Course 1 · Start here
Thinking about starting a care business? Start here.
Before you spend money on registration, offices or staff, find out if owning a care business is really right for you. Course 1 helps you look honestly at your reasons, your skills and what the role will ask of you and your family.
£49 · one payment · start straight away
About 1 hour 30 minutes · Learn at your own pace · Online
This course is for you if…
- You are thinking about starting a domiciliary care or supported living business
- You have care experience but have never run a business
- You want to understand what CQC registration and running a regulated service really involve before you commit
- You want an honest starting point, not a sales pitch
What's inside Course 1: Is a Care Business Right for You?
Why People Start Care Businesses
What Running a Regulated Service Really Involves
Your Skills Audit: Care Experience, Management, Finance and Leadership
Your Values and the Kind of Provider You Want to Be
Making the Decision: Time, Money and Family Readiness
Next Steps: your options for continuing your journey
By the end you will be able to:
- Explain the main legal and personal responsibilities of owning a CQC-registered service
- Complete a skills audit and name the gaps you need to fill
- Write a vision statement and three to five core values
- Make an informed decision about whether to go ahead
What you get
Short video lessons from Linda
A built-in workbook to record your answers and reflections as you go
A short quiz to check your understanding
Your own private Care Business School portal login
Meet Your Coach: Linda Dube
Care Business Coach · Social Care Entrepreneur · Registered Social Worker and Best Interests Assessor · Trainer
Linda Dube is a Care Business Coach, Social Care Entrepreneur, Registered Social Worker and Best Interests Assessor, and Trainer, with over 20 years of experience in adult social care. In 2023 she founded TLS Social Care Ltd, a CQC-registered domiciliary care and supported living provider in Leeds, and grew it to a six-figure turnover and more than 40 staff. She created Care Business School to give aspiring and existing care business owners the honest, practical guidance she wishes she had when she started.
Questions
No. The course helps you see what skills you have and which gaps you need to fill, whether you have care experience or not.
Ready to find out if it's right for you?
£49 · one payment · start straight away