Registered Care Home Manager - Park Lodge - Adults with Learning Disabilities

Allied Care; Crownhill; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday including Bank Holiday

Fully funded ongoing training from day

Opportunity for internal promotions

Workplace Pension

Meals on duty

Induction and regular supervision

Blue Light Discount Card

Casual dress

Referral programme

Job summary

Allied Care is recruiting a Registered Care Home Manager for Park Lodge, an adults with learning disabilities service. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team and oversee clinical and operational performance on site in Plymouth, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care and strong governance.

37.5 hours a week, full-time, with competitive salary. The role requires a strong background in learning disabilities and complex care, with a Level 5 leadership qualification or equivalent, and no

Qualifications

• Experience managing services for adults with complex needs.
• Strong knowledge of CQC requirements, safeguarding and adult social care regulation.
• Experience with inspections, audits and quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong, visible leadership across the service.
• Maintain high standards of person-centred care and support.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (CQC, etc.).
• Oversee safeguarding, risk management and quality assurance.
• Support and develop staff teams, including Registered Nurses.
• Monitor staffing, performance and service quality.
• Maintain relationships with families, healthcare professionals and commissioners.
• Drive continuous improvement across the service.
• Participate in on-call management arrangements.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Communication

Governance

Regulatory compliance

Education

Level 5 Leadership and Management for Adult Care / Health & Social Care

Nursing qualification or NMC registration (advantageous)

Job description

Registered Care Home Manager - Park Lodge - Adults with Learning Disabilities

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Registered Manager to lead Honeybourne House, a well-established residential and nursing service based on one site in Plymouth.
Honeybourne supports 20 adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and complex health needs. The service comprises 12 residential beds within Honeybourne House and an 8-bed nursing Bungalow located within the same grounds, with 24-hour nursing provision.

You will be joining an established service with an Assistant Manager, Clinical Lead, Administrative Assistant, Registered Nurses and an experienced support team already in place. This gives the Registered Manager strong operational and clinical support and the opportunity to focus on leadership, quality, governance, staff development and continuous improvement.
We are looking for someone who can combine strong care-home leadership with a good understanding of nursing or complex-care environments and provide clear direction across the whole service.
Salary: £44,000-£47,000 per annum, depending on experience
Full-time | Permanent | 37.5 hours per week

NO SPONSORSHIP

This role does not offer sponsorship.
If you are resident in the UK, eligible to work without restriction and do not need sponsorship, we would love to hear from you.

Our Registered Home Managers enjoy the following benefits:

• 33 days of paid holiday including Bank Holidays

• Excellent fully funded ongoing training from day one and throughout your career

• Opportunity for internal promotions

• Workplace Pension

• Meals when on duty

• Excellent induction and regular formal supervision with your line manager

• Blue Light Discount Card

• Casual dress

• Referral programme

Friendly and accessible senior management team

About the role

As Registered Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the safe, effective and well-led operation of Honeybourne.
You will lead an established management and care team, including an Assistant Manager, Clinical Lead, Administrative Assistant, Registered Nurses and support staff.
You will be responsible for:

• Providing strong and visible leadership across the service

• Maintaining high standards of person-centred care and support

• Ensuring compliance with CQC and other regulatory requirements

• Overseeing safeguarding, risk management and quality assurance

• Supporting and developing staff teams, including Registered Nurses

• Monitoring staffing, performance and service quality

• Maintaining effective relationships with families, healthcare professionals, commissioners and other external partners

• Driving continuous improvement across the service

• Participating in the management on-call arrangements

About you

We are looking for someone with strong experience managing services for adults with complex needs.
Ideally, you will have:

• Previous experience as a Registered Manager or in a senior care management role

• Strong experience within learning disability services

• Experience of managing a nursing home, nursing service or a service with significant clinical input would be highly desirable

• Experience managing or working alongside Registered Nurses

• A good understanding of complex physical and healthcare needs

• Strong knowledge of CQC requirements, safeguarding and adult social care regulation

• Experience of inspections, audits and quality assurance

• Level 5 qualification in Leadership and Management for Adult Care / Health & Social Care, or an equivalent recognised qualification

• Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills
  A nursing qualification or current NMC registration would be advantageous but is not essential.
  If you are an experienced care manager looking for your next challenge and have a strong background in learning disabilities, complex care or nursing services, we would love to hear from you.

About the company

We are Allied Care, a compassionate healthcare provider dedicated to delivering high-quality support services across England.

We specialise in personalised care, helping people to live with dignity, independence and comfort in their own homes and community.

Our team focuses on building trusting relationships with those we support, ensuring every individual feels valued, safe and respected.

At Allied Care, we combine professional standards with a genuinely caring approach, creating environments where both clients and staff thrive.

Required Criteria

• right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship
• management experience within a CQC-regulated adult social care service.
• Level 5 qualification in Leadership and Management for Adult Care / Health & Social Care, or an equivalent recognised qualification.
• 37.5 hours per week and participate in the management on-call rota.
• Enhanced DBS check