Supported Living Care Manager

The Kent Autistic Trust; Rochester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kent Autistic Trust is seeking a passionate Supported Living Care Manager to lead a service for autistic adults. You will manage a dedicated team, ensure high care standards, and work within regulatory frameworks. This role requires excellent leadership skills and the ability to develop a supportive environment for both staff and tenants.

Benefits

Paid DBS Check

33 Days Holiday

Company Sick Pay (after 12 months)

Retail & Leisure Discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted Gym Membership

Financial Wellbeing Scheme

Long Service Awards

Refer-a-Friend Bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years experience in coaching and developing a care support team.
• Knowledge of Care Act, Health and Social Care Act and Safeguarding frameworks.
• Experience in practice leadership and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team supporting 7 autistic adults in a safe and empowering environment.
• Manage 24/7 staff team and maintain high standards of care.
• Collaborate with Senior Management and Compliance teams.

Skills

Leadership

Compliance Knowledge

Problem Solving

Education

Level 5 Health and Social Care Qualification

Job description

Are you a passionate and experienced care professional ready to lead a dynamic supported living service? Were looking for a Supported Living Care Manager to join our team in Strood, reporting to our Operations Manager, who is CQC Registered for all Kent Autistic Trust Supported Living Services.

About the Role:

You will lead a busy service supporting 7 autistic adults living in their own self-contained flats. Our tenants enjoy a rich and active lifestyle from holidays abroad to summer BBQs.

As a hands-on leader, you will ensure a safe, inclusive, and empowering environment where individuals can thrive. You will manage a dedicated 24/7 staff team across early, late, and night shifts, and play a key role in maintaining high standards of care and compliance.

What Were Looking For:

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 be supported by an experienced Assistant Manager 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

Benefits:

• Paid DBS Check
• 33 Days Holiday
• Company Sick Pay (after 12 months)
• Retail & Leisure Discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Financial Wellbeing Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Refer-a-Friend Bonus

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 people and people with associated neuro developmental conditions. We provide residential homes, supported living accommodation, day resource services, respite, and outreach services. Ensuring the voice of those we support is actively listened to, working for us often means that no two days are the same, but the care and support we give is of consistently high quality, with CQC rating all our services good, and many outstanding.

Our Values and Commitment:

• 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.

We seek Support Workers who really value every person, whether it's the people we support, their families, carers, or other staff by respecting their priorities, needs, abilities and limits.

We hope you are one of them!

We do not accept applications made via agencies for Support Workers.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found or experiencing a high volume of applications.