Locality Manager - Aberdeenshire

Sense Scotland; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid on-call rota

Based in Ellon office

Some flexibility to support services

Job summary

Sense Scotland is seeking a Locality Manager to lead services across Aberdeenshire from our Ellon office. This full-time role focuses on empowering individuals, supporting teams and delivering person-centred care to people with additional support needs.

The role covers Peterhead and Cruden Bay, with a focus on developing teams and ensuring high-quality services. You will promote independence, manage rosters, inductions and supervise staff, while collaborating with health and social care partners

Qualifications

• SVQ 3 or 4 and PDA in Leadership and Management
• Experience of managing a team of social care professionals
• An excellent communicator with good time management

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day running of services and safe rota development
• Recruit, induct and supervise staff; ensure delivery of commissioned hours
• Audit and review services to ensure person-centred support and records remain up to date

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Communication

Education

SVQ 3 or 4 and PDA in Leadership and Management

Job description

Are you a qualified, social care professional looking for your next move in the social care sector? Then we have an opportunity for you to join our growing team as a Locality Manager!

We're seeking a compassionate and motivated Locality Manager to help lead services across Aberdeenshire. With a base in our Ellon office, this full-time role is more than a leadership opportunity, it’s a chance to empower individuals, support dedicated teams, and make a genuine difference in the lives of people with additional support needs.

This new and exciting role is ideal for someone seeking to make a meaningful impact while developing their leadership career. With an initial focus on our services in Peterhead and Cruden Bay, the successful candidate will support and creatively develop our teams in those areas. As a leader in practice, the locality manager will continue to promote person -centred working, enabling the people supported to live their best lives.

In addition to a 37-hour working week, you'll take part in a paid on-call rota, offering valuable extra earnings and the rewarding opportunity to provide support when it's needed most. Though the locality manager will predominantly work Monday to Friday, there is an expectation of some flexibility to support the services in the area. Additional, regional on-call responsibilities include an additional payment.

If you’re ready to lead with purpose and bring energy to a dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note and consider before applying;

• Due to the geographical spread of the services only applicants with a full UK driving licence will be considered.
• Please note that we do NOT currently offer visa sponsorship for our vacancies and would therefore ask that you do not apply if you require sponsorship.
• Interviews will be held on Tuesday 27 October 2026
• Any enquiries please send to - [e-mail]

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Supported Living

We deliver bespoke 24-hour packages of support to individuals living within their own homes. Each person has complex needs that are unique to them but include sensory impairment, learning disability, autism and physical disability. The people we support have complex communication support needs with a requirement for staff who support them to develop skills in specialist areas of communication. The people we support enjoy a range of opportunities within their local communities such as clubs, discos, swimming, carriage riding, art and craft sessions. The teams across the area often work together to develop new and creative opportunities for the people we support to experience but also support hem with day to day activity including personal and intimate care, shopping, cooking and cleaning.

About you

The Locality Manager role ensures a management presence in the services, taking responsibility for the day-to-day running of operations; overseeing safe rota development and cover in line with risk assessments and assessed need, delivery of commissioned hours, recruiting and skills matching staff and providing them with full inductions, training, support, supervision and, where there is a need, formal performance management.

Audit and review of services on an individual and holistic basis to ensure support strategies and records remain up to date and relevant. You will build working relationships that allow you to work in partnership with the people that we support, their friends and families and associated health and social work professionals to help overcome everyday challenges and plan for a positive future. You will be led by the Services Improvement Plan and the Organisations Strategic Plan, ensuring completion of action areas, audit and review of challenges and successes and identifying themes, learning and next steps to ensure continual development.

This is a new role and we are keen to find a leader to join our team who has a genuine passion to work towards this mission, making a significant, positive difference in the lives of the people with additional support needs and complex communication styles who use our services.

We believe having skilled leadership and management is key to ensuring our staff team members meet these needs by building trusting relationships, promoting independence and championing people to achieve their dreams and aspirations. We also believe that staff who feel supported, encouraged, appraised and part of a team are best placed to be able to deliver such practice.

What you will need to succeed;

• SVQ 3 or 4 and PDA in Leadership and Management
• An ability to build and develop positive, long-lasting relationships with the people that we support and their staff
• Experience of managing a team of social care professionals
• Passionate about delivering a high standards of quality care
• Evidenced ability to work in line with organisational policies and procedures
• An excellent communicator
• Good time management
• Flexibility in your approach

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the vacancy may close early once filled. We encourage early applications.

Working for us

We offer a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in an enriching environment. View our Work With Us Information Pack.