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Registered Manager - Adults Residential Care
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Registered Manager - Adults Residential Care
Location: Kettering
Employment Type: Full-time
We are looking for an experienced Registered Manager to lead a residential adult care service in Kettering.
This is a senior leadership role with full responsibility for service quality, compliance, staffing, budgets, and day-to-day performance. You will lead the team to deliver safe, effective, and person-centred care, while creating a positive environment where people feel valued, respected, and supported to live fulfilling lives.
The role will involve:
- Leading the overall performance and quality of the service
- Supporting and developing the Deputy Manager and wider staff team
- Overseeing recruitment, induction, supervision, and performance management
- Ensuring high-quality, person-centred care is delivered consistently
- Managing care planning, risk assessments, and reviews
- Maintaining a strong safeguarding culture
- Ensuring the service meets CQC regulations and fundamental standards
- Leading audits, quality assurance, and service improvement
- Managing budgets, staffing levels, and agency use
- Building strong relationships with families, commissioners, local authorities, and health professionals
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We are looking for someone with:
- Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care, or equivalent
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in adult social care
- Experience within a regulated care environment
- Experience supervising, mentoring, or developing staff
- Strong understanding of CQC regulations and fundamental standards
- Knowledge of safeguarding adults, Mental Capacity Act, and DoLS
- Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills
- Calm, resilient, and reflective approach under pressure
- Genuine commitment to improving the lives of others
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Desirable experience:
- Previous Team Leader, Deputy Manager, or Registered Manager experience
- Medication management training
- Experience supporting adults with complex needs or behaviours that challenge
- Budgeting or operational management experience
- Understanding of CQC inspection frameworks and quality assurance
- Experience with HR processes including recruitment, disciplinary, and grievance procedures
This is a meaningful opportunity to lead a service, develop a strong team, and support adults to live more independent and fulfilling lives.
If you have adult social care leadership experience and are ready to take ownership of a regulated service, please apply or get in touch for a confidential discussion.
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