Assistant Locality Manager

Dimensions; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care provider is seeking an Assistant Locality Manager to oversee supported living homes in Suffolk. This full-time role involves managing staff, ensuring compliance, and enabling positive outcomes for individuals with learning disabilities and autism. Candidates should have relevant experience in social care and demonstrate strong leadership in promoting person-centred support.

Benefits

Competitive salary

30 days annual leave, rising to 35 days

Pension scheme

Occupational sick pay scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Shopping discounts and cashback

Recognition awards

Work mobile phone

Bike to work scheme

Season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in a social care setting.
• Confidence in managing compliance and health and safety.
• Strong understanding of learning disabilities and autism.

Responsibilities

• Support the Locality Manager in overseeing service delivery.
• Supervise and lead staff, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Conduct spot checks and audits to maintain high standards.

Skills

Leadership

Compliance Management

Person-Centred Approaches

Education

Experience in Social Care

Job description

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Assistant Locality Manager - Suffolk

• Covering Haverhill and Bury St Edmunds.
• Full time - 37.5 hours per week.
• £33,217.30 per annum.
• Full UK driving licence with access to own car.

Are you a passionate and driven leader looking for the next step in your social care career? Do you have the skills to support teams in delivering outstanding, person-centred support? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

We are looking for an Assistant Locality Manager to help oversee and manage our supported living homes across two locations in Suffolk. You will play a key role in ensuring high-quality support for around 20 people with learning disabilities and autism, enabling them to live fulfilling lives within their communities. Working closely with the Locality Manager, you will play a key role in service delivery, compliance, and staff development.

As an Assistant Locality Manager, you will:

• Support the Locality Manager in overseeing service delivery, ensuring compliance with CQC regulations and organisational policies.
• Play a hands-on role in supervising and leading staff, including recruitment, induction, training, and ongoing development.
• Support rota management, ensuring services are adequately staffed to meet the needs of the people we support.
• Ensure health and safety standards are met and promote good record-keeping and compliance across both locations.
• Conduct spot checks, observations, and audits to uphold high standards of support, including occasional night visits.
• Participate in on-call responsibilities, supporting teams when needed (one week at a time, a few times per quarter).
• Work closely with external professionals, attend meetings, and advocate for the needs of the people we support.
• Lead by example - challenge poor practice, uphold organisational values, and drive positive change within the service.

What we're looking for:

To succeed in this role, you should have experience leading teams in a social care setting, with confidence in managing compliance, health and safety, and quality assurance. A strong understanding of learning disabilities, autism, and person-centred approaches is essential, as well as the ability to lead by example, drive positive change, and challenge bad practice when needed. This is a flexible role that will require you to work across multiple locations, attend face-to-face management meetings, and occasionally work from home on an ad-hoc basis.

Interviews will take place the week of 28th April.

The total annual pay for the role is currently £33,217.30 made up of a basic salary of £28,884.61 plus an additional 15% annual allowance for 37.5 off rota hours of £4332.69.

Our benefits

• Competitive salary.
• 30 days annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays), rising to 35 days.
• Pensions, including a money purchase scheme with employee and employer contributions.
• An occupational sick pay scheme.
• The opportunity for flexible working.
• Discounts and cashback on shopping through Rewarding Dimensions.
• Recognition of excellence in our Inspiring People awards.
• You may also benefit from a work mobile phone, our bike to work scheme, season ticket loans, and more.

Apply now.

• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
• We welcome applications from everyone who has the right to work in the UK, and value diversity in our workforce.
• As Disability Confident Leaders, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy - Dimensions has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training, and career development of disabled employees.
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