Care At Home Manager

Buttons Recruitment Ltd; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Buttons Recruitment Ltd is seeking a passionate Service Manager to launch and lead a brand-new Care at Home service in Aberdeen. You will be responsible for building your own team, shaping a values-led culture, and delivering high-quality, person-centred care with a focus on growth and compliance.

You will lead on budgets, audits, care planning and continuous improvement, while maintaining strong relationships with families and external partners and participating in on-call duties as required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Care at Home or community-based services.
• Strong leadership and people management abilities.
• Knowledge of care legislation, regulation and standards.

Responsibilities

• Launch and lead the brand-new Care at Home service in Aberdeen.
• Build and grow the team, recruiting, developing and inspiring staff.
• Create a positive, values-led culture where staff feel valued.
• Oversee safe, person-centred delivery of care and ensure quality.
• Develop relationships with service users, families and external partners.
• Drive referrals, capacity and hours delivering while maintaining quality and safety.
• Lead on quality assurance, audits, care planning, risk management and continuous improvement.
• Manage budgets and resources with a commercial mindset.

Skills

Leadership

Team building

Budget management

Change management

Communication

Relationship building

Education

Qualification in Social Work / Nursing / SVQ Level 4 Health & Social Care

Job description

Service Manager - Care at Home

Aberdeen | Full-time

Fancy building something brilliant from the ground up?

We're looking for a passionate, motivated and slightly fabulous Service Manager to launch and lead a brand-new Care at Home service in Aberdeen.

This isn't a case of walking into someone else's well-worn shoes.

This is your opportunity to build something of your own. You'll have the freedom to shape the service, develop the culture, grow your own team and make your mark from day one.

We're looking for someone who knows what great care looks like, loves bringing people together and has the energy, ambition and leadership skills to turn a new service into something truly special.

You’ll lead the operational delivery of high-quality, person-centred care, while driving sustainable growth and making sure quality, safety and wellbeing never get lost along the way.

And yes, there will be spreadsheets, policies and compliance. We promise to sprinkle a little fairy dust over those too.

What will you be doing?

• Launch and lead our brand-new Care at Home service in Aberdeen.
• Build and grow your own team, recruiting, developing and inspiring the people around you.
• Create a positive, values-led culture where people want to work and people receiving care feel valued.
• Oversee the safe, consistent and person-centred delivery of care.
• Develop strong relationships with people receiving support, families, colleagues and external partners.
• Drive referrals, capacity and delivered hours — growing the service without compromising quality or safety.
• Lead on quality assurance, audits, care planning, risk management and continuous improvement.
• Manage budgets and resources with a sensible head and a commercial eye.
• Identify training, development and recruitment needs as the service grows.
• Support complaints, investigations and those inevitable days when everything decides to happen at once!
• Ensure compliance with legislation, regulation and the Health & Social Care Standards.
• Produce reports, contribute to strategic planning and represent the service at external meetings.
• Participate in an on-call rota as required.

What are we looking for?

We're looking for someone with leadership experience, ambition and a genuine passion for care.

Ideally, you'll have a relevant qualification such as Social Work, Nursing or SVQ Level 4 Health & Social Care, alongside experience within Care at Home or a community setting.

You’ll also be:

• A confident, compassionate and inspiring leader.
• Someone who can build a team and a culture, not just fill a rota.
• Organised, proactive and brilliant at solving problems.
• Comfortable managing budgets, growth and change.
• Knowledgeable about care legislation, regulation and standards.
• A natural relationship-builder with excellent communication skills.
• Resilient, positive and able to keep smiling when the day throws you a curveball.
• Someone who genuinely believes great care starts with great people.
• A full UK driving licence holder.
• PVG/Disclosure Scotland check required.

This is more than a management job.

Its a chance to build a service, build a team and build something you can be genuinely proud of.

If you've got the ambition to grow, the heart to lead and just enough stubbornness to keep going when things get tricky — we’d love to hear from you.