Turnaround Manager – Adults Residential Home (CQC)
Location: Lancaster
Basis: 6 month Fixed-term contract
Immediate start (subject to checks) and MUST take on CQC registration
Salary: Negotiable
Responsibilities
* Act as the senior safeguarding lead, ensuring adults are safe, protected, and supported at all times
* Take immediate responsibility for addressing regulatory shortfalls, inspection outcomes, and improvement plans
* Provide strong, visible operational leadership, stabilising staffing, rotas, supervision, and day‑to‑day decision‑making
* Lead, motivate, and challenge staff through change, setting clear expectations and professional standards
* Embed robust quality assurance, governance, and recording systems
* Work confidently with Ofsted, placing authorities, social workers, and partner agencies
* Ensure improvements are sustainable, with clear succession planning and a structured handover
Essential Qualifications
* Significant experience leading or managing adults residential homes
* Proven experience of turnaround, improvement, or post‑inspection recovery in regulated services
* Strong working knowledge of Adults Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, and CQC frameworks
* Demonstrable safeguarding expertise and confident decision‑making under pressure
* Ability to lead teams through change, challenge poor practice, and drive accountability
* Excellent communication, report‑writing, and stakeholder engagement skills
* Resilient, decisive, and able to work at pace in complex environments
Desirable Qualifications
* Registered Manager status or eligibility to register
* Experience supporting homes rated Requires Improvement or Inadequate
* Experience working with complex needs, trauma or high‑risk behaviours
* Level 5 Leadership and Management (or equivalent)
Key Attributes
* Strong moral compass and unwavering person‑focused values
* Calm, authoritative, and credible leadership style
* Highly organised with strong attention to detail
* Solution‑focused, outcomes‑driven, and emotionally intelligent
Safeguarding Commitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment checks, including enhanced DBS clearance.
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