- 14 October 2019
- 16 min read
Care Home Quality Podcast - episode 8 with Tim Dallinger Registered Manager and Trainer
SubscribeWe learn how Tim went from providing support to starting a residential home before becoming a trainer and care consultant for local authorities.
Topics covered in this podcast
1.22 Introduction
4.58 What motivates Tim about working in the social care sector?
7.56 How Tim found his way into social care training and consulting
11.03 Family tragedy changed everything
12.21 Approaching the Care Standards Act 2000 with an engineers mind
14.17 Trainers who weren't up to the job
17.40 How to move from Registered Manager and speaker to running a care training business
19.56 Moving into the local authority training field
22.57 Tim's secret memory weapon
27.17 Conclusion

1.22 Introduction
Liam
I'm pleased to finally bring you this episode with Tim Dallinger. This was actually a second interview. I originally interviewed Tim about a month ago in Birmingham. I just came from my care home. It'd been a long day, so I went straight from work to interview him, had been slightly overdoing it which was my choice. We did capture the interview. It was pretty good and then I actually lost the Dictaphone and lost the interview. I was absolutely mortified. I saw Tim the next day and I just thought, "Oh my goodness, what am I going to say?"
Tim was very gracious actually and we scheduled for a few weeks later. He was actually on holiday when we recorded this but oddly enough I think by virtue of us having spoken a few times, having gone through his story, I think it made it clearer. I think it made his key points, his key takeaways, more poignant in some ways and I think it made it a better interview, so without any further ado I'd like to introduce you to Tim Dallinger, hope you enjoy it.
Tim is a professional social care consultant and business owner, so very warm welcome to you Tim. Would you just like to explain a little bit about what you do today?
Tim Dallinger
Tim is a professional social care consultant and business owner, so very warm welcome to you Tim. Would you just like to explain a little bit about what you do today?
Tim Dallinger
Hello, Liam, today I am a care provider. I run a residential care home in Wales and I am the responsible individual. In Wales the responsible individual is responsible for all aspects of compliance of a care home. I'm also a social care trainer and consultant with my training which is about 60% of my time. I deliver about 150 different courses to local authorities and the public sector. As a consultant I help care providers achieve and maintain compliance.
Liam Palmer
And those 150 courses, is that other people's material? Is that your material?
Tim Dallinger
The 150 courses I deliver are all the courses that I developed and designed myself over the last 11 years which is the amount of time I've been a professional trainer.
About this contributor
Registered Home Manager
Liam Palmer is the author of 3 books on raising quality standards in care homes through developing leadership skills. In Oct 2020, he published a guide to the Home Manager role called "So You Want To Be A Care Home Manager?". Liam has been fortunate to work as a Senior Manager across many healthcare brands including a private hospital, a retirement village and medium to large Care Homes in the private sector and 3rd sector. He hosts a podcast "Care Quality - meet the leaders and innovators”.
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