Join Our Leadership Team in Ashford! Cluster Care Manager £46,000 £4,000 Golden Hello Are you an experienced Registered Care Home Manager ready for your next challenge? Were looking for a passionate and skilled leader to support 10 autistic adults across two CQC-registered homes in Ashford. This is your chance to make a real difference with a trusted, values-led charity. Whats on offer: £46,000 salary £4,000 Golden Hello (£2k on start, £2k after 6 months) Lead a high-quality, person-centred service Join a supportive and expert team About Us: The Kent Autistic Trust is dedicated to enabling autistic adults to have the best quality of life. We provide outstanding expertise and experience in supporting autistic individuals and offer a range of services, including living, vocational, educational, therapeutic, social, and occupational support. As a registered charity, we represent the needs of autistic people and their families, supporting families throughout Kent. We strive to achieve and maintain good and outstanding CQC ratings. Your Role as CQC Registered Manager: We are looking for a strong and visible leader with a minimum of five years experience of coaching and developing a specialist care support team, with an emphasis on practice leadership. In this role you will need to be someone who will act where they see a problem or opportunity. You will be expected to quickly adapt to challenging situations to ensure that we keep people safe and manage risk positively. You will already be experienced in the application of regulatory requirements, such as The Care Act and Health and Social Care Act and be knowledgeable about relevant legal frameworks such as Safeguarding, DoLS, MCA and best interest processes. Ideally you will already hold a Level 5 Health and Social Care Qualification or equivalent. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will collaborate closely with Senior Management and the Quality and Compliance team to achieve our quality vision. You will lead two services and be supported by two Assistant Managers and team leaders and specialist support staff. The support team operate 24/7 on 3 week rolling rota, comprising early and late shifts. You will ensure the service is safe and build positive and engaging relationships with tenants, families, staff, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders The normal working week for this role will be Monday-Friday 9-5 and the manager will also be required to participate in the On Call Rota. What We Offer: We provide a range of benefits, including: Performance-related pay through training and competency assessments. A supportive and enriching work environment with excellent training. Opportunities for career progression within The Kent Autistic Trust. 33 days holiday. The chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of autistic adults. About You: We are looking for a strong and visible leader with: A minimum of five years experience in coaching and developing a specialist care support team, with an emphasis on practice leadership. The ability to act on problems or opportunities and adapt quickly to challenging situations to ensure safety and positive risk management. Experience in applying regulatory requirements, such as The Care Act and Health and Social Care Act, and knowledge of relevant legal frameworks like Safeguarding, DoLS, MCA capacity, and best interest. Ideally, a Level 5 Health and Social Care Qualification or equivalent. About the Trust: Supporting over 80 people in Medway and across Kent, The Kent Autistic Trust provides a wide range of services designed to meet diverse needs of autistic KAT is committed to providing high quality supports designed around individual abilities, needs and choices. KAT is committed to promoting independence and inclusion within communities. KAT believes everyone is able to make their own individual contribution. KAT seeks to work in partnership with all relevant parties but in particular with the individual themselves. Please find attached a copy of our Privacy Notice. Or a copy can be found on our website. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found or experiencing a high volume of applications.