The National Autistic Society is here to transform lives, challenge perceptions and build a society that works for autistic people. Our supported living services are for autistic adults who need extra help to live in their own homes or within our accommodation, whether as tenants or owner occupiers, living alone, or with others.
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Who we are looking for:
As part of our commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred adult social care, we are seeking a Registered Locality Manager to join our regional leadership team to drive operational transformation across our adult services. This role will play a key part in ensuring sustainable, high-quality services, developing our housing strategy, and enhancing workforce development to equip staff with the specialist knowledge needed to support autistic adults effectively. A fantastic opportunity to drive transformational change.
This is a varied and hands-on position, perfect for someone passionate about improving quality, championing best practices, and supporting frontline leaders through change. You’ll work across a cluster of services, coaching and guiding Service Managers to ensure services are efficient, person-centred, and built on specialist, evidence-based approaches.
Key responsibilities will be:
1. Service Leadership & Management
2. Team Leadership & Workforce Wellbeing
3. Quality, Compliance & Practice Leadership
4. Financial & Operational Accountability
5. Partnership & Person-Centred Culture
6. Digital Competence & Systems Management
This role is working 35 hours a week, Monday – Sunday according to service need. Salary £50k – 55k depending on experience.
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What we can offer you:
7. Auto-enrolled Pension Scheme
8. 33 days annual leave (incl. Public Holidays) with the option to buy or sell annual leave every year
9. Excellent induction, training and development programme including training about autism
10. Online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits such as cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan & shopping discounts for places such as Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Halfords, Nike, Apple and loads more!
11. Healthcare Cash Plan (for permanent staff members)
12. Life Assurance at 2 x base salary
13. A portfolio of fantastic new salary sacrifices benefits and other flexible benefits private health, dental insurance, car salary sacrifice scheme, activity pass, holiday trading, enhanced pension & salary deduct loans (eligibility criteria may apply)
14. Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme & counselling programme
15. Free access to the Headspace App – a global leader in mindfulness and you can enrol up to three friends or family members for free!
16. Eligibility for a Blue Light Card
17. Enhanced overtime. Additional payments for sleep-in and on call
18. Join the Team Scheme - Refer a friend and receive £200
About our application process:
When providing a supporting statement, please refer to the job description and person specification and include any information that shows your suitability for the role.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
To protect our autistic adults, all staff are required to have a criminal background check. Possession of an Enhanced DBS Check either on the Update Service or conducted within the last 12 months would be preferable but not essential.
Applications for this job are sought from anyone who is suitably qualified and experienced for the role but particularly welcome from those with a diagnosis of autism.
The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
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