Description

As Team Manager and safeguarding lead you will ensure high performance and quality assurance of services, motivating and directing colleagues. You will lead a great team, supporting their growth and development.

You will work across Northumberland and North Tyneside delivering care services for customers with learning disabilities, helping them live their best life. A Registered Manager will support you in maintaining CQC compliance while you lead, manage and govern the team to deliver high‑quality, person‑centred care.

You will foster innovation and an open, fair culture, ensuring team competence through observation, assessment, coaching and direction. As a subject‑matter expert you will develop and share knowledge, continually supporting your team to make the workplace great.

• Lead and motivate a team as Team Manager and safeguarding lead, ensuring high performance and quality assurance.
• Deliver person‑centred care for customers with learning disabilities across Northumberland and North Tyneside while maintaining CQC compliance.
• Foster innovation, open culture and team competence through observation, assessment, coaching and direction.
• Share expertise and develop staff knowledge to create a great workplace.
• Lead recruitment, induction and probation monitoring; coach and mentor staff.
• Provide flexible 24‑hour coverage including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
• Provide family‑friendly policies: maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal, fertility and menopause support.

Requirements

Key requirements: solid understanding of relevant regulatory policies and CQC fundamental standards; extensive partnership working experience and strong inter‑agency links in health and social care; excellent communication, IT and analytical skills. You need not drive but must work across services in both locations, and you will need an enhanced DBS (paid for by the employer).

The practical bits: hold a relevant professional registration and possess strong knowledge of CQC standards plus experience with complex needs; lead recruitment, induction and probation monitoring; coach and mentor staff; flexibly cover 24‑hour care including evenings, weekends and bank holidays; hold a valid driving licence and a business‑insured vehicle (mileage reimbursed).

• Hold professional registration with strong CQC knowledge and experience supporting complex needs.
• Possess a valid driver’s licence and business‑insured vehicle (mileage reimbursed).
• Required enhanced DBS check (cost covered by employer).

Benefits

Deputy Manager (CQC) – Tyneside and Northumberland. This is a permanent full‑time role (37.5 hours) with a salary of up to £28,890 per annum plus on‑call shift payments of £14.30 per session. The employer cannot offer a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position.

Why join us? You will feel valued, receive great training and support from friendly colleagues, and have the chance to make a real difference each day. Home Group is among the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work.

You receive 34 days annual leave rising to 39, with the option to buy five more each year, a health cash plan saving over £1,140 annually for you and your children, and a matching pension contribution up to 7 % plus life insurance of three times basic salary. Home Group ranks in the top 20 UK employers for wellbeing and offers family‑friendly policies such as maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal, fertility and menopause support.

• Offer 34‑39 days annual leave, health cash plan, up to 7 % pension match and life insurance (3× salary).
• Join a top‑10 Great Places to Work with strong inclusion, wellbeing and diversity networks.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance