Exciting New Opening Compliance Regulations Manager—Remote Post with National travel Job Purpose The postholder will lead a compliance and assurance program of assessments for CareTech Group Adult & Specialist Services. Primarily based in our central region, a key priority will be to establish and maintain strong relationships with all relevant internal stakeholders & external regulators and to provide expert advice and assistance in all care-related regulatory matters. To support the implementation and management of quality assurance, inspection, and audit practices to provide assurance of the ongoing quality and safety of CareTech adult services. To monitor the processes and procedures that ensure the safety and welfare of all adults served by the company and to monitor practice at services, responding urgently and appropriately to any concerns that might arise. To collaborate with the operational & quality team to align procedures with regulatory expectations, ensuring consistency in care delivery across the division. To work closely with operations and quality to innovate care practices while maintaining regulatory compliance, balancing support needs with legal requirements. To work closely with operational teams and support senior managers and the executive to drive continual quality improvement within the company and to provide ongoing support and monitoring to ensure compliance and improvement against regulation and good practice guidance. Knowledge, skills, and experience The postholder must demonstrate understanding of regulation, quality, and contemporary adult social and health care service provision. Relevant and recent experience in a provider of similar size and complexity or as a regulator of social care provision. Up-to-date knowledge and expertise in safeguarding and relevant legislation. Promote high levels of quality in Services, monitoring compliance against internal quality KPI’s and external regulatory requirements; Constructively challenge operational practice and support an understanding of regulatory requirements, including working constructively with Commissioners and regulators; Make a key contribution to the Company’s business planning processes with particular reference to the resources required to achieve local and corporate quality assurance and effective risk management; Encourage open, honest, and constructive behavior across all services. Excellent report writing skills and the ability to command professional respect from internal and external partners. Hold a relevant professional qualification or have experience in social care environments that will instill confidence with all key stakeholdersKey Responsibilities & Accountabilities To assess the regulatory compliance of all CareTech Group adult services, recording and monitoring findings to ensure that people are safe. Excellent relationships are established and maintained with key external regulatory bodies, in particular CQC and CIW. Learning from operational practice is captured and used to inform future service developments. Best practices and standards are developed and maintained, and experiences from this are shared across the company. Registered managers are supported to deliver best practices and compliance. With colleagues, ensure that policies, procedures, practices and compliance are developed, are up-to-date, and serve the needs of the Company’s mission, aims and objectives; Internal policy is developed and effectively implemented; All quality assurance frameworks are developed and effectively implemented in conjunction with operational managers. Provide service improvement guidance to operational and support teams to develop good practice. To contribute to the development of national and local strategies and operational plans that increase and enhance a performance culture across services that delivers robust evidence-based best practices. To provide the Director of Compliance with regular service reports on progress with improving standards and compliance, learning from safeguarding concerns, and to analyse quality and compliance patterns and trends across all services. To urgently advise the Director of Compliance of any emergency safeguarding issues and support the Executive Director for Adults in the investigation and embedding any learning from all incidents. To keep staff updated on changes in mental health regulations and ensure ongoing professional development. To ensure that all decisions