Registered Home Manager | Complex Care & Mental Health | Leeds
Salary: £80,000 - £95,000 per annum + up to 40% performance-related bonus + private medical insurance
Location: Leeds
Contract: Full-time, permanent
About the Role
This is a senior Registered Home Manager position within a complex care service supporting adults with highly complex needs, including acquired brain injury (ABI), spinal injuries, complex dementia, mental health conditions, and alcohol or substance dependencies.
The role is hands-on and operational, requiring a resilient and confident manager to stabilise the service, lead ongoing development, and embed a strong culture of quality, safety, and accountability.
You will be responsible for managing a challenging resident demographic, supporting and developing the care team, and ensuring safe, person-centred care is consistently delivered. The position reports into a supportive senior management structure and offers genuine autonomy to shape the service’s future.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading the service and ensuring safe, person-centred care for residents with complex and challenging needs
- Preparing for, managing, and responding to CQC inspections
- Driving service stabilisation and overseeing the recommissioning of additional floors and units
- Supporting, coaching, and developing a multidisciplinary staff team
- Managing budgets, staffing, and operational performance across a large service
- Building effective relationships with commissioners, local authorities, and external professionals
- Ensuring compliance with all regulatory, safeguarding, and governance requirements
- Promoting a strong, visible leadership presence and positive workplace culture
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience as a Registered Manager within complex care, specialist, or mental health services
- Strong understanding of managing residents with challenging behaviours and high-risk needs
- Experience managing large or multi-unit services
- Evidence of successful CQC inspections and service improvement
- Resilient, confident leadership style with the ability to manage change
- Strong operational, governance, and stakeholder management skills
Location
The role is commutable from: Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Halifax, Brighouse, Pudsey, and surrounding areas.
Interview Process
The selection process will consist of two stages.
Summary
This is a rare opportunity for an experienced Registered Home Manager to lead a large, complex care service supporting adults with challenging and multifaceted needs. The successful candidate will bring strong operational leadership, experience in complex environments, and the resilience required to take ownership of a high-profile service.
In return, the role offers a senior-level package, performance-related bonus, and genuine autonomy to make a meaningful impact.
Recommendations
Compass Associates Ltd is acting as a recruitment consultancy for this permanent vacancy. We offer £500 vouchers for each successful recommendation.
Contact Details
To be considered for this opportunity, please send an up-to-date CV to TAfuye@compassltd.co.uk or call 02392316036 for more information.
