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Care home managers lead and run residential homes for adults or children.
You could work: evenings / weekends / bank holidays; on shifts
As an adult care home manager you may:
As a children's home manager you may:
You could work at an adult care home or at a children's care home.
Your working environment may be physically and emotionally demanding.
You can get into this job through:
You could do a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in health and social care management.
With your degree you can apply for graduate schemes.
You'll usually need:
You may be able to do a higher apprenticeship in adult care or children, young people and families manager.
You could then find work and train more on the job.
You'll usually need:
If you work in social care, you can apply to join a manager course.
We recommend you start the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services within 3 months of starting your job. You'll need to complete it within 2 to 3 years.
You'll choose a pathway relating to either adults or children and young people.
You'll need to:
You can get more advice about working as a care home manager from Think Care Careers.
With experience, you could:manage several care homes for a large company or charity; freelance as a consultant or a care home inspector; teach in further education, such as a college