How many sessions does this take?

Usually two or three, plus time you spend on the evidence in between. A single pep-talk the night before is not preparation. If the interview is already booked, we will tell you what can still be done.

Do you sit in on the real interview?

No. You have to answer. Our job is that you can, using your own service, without sounding coached into someone else's story.

What if the manager is new to social care?

Then the preparation is longer, and registration may not be the next step. We would rather delay an application than send someone into a fit-person interview they cannot pass.

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Registered manager and nominated individual preparation

The fit-person interview is where applications are lost. We rehearse it against the framework, using the evidence from your own service.

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Who it is for

Is this you?

Interview preparation for the people the regulator will actually question.

Registered manager candidates

The fit-person interview is where applications are lost, and rehearsing it changes the outcome.

Nominated individuals

You are accountable for the service and will be questioned on evidence you may not have assembled.

Providers with an interview scheduled

The date is set and you want to walk in knowing which evidence answers which question.

What is included

What you get

Mock interviews against the framework
Evidence preparation
Written feedback and action plan
Follow-up sessions

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Applications are lost in the interview

The fit-person interview is where a well-prepared file still fails, because the person answering cannot connect the policy to last Tuesday's incident. We rehearse against the framework, with your evidence, until the answers are specific rather than fluent.

Mock interviews against the current assessment approach
Evidence packs organised the way the questions actually come
Written feedback and a short action list, not a vague 'you did well'
Follow-up sessions after you have closed the gaps

Nominated individuals get questions too

If you are accountable for the service, you will be asked about quality, money and safeguarding even if you are not the registered manager. We prepare that conversation separately, so the NI is not hiding behind the RM.

A session aimed at oversight, not day-to-day delivery
The questions that expose whether you actually see the data
Practice saying 'I don't know yet' and then how you would find out
Alignment with what the manager will say in their own interview

How it works

Foundation to growth

Step 01
Foundation
Company, insurance, banking and the statement of purpose.
Step 02
Registration
Provider application, registered manager, interview prep.
Step 03
Launch
Policies live, staff onboarded, first packages evidenced.
Step 04
Growth
Frameworks, tenders and the brand that brings enquiries in.

Questions

Common questions

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Next steps for providers

Calls, audits and the pages that convert an enquiry.