a positive team culture and long-standing relationships.
You’ll play a key role in shaping high-quality, personcentred support that empowers people to live independently and achieve their aspirations.
About the Role
As the Registered Branch Manager, you’ll oversee multiple supported living services and provide leadership to Coordinators, Field Supervisors and Support Workers across the Dorset area. You will ensure the delivery of safe, consistent and highquality care to the people we support.
This is a fast-paced role requiring strong organisational skills, excellent followthrough and a proactive approach to quality, systems and compliance. You’ll be well supported by an experienced field-based team who maintain daytoday oversight of each service, allowing you to focus on leadership, quality assurance and operational planning.
What You’ll Be Doing
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Leading, developing and supporting a team of Coordinators and Field Supervisors.
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Overseeing high standards of regulatory compliance, safety and audit readiness.
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Ensuring clear, wellmaintained systems, documentation and action tracking.
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Completing monthly managerial visits to services and supporting weekly field-based oversight.
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Maintaining robust evidence trails through organised logs, trackers and quality documentation.
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Driving continuous improvement and promoting a positive, personcentred culture.
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Managing daytoday running of services, including:
- Developing and reviewing personcentred support plans
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Conducting care needs assessments
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Completing supervisions and appraisals
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Attending multidisciplinary meetings
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Completing quarterly audits and reports
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Effectively managing the branch P&L
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Ensuring all regulatory, contractual and internal requirements are met
You’ll be a friendly, dynamic and caring leader with a passion for highquality care and enabling others to thrive.
What We’re Looking For
Essential
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Strong experience managing multisite supported living or domiciliary care services.
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Highly organised, systemfocused and confident with compliance and quality management.
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Skilled in planning, prioritisation and effective followup.
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Comfortable working across branch, home and field environments.
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Effective communication with commissioners, professionals and external partners.
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A valuesled leadership style with a strong, safetyfirst approach.
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Full UK driving licence.
Why Choose Voyage Care?
We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You. If you have the passion to make someone’s life better, we’ll give you the training, development and support to build an exceptional career.
We encourage our colleagues to Grow Together, starting with a comprehensive induction and continuing with highquality training, progression opportunities, and long-term job security with a sectorleading organisation.
All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.
