Interim Management Support
Experienced leadership when you need it
When a leadership role becomes vacant, services face operational pressure or an organisation enters a period of change, experienced interim support can help maintain continuity and bring clear direction.
Laver Accord provides interim management and leadership for care providers, charities and support services. We work alongside your teams to understand the immediate priorities, take responsibility for agreed areas of work and help move the organisation forward.
When we can help
Covering a leadership gap
Support during recruitment, maternity leave, absence or an unexpected departure, helping maintain day-to-day management, accountability and continuity.
Leading through change
Practical leadership during restructuring, service development or changes in how services are delivered, with clear communication and attention to the people affected.
Addressing quality or operational concerns
Focused support where services are under pressure, improvement actions have stalled or management arrangements need strengthening.
Providing additional leadership capacity
Experienced support when existing leaders need help delivering a defined project, resolving complex issues or managing competing priorities.
What our support can include
The scope of each assignment is agreed around your organisation’s needs. Support may include:
Operational leadership and day-to-day service management.
Leadership and support for managers and staff teams.
Review of service quality, performance and operational risks.
Strengthening safeguarding arrangements and accountability.
Governance, reporting and preparation of information for boards or owners.
Development and delivery of practical improvement plans.
Support with regulatory readiness and responding to inspection findings.
Management of organisational change and service development.
Communication with families, commissioners, professionals and partner organisations.
Clear handover arrangements for incoming permanent leaders.
Where an assignment involves a registered management role, the responsibilities and any required regulatory approval will be clarified before the appointment begins.
Leadership grounded in care experience
Laver Accord’s founder, Dan Lawrence, brings more than 30 years of experience across care and support services, beginning with volunteering and frontline care before moving into management in 2004 after completing his NVQ in Care and Registered Managers Award.
His subsequent experience includes registered management, regional operations and senior leadership, including Operations Director responsibilities in private care services and leading several charities as Chief Executive. This has involved responsibility for substantial service budgets, teams of more than 150 people, managers across multiple locations, safeguarding, service quality and organisational change.
That experience combines an understanding of the pressures facing boards and senior leaders with practical knowledge of the services people depend on every day.
How we work
Understand the priorities
We begin by discussing the circumstances, immediate pressures and outcomes you need. Where appropriate, this includes reviewing key documents and meeting the people responsible for the organisation and its services.
Agree the assignment
We set out the responsibilities, authority, reporting arrangements, expected commitment and fees. This creates a clear understanding of what the interim role will deliver and how progress will be assessed.
Lead and deliver
We work visibly alongside your teams, address agreed priorities and maintain clear communication with the people overseeing the assignment. Our approach combines practical action with support for the managers and staff responsible for delivery.
Prepare for continuity
Handover is considered from the outset. We aim to leave clear records, workable systems and a realistic account of progress, outstanding actions and the next steps for permanent leadership.
Keeping people at the centre
Effective interim management means understanding how leadership decisions affect the people receiving support, their families and the staff providing it.
We listen to those perspectives, maintain a focus on dignity and individual choice, and help teams connect operational priorities with the quality of care and support people experience.
Flexible support, clearly agreed
Assignments can include a defined period of leadership cover, part-time management support or focused involvement in a particular service or project. On-site and remote working arrangements are agreed according to the responsibilities of the role.
Fees are tailored to the scope, complexity, duration and time commitment required. We provide a clear proposal and agree fees and any expenses before paid work begins.
Discuss your interim leadership needs
Your initial 45-minute consultation is free and without obligation. It is an opportunity to explain the role or challenge, discuss your priorities and consider whether Laver Accord is the right fit.
Please provide a brief outline of the support required, your location, preferred start date and likely duration. Avoid including confidential employee, client or business information in your initial website enquiry.
We aim to respond within two working days. Availability and start dates are confirmed following discussion.
