Peripatetic Manager

CareTech; East London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care services organization is looking for a Peripatetic Manager to support at-risk services across various locations. The role involves mentoring staff, ensuring compliance, and developing improvement plans. Candidates should have strong management skills in social care and experience in crisis stabilization. Benefits include a stakeholder pension and flexible holidays.

Benefits

Stakeholder pension

Employee assistance

Flexible holidays

Qualifications

• Management experience leading teams without direct line management in LD/Social Care.
• Knowledge of the regulatory environment.
• Skills in stabilizing services in crisis and turnaround projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as a peripatetic manager supporting services in need.
• Collaborate with the Head of Quality to identify solutions.
• Mentor and coach staff to sustain improvements.

Skills

Management experience

Strong understanding of regulatory environment

Experience in emergency management

Investigator skills

Job description

Location

London, Kent, East Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire

Contract

Full Time

Role Type

Permanent

Working hours per week

37.5

Salary

£40,000 to £42,000 per annum DOE

Closing Date

Sunday 31 August 2025

This role will be responsible for ensuring that services identified as at risk are brought up to standard as quickly as possible. It involves troubleshooting, advising, and potentially managing services where there is no current manager, supporting new managers, or overseeing existing managers in a supportive or performance management role.

This pivotal role supports operational colleagues with managerial shortfalls, focusing on identifying issues and leading actions to resolve them.

Peripatetic Manager

Location: National (London, Kent, Surrey, East Sussex)
Salary: £40,000 - £42,000 DOE Plus Car Allowance
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Key Activities
To act as a peripatetic manager supporting services in need, managing services and coordinating with Service Improvement Managers to enhance services and meet regulatory, contractual, and compliance requirements.

To work with care homes and services to ensure best practice, compliance, and high standards through quality assurance practices.

Collaborate with the Head of Quality to identify solutions for at-risk services.

Develop and implement service improvement plans with Operational Managers, leading their execution and providing ongoing support to ensure compliance and progress.

Ensure all staff understand and are engaged in service improvements.

Establish systems to monitor progress, achieve targets, and meet deadlines.

Mentor and coach staff to sustain improvements.

Identify and coordinate necessary resources.

Rebuild relationships with external stakeholders and integrate management teams.

Provide regular reports on service progress and compliance to the Head of Quality.

Monitor safety and welfare practices for children and vulnerable adults, reporting urgent issues promptly.

Conduct investigations as required, working with stakeholders to develop and monitor remedial actions.

Promote the corporate quality assurance agenda.

Ensure compliance with statutory visit and reporting regulations, communicating issues to senior management.

Experience

Management experience leading teams without direct line management, preferably in LD/Social Care.

Strong understanding of the regulatory environment.

Experience in emergency management, stabilizing services in crisis, and turnaround projects.

Proven investigator, planner, and implementer skills.

CareTech Community Services Ltd supports 5000 adults across 300+ services in the UK, offering benefits such as stakeholder pension, employee assistance, and flexible holidays.

Candidates must complete an enhanced DBS disclosure at their own expense.

Due to high application volume, only selected candidates will be contacted within 7-10 days.

CareTech is a Disability Confident Leader.

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