Registered Care Manager

Nightingale Hammerson; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Huddersfield is seeking a Registered Care Manager to lead a 6-bed residential service for adults with learning disabilities. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, experience in managing similar services, and a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care. This role offers a competitive salary of £33,000 per annum and a supportive work environment focused on person-centered care.

Benefits

Manager Incentive Program

Ongoing professional development

Support from senior management

A workplace culture of positivity and empowerment

Industry Standard Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience managing a residential service for people with learning disabilities.
• Strong knowledge of CQC regulations and quality standards.
• Proven success in staff management and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support team to deliver exceptional care.
• Ensure service meets CQC requirements.
• Manage budgets and resources effectively.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Relationship-building

CQC regulations knowledge

Experience with learning disabilities

Education

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care

Job description

Overview

Location: Huddersfield

Salary: £33000.00 per annum (dependent on experience)

Hours: Full-time, permanent

Lead with kindness, inspire with positivity, and empower lives every day.

Are you a leader who can create a home where people feel valued, respected, and empowered? We are looking for a friendly, positive, and committed registered care manager to lead our welcoming 6-bed residential service for adults with learning disabilities.

This is your opportunity to bring CareTech’s values to life:

• Friendly: building trust, warmth, and connection.
• Positive: encouraging others, celebrating achievements, and focusing on possibilities.
• Innovative: finding new ways to improve support and experiences.
• Empowering: enabling people to make their own choices and shape their lives.
• Person-Centered: putting the individual at the heart of every decision.

Here, every day is about making a genuine difference, supporting independence, promoting dignity, and creating opportunities for people to live the lives they choose.

Your Mission

As Registered Care Manager, you’ll lead with both compassion and ambition, ensuring our service is safe, compliant, and a place where people truly feel at home. You’ll inspire your team, work in partnership with families and professionals, and drive a culture where service users and colleagues alike can thrive.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead with heart, motivating and supporting your team to deliver exceptional care
• Deliver excellence, ensuring the service meets and exceeds CQC requirements and CareTech’s high-quality standards
• Champion individuality, overseeing care plans and support strategies that reflect each person’s goals and aspirations
• Think ahead, managing budgets, resources, and staffing effectively and responsibly.
• Prioritise safety, embedding safeguarding, health & safety, and infection control best practice
• Build relationships, fostering strong connections with residents, families, and external partners
• Drive improvement, using audits, feedback, and creative thinking to keep our service evolving

Qualification & Skills Required

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care (or working towards)
• Experience managing a residential service for people with learning disabilities
• Strong knowledge of CQC regulations and quality standards
• Excellent communication, leadership, and relationship-building skills
• Proven success in staff management, service improvement, and safeguarding
• Above all – friendly, positive, innovative, empowering, and person-centered in your approach

Rewards and Benefits

• Competitive salary and a benefits package that values your contribution
• Manager Incentive Program
• Ongoing professional development and leadership training
• Support from a senior management team that celebrates your success
• A workplace culture shaped by friendliness, positivity, innovation, empowerment, and person-centred care
• The chance to lead a service where people flourish, both the individuals we support and the team you lead
• Industry Standard Benefits

About CareTech

CareTech is committed to delivering safe, compassionate, and outcome-focused care for people with complex needs. Our values guide everything we do – we are friendly, positive, innovative, empowering, and person-centred in every interaction, and we work together to ensure every person we support can thrive.

We provide a positive impact on the service experience of people with mental health difficulties who may be experiencing emotional distress. This primarily involves support using a person-centred approach. Our support workers measure outcomes specifically to an individual’s needs and evidence using our person-centred outcome-measuring tool.

Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure prior to commencement of employment. The disclosure expense will be met by the employer.

If you have not heard from us within 14 days, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. Please do not hesitate to apply for other suitable roles in the future.

*T&Cs paid following the successful completion of a 6-month probationary period.

Huddersfield -Registered Care Manager [SYS-20120]

Salary / Benefits: From: £33000.00 To: £33000.00 per year