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Care home manager jobs in East Sussex

Adult social care in East Sussex employs people in 325 filled registered manager posts, on the most recent Skills for Care count. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.

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Published figures for East Sussex

What the official data says about East Sussex

Skills for Care recorded 325 filled registered manager posts in East Sussex in 2024/25, out of 400 registered manager posts in total. Around 50 of those registered manager posts in East Sussex were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 15.4% vacancy rate for the registered manager role in East Sussex.

The registered manager role is 1.7% of the 19,000 filled adult social care posts in East Sussex. Turnover in the registered manager role in East Sussex ran at 19.1%. New starters were 22.1% of registered manager posts in East Sussex over the year.

On filled registered manager posts, East Sussex ranks 5th of the 19 South East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South East sits at 150 filled registered manager posts, against 325 in East Sussex. Across the 151 published England areas the middle is 125.

For the shape of the rest of the East Sussex workforce, the same release records 100 filled deputy manager posts, 550 filled registered nurse posts and 1,200 filled senior care worker posts.

Reported median pay in East Sussex was £21.57 an hour for the registered manager role and about £41,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in East Sussex only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in East Sussex earn a median of £35,557 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in East Sussex at £26,500, £9,057 below it.

Registered manager, filled posts
325
Registered manager, median full-time annual pay
£41,500
All adult social care roles, filled posts
19,000
Registered manager, posts in total
400
Registered manager, vacant posts
50
Registered manager, vacancy rate
15.4%
Registered manager, turnover rate
19.1%
Registered manager, starters in the last 12 months
22.1%
Registered manager, median hourly pay
£21.57

The registered manager role

A registered manager is legally responsible for a regulated service. CQC registers you personally, and the rating the service carries is attached to how you run it, not only to the provider above you.

The job is staffing, occupancy, budget, safeguarding, complaints, audits and the quality of care people actually receive, usually in that order on the day and in the reverse order when it matters.

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Care home manager jobs in East Sussex: common questions

How many registered manager jobs are there in East Sussex?

Skills for Care recorded 325 filled registered manager posts in East Sussex in 2024/25, with around 50 vacant. That is the size of the workforce, not a count of adverts. The live list on this page shows what is currently open in East Sussex.

What does a registered manager earn in East Sussex?

Median reported pay in East Sussex was £21.57 an hour, or about £41,500 a year full time, from local authority and independent sector employers. Each advert states its own rate, and that is the figure that counts.

Do I need experience to apply for care home manager jobs in East Sussex?

Registration with CQC as the registered manager. Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care, or working towards it. Several years in adult social care, including supervising a team. Each advert in East Sussex sets out what that employer asks for.