Job Summary
Woodville House is a welcoming 16-bed residential care home providing high-quality, person-centred care for older people, including those living with dementia. We pride ourselves on creating a warm, friendly and family-like environment where every resident is treated with dignity, respect and compassion. Our dedicated team takes the time to get to know each individual, ensuring care is tailored to their unique needs, preferences and life experiences. We are committed to promoting independence, wellbeing and meaningful daily living, while working closely with families to ensure our residents feel safe, valued and truly at home.
As we continue to develop and enhance our service, we are looking for a dynamic, proactive and forward-thinking Registered Manager to lead Woodville House into its next chapter. We are seeking a leader who will bring fresh ideas, a modern approach to person-centred care, and a passion for driving excellence. The successful candidate will inspire and empower the team, champion innovation, build strong relationships with residents and their families, and create a culture where outstanding care, continuous improvement and quality are at the heart of everything we do.
We are seeking a CQC Registered Manager who has a minimum of 5 years’ experience in residential care, working with people from a variety of cultural backgrounds in residential care setting. The candidate must have experience of
● Successfully tendering, spot purchases and dynamic purchasing with local authorities for care provision;
● Implementing relevant government and care regulations as required;
● Proven track record of a consistently high outcomes when working with vulnerable individuals from a wide range of backgrounds.
● Experience of providing culturally sensitive care, and awareness of the issues faced when working with service users from different cultural backgrounds
The ideal candidate will be flexible with working hours and will have to cover on-call service and hands-on care for service users, if necessary.
We also welcome applications from experienced Deputy Managers who are ready to progress into a Registered Manager role. Full support will be provided with the CQC registration process, professional development and transition into the role for the right candidate.
The job holder must have legal right to live and work in the UK without sponsorship.
The Role:
The chosen candidate will act as the Registered Manager and assist with set up and any appropriate registration procedures, complying with all relevant legislation and standards including the Health and Social Care Acts and carry out appropriate notifications as per organisational and legislative requirements.
The Registered Manager will carry out assessments and assist in safeguarding and enabling service users to live with dignity and purpose through the delivery and provision of person-centred care services; you will support service users and their families/advocates to meet their physical, domestic, mental health and social needs at home and in the community and will update care plans, carry out risk assessments, ensure health and safety standards are met and maintained and ensure all other compliance as required.
The Registered Manager will delegate for the Company Director in establishing the company, through tendering, marketing, and complying with any administrative procedures which enable the successful day to day running of the Business until additional members of staff are added.
The Registered Manager will lead and manage care staff to ensure a high-quality service is maintained and that staff are qualified and updated with required care knowledge and training. Duties and responsibilities include:
● Carry out individual assessments for care service users, ensuring that support is provided in line with assessed individual needs
● Identify recruitment needs
● Implement and manage quality assurance
● Prepare weekly Key Performance Indicators and meet deadlines and targets; ensure that the company operates within its budget and meets financial and operational targets
● Have the potential and ability to grow the business
● Have experience in establishing a care company as a provider with local authorities
● Ensure that Local Authority contracts are adhered to
● Have experience in managing and developing a domiciliary care team
● Have a Level 3 Diploma Health and Social Care and currently working towards Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care (Management qualifications highly preferable)
● Is able to show clear leadership and management qualities and be able to work without any supervision.
● Have key understanding of risk management and health and safety management
● Be people-orientated, self-motivated, organised and flexible
● Have excellent administration and IT skills; must be proficient in MS Word, Excel, databases
● Have at least 5 years of care management experience
● Have a full clean UK Driving Licence and own vehicle
● Have excellent written and spoken English skills
● Maintaining the company culture and values
● Always seeks to improve and develop their team and company processes within the confines of our regulatory obligations and duties to our residents.
Person Specification
The ideal candidate will:
- Be an enthusiastic, visible and approachable leader.
- Be passionate about delivering exceptional person-centred care.
- Have excellent leadership, coaching and mentoring skills.
- Be confident making decisions and managing change.
- Demonstrate resilience, accountability and professionalism.
- Have a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.
- Lead by example and inspire others to achieve excellence.
Qualifications
Essential:
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care (Adults) or equivalent, or willingness to achieve within an agreed timeframe.
- Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (minimum).
Desirable:
- Management qualification (e.g. CMI Level 4 or above).
- Dementia care qualifications or specialist training.
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary (depending on experience).
- Performance-related bonus scheme.
- Ongoing professional development and training.
- Supportive senior leadership team.
- Opportunity to shape and develop a high-quality residential service.
- Pension scheme.
- 28 days annual leave.
- Employee wellbeing support.
If you are an experienced Registered Manager who is passionate about delivering outstanding care and leading a dedicated team to provide exceptional outcomes for residents, we would love to hear from you.
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Pay: £28,600.00-£31,200.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
