Service Manager
Voyage Care
Dover | £45,000 per annum
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We reward your dedication with:
- Stream - giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned
- Funded Blue Light Card - hundreds of discounts at high street retailers and more
- 24/7/365 doctor line for colleagues and their families
- Access to healthcare cash plans for colleagues and their families
- Enhanced retirement leave
- Long service awards
- Excellent training, development and progression opportunities
Registered Managers with a passion for improving lives are at the heart of our management teams.
We're looking for an experienced and ambitious Registered Manager to lead one of our well-established residential services in Dover.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant, welcoming home that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs and behaviours that may challenge. The service is highly community focused, enabling the people we support to lead meaningful, active lives while promoting independence, choice and person-centred outcomes.
The home benefits from a committed and experienced staff team, a positive culture and strong foundations already in place. We're now looking for a leader who can bring energy, stability and fresh ideas to take the service to the next level.
Why This Role?
This isn't just another Registered Manager position.
It's an opportunity to make your mark in a service where your leadership will genuinely influence quality, culture and outcomes.
We're looking for someone who can:
- Build on existing strengths and drive continuous improvement
- Inspire and develop a dedicated staff team
- Bring fresh ideas, innovation and a positive approach
- Maintain excellent standards of care and compliance
- Create a culture where both colleagues and the people we support can thrive
About the Role
As Registered Manager, you'll lead the day-to-day operation of the service while working closely with colleagues, healthcare professionals, local authorities and families to ensure positive outcomes for the people we support.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing the day-to-day running of the service
- Leading, coaching and developing your team
- Completing supervisions, appraisals and recruitment activities
- Delivering high-quality, person-centred support
- Managing safeguarding, risk and quality processes
- Completing audits, reports and service improvement plans
- Managing budgets and service performance
- Ensuring compliance with CQC regulations and organisational standards
- Building and maintaining positive stakeholder relationships
- Supporting a culture of continuous improvement
Who We're Looking For
This role is ideally suited to an experienced Registered Manager who is looking for a fresh challenge within an established service.
You'll have:
- Previous experience as a Registered Manager or managing a complex Health & Social Care service
- Experience supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and behaviours
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Proven experience driving quality and compliance
- Good understanding of CQC regulations and governance
- A Level 5 qualification in Health & Social Care, or the willingness to enrol and work towards one with Voyage Care's support
- A passion for delivering outstanding support and positive outcomesMost importantly, you'll be a visible, supportive leader who enjoys developing teams, building relationships and making a real difference.
Why Choose Voyage Care?
We embrace people's differences and encourage you to Be You. As long as you've got the passion to make someone's life better, we can provide the support, training and development opportunities needed to build a rewarding and successful career.
We encourage our colleagues to Grow Together, offering ongoing learning, career progression and the opportunity to make a lasting impact within a sector-leading organisation.
If you're looking for a role where you can bring fresh thinking, lead a dedicated team and make a meaningful difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us continue creating positive outcomes for the people we support.
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