Care Home Service Manager

Job Title: Care Home Service Manager

Location: Weymouth

Salary: £39,000 per annum

Job type: Permanent, Full Time. 37 hours per week.

Closing Date: 6 December 2026.

Are you an experienced care professional ready for your next challenge?

We're looking for someone ready to take responsibility for our East Boro Housing Trust service, ensuring the people we support receive high-quality, person-centred care.

Whether you're an experienced Registered Manager looking for a new opportunity or ready to take the next step into the role, this is a chance to make a real difference.

At full capacity, the service supports up to 46 residents, giving you the opportunity to influence the quality of care, the experience of the people we support and the development of your team.

About the role:

You'll oversee the day-to-day running of the service, ensuring care is safe, effective and compliant with CQC requirements. You'll support your team to deliver high standards of care and create a positive environment where people feel valued and supported.

Here's a quick look at what you'll be doing:

• You will support and develop your team, creating a positive working environment where colleagues feel valued.
• Ensure people receive personalised care that promotes dignity, choice, independence and wellbeing.
• Oversee safeguarding, care plans, risk assessments and medication management.
• Monitor the quality of care through audits and feedback, making improvements where needed.
• Build positive relationships with the people we support, their families and other professionals.
• Manage staffing, recruitment and training to ensure the service runs effectively.

About you:

You'll bring confidence, compassion and integrity, alongside experience in domiciliary care. Your wider care background can vary, but you'll have the judgement to manage challenging or distressing situations while maintaining high standards of care.

You'll also have strong communication skills and a commitment to safeguarding, person-centred care and continuous improvement.

As this is a Registered Manager position, you must hold or be working towards a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care, or an equivalent qualification.

Why join East Boro Housing Trust?

This is an opportunity to join an organisation with a long history of providing care and support. We've been supporting people since 1960, and our customers remain at the heart of everything we do.

We believe people should have more than just a home. They should have choice, independence, meaningful relationships and the opportunity to live life on their own terms.

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:

• A focus on colleague wellbeing - workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues' careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives.

Ready to apply?

Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check.

We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.

All offers of employment are subject to the successful candidate providing proof of their right to work in the UK. Aster Group and its subsidiary brands do not hold a sponsor licence and are therefore unable to provide visa sponsorship. Please click APPLY to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

Candidates with experience of: Registered Domiciliary Care Manager, Care Home Manager, Adult Social Care Manager, Service Manager, Residential Care Manager, Health and Social Care Manager, Supported Living Manager, Care Services Manager, Adult Care Services Manager, Operations Manager - Care, CQC Registered Manager, Domiciliary Care Service Manager, Senior Care Manager, may also be considered for this role.