Job Description

Role: Locum Registered Manager - Reablement ServiceLocation: Ellesmere Port (Hybrid - 3 days office-based / 2 days remote)Contract: Locum - 12 weeks initiallyHours: Full-time, Monday to Friday

An experienced and dynamic Registered Manager is required to support a Local Authority Reablement Service on a locum basis. The post holder will work alongside an existing Registered Manager, providing operational leadership, governance oversight and strategic support to ensure high-quality reablement provision across the service.

The role is hybrid, based primarily in Ellesmere Port, with flexibility for remote working two days per week. The successful candidate will play a key role in stabilising service delivery, improving workforce performance, supporting discharge pathways and driving quality improvement.

Candidates do not need to currently hold CQC registration, however must have strong experience working within CQC-regulated services and a thorough understanding of regulatory compliance, inspection frameworks and quality standards.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide operational leadership for the reablement service in partnership with the existing Registered Manager
• Lead, manage and support staff teams, ensuring effective supervision and performance management
• Oversee service delivery to ensure timely, safe and effective reablement interventions
• Facilitate discharge pathways and work closely with health and social care partners
• Manage rostering, workforce planning and capacity across the service
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and internal governance frameworks
• Support incident management, risk management and service improvement activity
• Act as a visible and supportive leader within the service

Essential criteria:

• Experience working at Registered Manager or Service Manager level
• Strong background in reablement, intermediate care or community services
• Experience working within CQC-regulated environments
• Proven leadership and people management skills
• Strong operational and organisational ability
• Experience supporting integrated discharge pathways

Desirable:

• Local Authority experience
• Experience leading services through improvement or change programmes

This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced social care leader to step into a senior locum position, providing leadership and stability within a key frontline reablement service

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

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