Registered Manager

Look Ahead Care Support and Housing
Newham (On-site)
Up to £44000 per annum + Free DBS
Full-time
Job description

Registered Manager

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Registered Manager to join our Learning Disabilities Social Care Service in Newham.

£44,000.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week.(Some weekend and out of hours work may be required at times, as well as covering the organisational on call rota)

Want to feel in control of your career? You'll feel at home here.

Our benefits include:

  • Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
  • Free DBS
  • Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
  • Fully paid induction programme and further training
  • ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you'll do:

Customer

  • Quality, Safeguarding and Safety
  • Be the CQC registered manager across services within the cluster
  • Promote a person-centred culture and one of co-production
  • Ensure that Services are striving for continuous improvement
  • Lead on improvement action plans following quality audits and inspections and ensure improvement plans are prepared, monitored, complied with and improvements embedded
  • Effective management of any safeguarding incidents and appropriate escalation of any emerging risks
  • Work efficiently on HR issues and address in a prompt manner
  • Work in partnership with all stakeholders, promoting a positive working relationship.
  • Promote safe, consistent and predictable environments, in line with the Capable Environments framework

  • This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:

  • Proven experience of managing more than one service across a geographical area.
  • The ability to quickly identify key areas of improvement required and to be able to effectively plan and implement the changes required
  • Previous experience of working with management contracts and agreements
  • Previous experience of delivering regulatory compliance
  • Excellent prioritisation and organisational skills

Essential:

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • Experience of managing contracts and resources and delivering to budget and performance targets
  • Experience of delivering to housing management performance targets

Desirable:

  • Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications
  • Positive Behaviour Support Qualification or the willingness to complete this within 12 months of appointment
  • Experience of transforming care / Hospital to home agenda

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

Posted on: 15 April 2026
Closing date: 13 May 2026 at 12:55
Job ref: REQ006713
Tags: Social / Support Work