Home Manager - Luxury Retirement Home
Job description
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Are you an experienced and passionate Home Manager with a strong background in residential care leadership? We are currently recruiting a Home Manager to lead a brand-new, luxury care home in Fareham, supporting up to 35 residents.
This is a rare opportunity to take charge of a beautifully designed service following a £1.5 million investment, opening in July. You will play a key role in building a high-performing team and shaping a premium care environment from the very beginning, backed by supportive and highly regarded owners.
About the HomeThis stunning new luxury care home in Fareham has been carefully developed to provide high-quality residential care within an elegant and comfortable setting, supporting up to 30 residents.
With significant investment behind it, the home offers a boutique, homely feel combined with modern facilities, creating an exceptional living environment.
The home features:
• Beautifully designed, spacious bedrooms with premium finishes
• Stylish communal lounges encouraging social interaction
• Elegant dining areas delivering a high-quality mealtime experience
• Landscaped gardens for relaxation and wellbeing
• Modern facilities supporting high standards of residential care
• Intimate 35-bed setting, allowing truly personalised care
Residents will benefit from a warm, luxurious environment where dignity, independence, and wellbeing are always prioritised.
The EthosThis home is committed to delivering exceptional, person-centred care tailored to each individual.
With outstanding owners leading the vision, the focus is on creating a positive, respectful, and aspirational culture for both residents and staff. Investment in people, development, and continuous improvement sits at the heart of the service.
The RoleAs Home Manager, you will have full responsibility for the operational leadership of the home, ensuring the highest standards of care and service delivery.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Leading, motivating, and developing a dedicated care team
• Driving a strong, positive culture across the home
• Ensuring outstanding, person-centred care is consistently delivered
• Maintaining full compliance with CQC regulations
• Overseeing care planning, quality assurance, and risk management
• Managing recruitment, staffing, and rotas
• Building strong relationships with residents, families, and external professionals
• Driving occupancy and establishing the home’s reputation locally
• Proven experience as a Home Manager
• Strong understanding of CQC standards and regulatory requirements
• Experience within residential care settings
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills
• Commercial awareness and experience driving occupancy
• Passion for delivering high-quality, person-centred care
• Competitive salary (negotiable depending on experience)
• Opportunity to launch and lead a luxury service
• Significant investment and high-quality environment
• Supportive, forward-thinking owners
• Ongoing training and leadership development
• A unique chance to build and shape a service from the ground up
If you are an experienced care leader ready to take on an exciting new challenge in Fareham, we would love to hear from you.
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⭐ Highlight your Home Manager experience prominently as this role requires proven leadership in residential care settings
📊 Quantify your care achievements: 'Led 25-bed facility to Outstanding CQC rating, maintaining 95% occupancy'
🏠 Emphasise luxury/premium care experience as this £1.5M investment facility focuses on high-end residential care
🎯 Showcase your CQC compliance expertise and regulatory knowledge as maintaining standards is critical
🤝 Demonstrate your team building skills as you'll be establishing a new care team from launch
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- •Led 30-bed residential care home to Outstanding CQC rating, maintaining 98% occupancy through person-centred care delivery and family relationship building
- •Recruited and developed 18-person care team, reducing staff turnover by 35% through structured training programmes and performance management
- •Implemented comprehensive care planning system across 25 residents, achieving 100% CQC compliance during regulatory inspection
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Dear Hiring Manager,
The Home Manager position at your luxury Fareham care home represents exactly the leadership opportunity I've been seeking — combining my CQC compliance expertise with person-centred care delivery in a premium 35-bed setting.
My background in residential care management has equipped me with the regulatory knowledge and team leadership skills essential for launching your £1.5 million investment facility. I understand the importance of building strong care teams whilst maintaining Outstanding standards from day one.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you ensure CQC compliance across all care standards?
- ›Describe your approach to care planning and risk management
- ›How do you manage occupancy levels and drive admissions?
- ›What systems do you use for quality assurance monitoring?
- ›How do you handle regulatory inspections and audits?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you led a care team through significant change
- ›Describe how you've built relationships with families during difficult situations
- ›Give an example of how you've improved care standards in a previous role
- ›How do you motivate staff during challenging periods?
- ›Describe a time you had to manage a serious care incident
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you led a care team through significant change
Describe how you've built relationships with families during difficult situations