Interim Home manager

New Way Recruitment LTD; Hatching Green; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

New Way Recruitment LTD is seeking an experienced Interim Home Manager in Harpenden, United Kingdom, to lead a residential care service through a critical improvement period. You will stabilise performance, drive turnaround plans, ensure CQC compliance, and champion person‑centred care for residents.

The role requires strong leadership, safeguarding knowledge, and the ability to motivate care teams while managing budgets and occupancy to sustain high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Home Manager in residential elderly care.
• Demonstrable success leading service turnarounds and improvements.
• Strong knowledge of CQC regulations, compliance frameworks, and safeguarding legislation.
• Experience in managing change, improving team culture, and delivering operational excellence.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to quickly identify challenges and implement effective solutions.
• Passionate about delivering exceptional care and improving resident outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide interim leadership to stabilise and improve service performance.
• Lead and deliver comprehensive service improvement and turnaround plans.
• Drive compliance with CQC regulations, safeguarding requirements, and best practice standards.
• Improve quality outcomes, governance processes, audits, and risk management procedures.
• Develop, mentor, and motivate care teams to achieve high-performance standards.
• Build positive relationships with residents, families, professionals, and external stakeholders.
• Monitor occupancy levels, budgets, and operational performance to support service sustainability.
• Manage recruitment, retention, and workforce planning to ensure safe staffing levels.
• Oversee action plans following inspections, audits, and quality reviews.
• Champion person-centred care, dignity, choice, and independence for every resident.

Skills

Leadership

Turnaround leadership

CQC Regulations

Change management

Team culture

Stakeholder management

Communication

Resident outcomes

Job description

Harpenden, United Kingdom | Posted on 11/02/2026

Are you an experienced Home Manager with a proven track record of successfully turning around underperformance care services? Do you thrive in challenging environments and have the leadership skills to drive positive change, improve quality standards, and inspire teams to deliver outstanding person-centred care?

We are recruiting for an experienced Interim Home Manager to lead a residential care service through a critical period of improvement and transformation. This is an excellent opportunity for a compassionate, resilient, and commercially aware leader who can quickly assess service performance, implement robust action plans, and create sustainable improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strong interim leadership to stabilise and improve service performance.
  
• Lead and deliver comprehensive service improvement and turnaround plans.
  
• Drive compliance with CQC regulations, safeguarding requirements, and best practice standards.
  
• Improve quality outcomes, governance processes, audits, and risk management procedures.
  
• Develop, mentor, and motivate care teams to achieve high-performance standards.
  
• Build positive relationships with residents, families, professionals, and external stakeholders.
  
• Monitor occupancy levels, budgets, and operational performance to support service sustainability.
  
• Manage recruitment, retention, and workforce planning to ensure safe staffing levels.
  
• Oversee action plans following inspections, audits, and quality reviews.
  
• Champion person-centred care, dignity, choice, and independence for every resident.
  

About You

• Proven experience as a Home Manager within residential elderly care.
  
• Demonstrable success leading service turnarounds and driving measurable improvements.
  
• Strong knowledge of CQC regulations, compliance frameworks, and safeguarding legislation.
  
• Experienced in managing change, improving team culture, and delivering operational excellence.
  
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  
• Ability to quickly identify challenges and implement effective solutions.
  
• Passionate about delivering exceptional care and improving resident outcomes.
  
• Competitive daily rate of up to £350 per day.
  
• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a service requiring strong leadership.
  
• Supportive and collaborative senior management structure.
  
• Autonomy to implement improvement strategies and influence positive change.
  
• Fast-paced and rewarding leadership opportunity.
  
• Ongoing professional support throughout the assignment.
  
• Chance to leave a lasting legacy through sustainable service improvement.
  

Why Apply?

At New Way Recruitment, we believe in Heart-Led Hiring in Care. Guided by our ethos of “Recruiting with Care, Placing with Purpose”, we are committed to a recruitment experience where compassion meets opportunity.

Our promise is simple: a heart-led, confidential, and individually tailored approach for every candidate and client we support. You can be assured that our team handles every step of the process with integrity, understanding, and genuine care.