About the Role
We are hiring for a Peripatetic Manager in the following locations
(Midland, North East and Yorkshire, UK)
We are seeking an experienced and ambitious Peripatetic Manager to support and lead services across the Midlands. This role is ideal for a proven operational leader who thrives in challenging environments, can rapidly assess service performance, implement improvement plans, and deliver sustainable outcomes.
You will provide hands-on leadership to services that require additional support, including Registered Manager vacancies, service turnaround projects, quality improvement initiatives, compliance interventions, and business growth opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide interim management and leadership across residential, supported living, domiciliary care, and complex care services.
- Lead service improvement and turnaround projects where quality, compliance, staffing, or occupancy requires intervention.
- Develop and implement action plans following CQC inspections, local authority audits, safeguarding concerns, or quality reviews.
- Support services to achieve and maintain compliance with CQC Fundamental Standards.
- Build positive relationships with commissioners, local authorities, safeguarding teams, families, and other stakeholders.
- Conduct service audits and quality assurance reviews, identifying risks and opportunities for improvement.
- Support recruitment, retention, and development of care staff and management teams.
- Drive occupancy growth and business performance while maintaining high standards of care.
- Ensure robust governance systems are embedded, including audits, supervision, training compliance, medication management, and care planning.
- Support investigations, safeguarding enquiries, complaints, incidents, and regulatory processes where required.
Essential Experience
We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:
- Previous experience as a Registered Manager, Service Manager, Operations Manager, Quality Manager, or Peripatetic Manager within Health & Social Care.
- Proven experience leading services through improvement or turnaround programmes.
- Strong knowledge of CQC regulations, safeguarding legislation, and quality frameworks.
- Experience managing regulatory inspections, local authority audits, and action plans.
- Experience improving compliance, quality outcomes, and operational performance.
- Experience managing staffing challenges, recruitment campaigns, and workforce development.
- Strong financial awareness, including budgeting, occupancy management, and cost control.
- Experience working collaboratively with commissioners and local authorities.
Desired Experience
Candidates with evidence of achievements such as:
- Taking a service out of the embargo.
- Improving inspection ratings.
- Increasing occupancy levels.
- Reducing safeguarding concerns.
- Implementing electronic care planning systems.
- Improving medication compliance.
- Leading organisational quality improvement projects.
- Supporting multiple services simultaneously.
Personal Attributes
The successful candidate will:
- Lead with integrity, accountability, and professionalism.
- Place people receiving care at the centre of every decision.
- Remain calm and effective under pressure.
- Be highly adaptable and comfortable working across different services.
- Demonstrate resilience when managing complex operational challenges.
- Be able to challenge poor practice constructively.
- Develop others through coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
- Take ownership of problems and deliver solutions.
Qualifications
Essential:
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care (or working towards).
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel extensively across the Midlands.
Desirable:
- Level 6 qualification in Health & Social Care Leadership, Management, or equivalent.
- Train-the-Trainer qualifications.
- Additional qualifications in quality, compliance, safeguarding, or leadership.
What Success Looks Like
Within the first 12 months, the successful candidate will have:
- Stabilised services requiring operational support.
- Improved compliance and audit outcomes.
- Built positive relationships with commissioners and regulators.
- Supported recruitment and retention initiatives.
- Increased service performance and occupancy where applicable.
- Embedded sustainable governance and quality assurance systems.
