Registered Care Manager
Also advertised as: Care Home Manager, Deputy Manager, Home Manager, Locality Manager, Registered Care Manager, Registered Manager
Runs a care service and is legally accountable to the Care Quality Commission for its quality.
What the job involves
Registered managers hold the CQC registration for a care home or care service. You lead the staff team, manage safeguarding and compliance, control the budget and occupancy, and answer for the service at inspection. Most come up through senior care roles.
Typical responsibilities
- Lead and roster the care team
- Own CQC compliance and inspection readiness
- Manage safeguarding concerns and investigations
- Control budgets, occupancy and staffing costs
- Work with families, commissioners and professionals
Common employers
- Care home groups
- Supported living providers
- Domiciliary care agencies
- Charities
Pay, hours and working environment
Typical pay
£34,000 – £40,000 a year
With experience
£42,000 – £55,000 a year
Typical hours
40 hours plus on-call responsibility
Working environment
Care service premises
Remote working
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Demand for this work
high
Pay ranges are indicative guidance drawn from advertised UK vacancies and published careers information. They are not an offer, and actual pay varies by employer, location and experience.
Skills and qualifications
Core skills
- Care regulation
- Leadership
- Safeguarding
- Budget management
- Quality auditing
Transferable skills you may already have
- Senior care experience
- Rota planning
- Handling complaints
Requirements employers ask for
- Care regulation
- Leadership
- Safeguarding
- Budget management
- Quality auditing
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care
- CQC fit person registration
- CQC registration
- Enhanced DBS
Useful but not essential
- Senior care experience
- Rota planning
- Handling complaints
- Level 7 leadership qualification
Helpful qualifications
- Level 7 leadership qualification
Licences and checks
- CQC registration
- Enhanced DBS
Ways into this career
A degree is only one route. Where an apprenticeship, work-experience or qualification route exists, it is listed here alongside the academic option.
Apprenticeships and work-based routes
- Leader in Adult Care (Level 5)
Degree and college routes
- Related subject: Health and social care
- Related subject: Management
Where this career can lead
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Area Care Manager
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Operations Manager
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Quality Director
The good parts and the hard parts
What people enjoy
- Strong pay from a non-graduate route
- High demand nationally
- Real leadership responsibility
What people find hard
- Personally accountable to the regulator
- On-call pressure
Common questions
- Do you need a degree to become a registered care manager?
- No. As well as degree routes, this career can be entered through an apprenticeship or by building experience and qualifications on the job. not_required
- How much does a registered care manager earn in the UK?
- Typical advertised pay runs from £34,000 to £40,000 a year, rising towards £55,000 with experience. Figures are indicative guidance rather than an offer.
- What skills transfer into this career?
- Skills that transfer well include Senior care experience, Rota planning, Handling complaints.
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Where this information comes from
- National Careers Service
- Institute for Apprenticeships
Last reviewed 14 September 2026.
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