Care Manager — Domiciliary Care Leader

Home Instead; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Influential role

Growth opportunities

Professional development

Job summary

Home Instead Doncaster is seeking a confident Care Manager to lead our day-to-day domiciliary care service for older people in the local community. You will oversee client assessments, care planning and a team of Care Professionals, ensuring safe, compliant and compassionate delivery.

This role offers a competitive £34,000 salary, a broad leadership remit, ongoing professional development and opportunities to shape service quality and community impact.

Qualifications

• Extensive care experience with a proven track record in delivering consistent excellent customer service.
• Proven experience in leading, training and managing a team to provide high quality domiciliary care services.
• Have or be willing to work towards Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services or equivalent.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of compliance and legislative requirements of the Care Standards regulations.
• Strong skills in conducting care assessment and care planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of our care service in a safe, effective, and compliant manner.
• Oversee enquiries, client assessments, care planning, risk assessments and quality assurance visits.
• Inspire and develop Care Professionals and office team while maintaining safe staffing levels.
• Manage complaints, incidents and investigations, using learning to drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain regulatory compliance and timely reporting to bodies including CQC and safeguarding partners.
• Collaborate with Franchise Owner on recruitment, training, payroll, budgets and growth.
• Build strong local relationships and raise awareness of Home Instead in the community and via digital channels.
• Participate in the on-call rota and respond calmly when support is needed.

Skills

Care leadership

Team management

Regulatory compliance

Care planning

Driving licence

Education

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care (or equivalent)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Job description

Home Instead Doncaster is seeking a confident Care Manager to lead our day-to-day domiciliary care service for older people in the local community. You will oversee client assessments, care planning and a team of Care Professionals, ensuring safe, compliant and compassionate delivery.

This role offers a competitive £34,000 salary, a broad leadership remit, ongoing professional development and opportunities to shape service quality and community impact.