Founding Registered Manager (Personal Care Service)


Company:	Citizens Advice Mid Mercia
Salary:	£42,000 to £48,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Swadlincote, DE11 9NR
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 1 day remote
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	14 Oct 2026
Closing date:	13 Nov 2026

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Summary

Build a new service. Shape its future. Make a difference.

Citizens Advice Mid Mercia is seeking a Founding Registered Manager to establish and lead a new community-based Personal Care service, helping adults live safely, independently and with dignity in their own homes and communities.

This is an opportunity to build a service from the ground up shaping its team, systems, partnerships and culture. You will lead registration readiness, recruit and develop a compassionate workforce, and put person-centred care, safeguarding and quality at the heart of delivery. Alongside this, you will identify opportunities for sustainable growth, balancing ambition with safe staffing and excellent care.

Please see the accompanying job description and person specification for full details.

Full details: https://www.citizensadvicemidmercia.org.uk/jobs/founding-registered-manager-personal-care-service

The essentials

Salary: £42,000 - £48,000 per annum dependent on experience

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

CQC status: The appointed candidate will be expected to apply to register with CQC as Registered Manager where required, subject to satisfactory checks and CQC approval.

Location: hybrid, office based in Derby/Swadlincote with travel and home working

Contract: fixed term until 31 March 2028

Please visit our website to find the full Job Description and Person Specifications for this role and a helpful Candidate Guide on our recruitment process - https://www.citizensadvicemidmercia.org.uk/work-with-us

To apply - send your CV and cover letter, explaining why you would be suitable for this role

Thank you for your interest in our vacancy. The above role is advertised on a rolling recruitment basis. We reserve the right to withdraw or close this vacancy at any time, without prior notice, before the advertised closing date. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you do not hear back from us within 15 working days, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please do not be discouraged from applying for other positions within our organisation.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Citizens Advice Mid Mercia are an accredited (Level 1) Disability Confident employer, and values diversity and promotes equality. We encourage and welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates from all backgrounds. We follow the social model of disability which believes that it is the barriers created by society which disable people. We will use reasonable adjustments wherever possible to remove those barriers.

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