Peripatetic Manager

Cambian Group Plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recommend A Friend Bonus

Up to 28 Days Holiday, inclusive of 's

Free DBS Check

Blue Light Card

Stakeholder Pension

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Annual Employee Awards Evening

Employee Recognition Schemes

Ongoing training with clear career pro

CareTech Foundation - Grant

Job summary

CareTech is recruiting a Peripatetic Manager to provide leadership and operational support across multiple services. This dynamic role suits a confident manager who can quickly build strong relationships with teams and deliver improvements in services at risk.

The role oversees ensuring compliance, quality assurance, and delivery of improvements with Head of Quality support, across various settings within the group.

Qualifications

• Experience at a management level and experienced in leading teams for which they have no direct line management.
• Thorough understanding of the regulatory environment.
• Experience in emergency management, stabilizing services in crisis and turnaround project management.

Responsibilities

• Act as a peripatetic manager in services that require support and coordinate with Service Improvement Managers to improve the service and meet regulatory/contract/compliance requirements.
• Work with homes and services to ensure best practice, compliance and exemplary work by implementing and managing high standard quality assurance practices.
• Collaborate with the Head of Quality to identify solutions to at risk services.
• Develop and implement service improvement plans for specific services identified as at risk.
• Lead on implementing those plans and provide ongoing support to ensure compliance and improvement against targets.

Skills

Management experience

Team leadership

Regulatory understanding

Crisis management

Investigative planning

Education

LD/Social Care Managerial background

Job description

Peripatetic Manager

Location: South ( London, Kent, Surrey, East Sussex)
Salary: £42,000 - £50,000 DOE Plus Car Allowance
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Please note: We may be unable to support applications where Home Office visa restrictions prevent candidates from meeting the full contractual hours or requirements of the role.

'Extraordinary Days, Every Day'

At CareTech, we are committed to delivering Extraordinary Days, Every Daythrough high-quality, person-centred care. Our focus is on empowering independence, building confidence and life skills, and supporting people to live fulfilling lives in environments that best suit their needs.

We are recruiting for Peripatetic Manager to provide leadership and operational support across multiple services. This is a dynamic role for a confident manager who thrives in varied environments and can quickly build strong relationships with teams.

This role will be responsible for ensuring that services that have been identified as at risk are brought up to standard as quickly as possible. This will be a combination of trouble shooter and advisor; you may be the manager in services where there is no manager, you may be required to support a new manager or oversee an existing manager in a supportive and/or performance management role.

This is a pivotal role to support Operational colleagues where there are managerial shortfalls- either in quantity or quality. The focus of this role is identifying 'what' needs fixing and 'how' things get fixed once problems have been identified and leading the actions necessary to fix them

The Role

You will:

• To act as a peripatetic manager in services that require support. Overall management of services in need and coordination with Service Improvement Managers to improve the service and or meet regulatory/ Contract/ Compliance requirements.
• To work with homes and services to ensure best practice, compliance and exemplary work by implementing and managing high standard quality assurance practices.
• Work closely with the Head of Quality in identifying solutions to at risk services
• To work with the Operational Managers in developing and implementing service improvement plans for specific services identified as at risk.
• To lead on the implementation of those plans and provide ongoing support to ensure compliance and improvement against agreed targets.
• Ensure improvement plans and actions are clearly understood in the service.
• Ensure that all service staff are engaged in improving the service.
• Set up systems for achieving the plan, monitoring progress and ensuring timescales are achieved
• To be a mentor and a coach in skilling up the incumbent staff team so that improvement is sustainable.
• Identify and coordinate the necessary resources needed.
• To rebuild relationships with external stakeholders and integrate the management staff team in that process
• To provide the Head of Quality with regular service/region reports on progress with improving standards and compliance.
• To monitor the processes and procedures which ensure the safety and welfare of children and vulnerable adults served by the Company and to monitor practice throughout identified services, and to urgently advise the Head of Quality and Operations Directors of any emergency child or vulnerable adult protection issues.
• To carry out investigations, as required by the Head of Quality and/or Operations Directors, and to work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to develop, implement, and monitor remedial action plans.
• To promote the corporate quality assurance agenda.
• Comply with all Regulations regarding statutory visits and reports ensuring compliance and communication of all issues to Operations Directors and the Head of Quality.

Requirements

• Experience at a management level and experienced in leading teams for which they have no direct line management.
• LD/Social Care Managerial background
• A thorough understanding of the regulatory environment
• Experienced in emergency management, stabilizing services in crisis and turnaround project management.
• Experienced investigator, planner and implementer.

What We Offer

• Recommend A Friend Bonus
• Up to 28 Days Holiday, inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Free DBS Check
• Blue Light Card
• Stakeholder Pension
• Free Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual Employee Awards Evening
• Employee Recognition Schemes
• Ongoing training with clear career progression opportunities, including access to qualifications up to degree level
• CareTech Foundation - Opportunity to apply for family and friend's grant

Our Values

• Friendly
• Positive
• Innovative
• Empowering
• Person-Centred

About CareTech

Founded in 1993, CareTech is one of the largest and most reputable specialist social care and special education needs providers across the UK. The Group has a track record of more than 30 years, delivering high quality, person-centred care to those with complex needs. The Group was founded by brother Haroon and Farouq Sheikh, who continue to lead CareTech today, providing continuity of leadership, long term stability and a deep personal commitment to the people we support.

CareTech Community Services are proud to inform you that they are a Disability Confident Leader.

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 7-10 days.

Some roles may require male or female employees only, where this is a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

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