About the Role
Great leadership creates great care.
At Norwood, we're looking for a Registered Manager to lead two adult services, one residential and one supported living, providing high-quality, person-centred support for adults with learning disabilities and complex needs.
As our Registered Manager, you'll have operational responsibility for The Firs, our residential service, and Kadimah, our supported living service. As the Registered Manager for both locations, you'll provide leadership across two dedicated teams, ensuring high-quality, person-centred support that enables people to live fulfilling and independent lives.
About Norwood
Founded in 1795, Norwood is the oldest Jewish charity in the UK. We support and empower neurodiverse children and their families and people with neurodevelopmental disabilities to live their best lives.
At Norwood, you'll make a real difference every day. You'll join an organisation where Kindness, Respect, Belonging and Empowerment shape how we lead, support one another and deliver exceptional care.
We invest in your development, value your leadership and give you the opportunity to influence services that change lives.
Who We're Looking For
We're looking for an inspiring leader who believes great care starts with great leadership.
You'll have experience leading services that support adults with learning disabilities and understand how to create environments where people can thrive.
You'll enjoy developing others, building positive relationships and leading through collaboration rather than hierarchy. You'll be confident balancing operational responsibility with compassionate leadership, ensuring people receive outstanding support while helping your teams grow and succeed.
Most importantly, you'll share our commitment to person-centred care and believe every person deserves the opportunity to live with dignity, independence and belonging.
Your Day to Day
You'll:
- Lead the day-to-day management of two services, ensuring safe, effective and person-centred care.
- Inspire, coach and develop high-performing teams that deliver outstanding support.
- Promote Active Support, person-centred planning and meaningful opportunities for people to live independently.
- Build positive relationships with people we support, their families and professional partners.
- Oversee quality assurance, safeguarding, compliance and continuous improvement.
- Manage staffing, budgets, occupancy and resources to ensure sustainable, high-quality services.
- Ensure both services remain compliant with CQC Fundamental Standards and regulatory requirements.
- Drive a culture where people, quality and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything you do.
Qualifications, Experience & Training
You'll Bring
- Experience leading or supervising services supporting adults with learning disabilities.
- Experience managing teams, quality standards and operational performance.
- Strong knowledge of person-centred practice, safeguarding and CQC regulatory requirements.
- Excellent leadership, communication and decision-making skills.
- A commitment to developing people, improving services and delivering outstanding care.
It Would Strengthen Your Application If You Have
- A Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care or are an RNLD. If you don't yet hold a Level 5 qualification, you'll be willing to complete it within an agreed timeframe.
- Experience across both residential and supported living services.
- Experience leading change, coaching managers and developing high-performing teams.
- Knowledge of Active Support and Positive Behaviour Support approaches.
Reward & Benefits
- Fully funded induction and training
- 25 days annual leave + 8 Bank Holidays (FTE)
- Enhanced parental pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health cash plan covering dental, optical, and therapy treatments, with virtual GP access, private consultations, and wellbeing tools via the My Medicash App
- Blue Light Card scheme access
- Cycle to Work scheme
- £300 refer-a-friend bonus
- Career development pathway
- Free on-site parking
- A supportive, experienced team and management
A bit more information: Ravenswood Village is a specialist care community in Crowthorne, Berkshire, operated by Norwood.
Founded in 1953 by families seeking better care and opportunity, Ravenswood now provides person-centred residential care and supported living for adults with autism, profound and multiple learning disabilities, sensory and physical impairments, and complex health needs.
More than a care setting, it is a vibrant community offering facilities and activities that promote wellbeing, independence, and meaningful engagement, all underpinned by strong governance and a Good rating from the Care Quality Commission.
Safe Recruitment: Norwood is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children, young people, and adults we support. This role is subject to safer recruitment checks in line with CQC Regulation 19, and appointment is conditional upon satisfactory pre-employment checks, including Right to Work in the UK and a DBS check appropriate to the role.
Email: careers@norwood.org.uk
Disclaimer: At Norwood, we welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates. At this time, Norwood is not a UK Home Office licensed sponsor and is unable to offer visa sponsorship.
