Bran ch Care Manager

Salary: Up to £39,000 (experience dependent) + £4,800 bonus potential — total earning opportunity £43,800

Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30 am–5:30 pm (office-based) + participation in on-call rota (£75/week allowance when on call)

Location: Lancaster

How often do you get the chance to build something from the ground up?

We're recruiting a Branch Care Manager on behalf of a leading private home care provider, caring since 1989, with over 150 branches across England and Wales. This is a brand new branch opening in Lancaster, and they're looking for a leader to open the doors, take the branch through CQC registration, recruit the team and grow the service from scratch.

If you've ever watched things done in a way you knew you could improve on, this is your opportunity to take total ownership and build a service you're proud of, with full central support from dedicated Recruitment, Marketing and Compliance teams behind you.

As Branch Care Manager, you'll be the registered manager — it's your name above the door. Reporting to the Area Care Manager for your region, you will:

• Lead the branch through CQC registration and launch
• Recruit and develop your own team, starting with your Care Coordinator and care assistants
• Get out into the local community to build the brand and win new business — from local groups and community venues to healthcare partnerships
• Grow care hours sustainably and ethically, building the client base from the ground up
• Be genuinely hands-on: in the early stages of a new branch, you'll deliver care yourself when needed, leading from the front

All care delivered is private (no local authority contracts), ranging from 30-minute visits through to live-in care.

• Domiciliary care management experience
  • A Registered Manager, Manager with CQC responsibility, or an experienced Deputy Manager who has genuinely operated at manager level and is ready for the step up
• Understanding of CQC standards, registration and inspection preparation (exposure to registration a strong advantage)
• Commercially driven
  • Energised by getting out into the community and growing a service, not just running one
• Hands-on leadership style  
  • Willing to deliver care when the branch needs you
• Resilient, proactive and solutions-focused, with real passion for the care sector
• Essential:
  • All candidates MUST hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own vehicle
• Right to work in the UK
  • ​​​​​​​Please note, sponsorship is not available for this role

• Salary up to £39,000, dependent on experience
• £4,800 annual bonus potential, and as your branch grows, your bonus earning opportunity grows with it
• On-call allowance of £75 per week when on call, plus carer's hourly rate for any care delivered while on call

Interview process: two stages — first with the Area Care Manager, second with the Head of Operations.

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