Registered Manager – Adult Residential Services

Job Title: Registered Manager, Residential Services
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
Hours: Permanent, Full-Time
Location: Hastings
Setting: Adults with Learning Disabilities and Complex Health Needs

Overview:
Compass Associates is proud to partner with a high quality residential care provider seeking an experienced Registered Manager to lead a well established, 12 bed residential home in Hastings. The service supports adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, sensory and communication impairments, epilepsy, and early-onset dementia.

The home offers a warm, homely environment with strong community links, modern adapted facilities, and a stable, experienced staff team. The organisation places clear value on person-centred care, staff development, and long-term service quality. This role suits a manager who values autonomy, consistency, and high standards of care delivery.

The Candidate:
The Registered Manager holds full accountability for leadership, quality, and compliance within the home. The role involves overseeing a 24-hour staffed service, including waking nights, while maintaining a calm, structured, and supportive environment for residents with complex needs.

This opportunity suits an established Registered Manager or an experienced Deputy Manager ready to step up, with a strong understanding of learning disability services and CQC requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership and Management
Lead day-to-day service delivery across the home. Develop a stable, motivated staff team and promote a positive workplace culture.

Quality of Care
Ensure residents receive consistent, person-centred support aligned with individual health action plans, life skills development, and meaningful activity.

Regulatory Compliance
Maintain full compliance with CQC standards. Lead inspections, audits, and service improvements.

Staff Development
Recruit, train, supervise, and develop staff. Maintain strong performance management and support professional growth.

Operational and Financial Oversight
Manage budgets, occupancy, resources, and service sustainability while maintaining care quality.

Essential Requirements:

• Proven experience managing or deputising within residential services for adults with learning disabilities and complex health needs.
• Strong leadership and people management skills with clear, confident communication.
• Minimum Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care, with commitment toward Level 4 or 5 progression.
• Strong working knowledge of CQC regulations, safeguarding, and risk management.
• Experience supporting individuals with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, dementia, and complex health conditions.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience managing larger residential services.
• Exposure to services supporting older adults and dementia care.
• Strong audit and quality improvement experience.

Salary and Benefits:

• Competitive salary between £39,000 and £50,000 per annum.
• Ongoing training and funded professional development.
• Clear progression and long-term career stability.
• Employee wellbeing support and assistance programme.
• Retail and lifestyle discounts.
• Optional pay advances.
• Refer-a-friend bonus scheme.
• Formal recognition and reward initiatives.

Application Process:
For further details or an informal discussion, contact Andy at Compass Associates.

Contact Details:
Call 0161 527 9632
Email [email protected]

Recommendations:
Compass Associates offers £200 in John Lewis vouchers or a £200 charity donation for each successful referral.

About Compass Associates:
Compass Associates is a UK specialist Health and Social Care Recruitment Consultancy, established in 2009, delivering permanent recruitment solutions across the sector.