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Area Manager

Edinburgh Outreach Services

£21,362.05 per annum (FTE £41,656 based on 39 hours)

20 hours per week (3 days)

Job Reference: AM/HOS/507

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Edinburgh Outreach services as an Area Manager.

Autism Initiatives Scotland provides a range of person centred services throughout Scotland. The charity provides services to autistic people who are 16 years old and over and encompasses supported living and outreach services.

Our Edinburgh Outreach services are delivered across the city, with some individuals using our dedicated bases. These services are designed to be flexible and person-centred, often involving lone working and dispersed support arrangements.

The Area Manager will play a key role in recognising and supporting the unique nature of outreach work. This includes understanding the challenges of managing remote teams, ensuring robust communication and supervision, and maintaining high standards of autism-specific support across varied settings.

A key responsibility of the role is ensuring safe staffing across all services. This includes effective rota planning, maintaining appropriate staffing levels, and responding to changing needs to ensure the safety and wellbeing of both staff and the people we support. In addition to operational leadership, the Area Manager will oversee financial management across the services. This includes managing budgets, monitoring expenditure, and ensuring resources are used effectively to support service delivery and development

The Area Manager is responsible for the design of the support programme to the people we support and to ensure, through the management team, the delivery and maintenance of high level autism specific services. The Area Manager’s responsibilities also include service development and liaison with external agencies. To provide leadership to the group of services, the Area Manager must ensure all staff are managed and supervised effectively.

You will have excellent leadership and supervision skills, knowledge of current legislation and regulations relating to the social care sector and management of an operational budget. A Social Work / health care qualification or equivalent as noted within the Scottish Social Service Council (SSSC) guidelines for the qualifications for managers is essential for this role.

The successful candidate will be required to register with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme, the SSSC and be registered manager with the care inspectorate.

Please note we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa.

The closing date for completed applications is Sunday 16th November 2025.

In addition to excellent rates of pay, a contributory pension and generous holiday entitlements, you will enjoy an enhanced range of benefits designed to reward the outstanding support that staff provide. Some of these benefits start immediately, whilst others are awarded at later dates in recognition of loyalty, dedication and long service.

Full details of all staff benefits are available on our intranet once you start working with us as benefits may vary from role to role, but here’s a brief run-down of a few of them:

• Monthly staff cash prize draw
• Your birthday off work every year
• Medicash health scheme, providing cash towards medical costs, gym discounts and more
• Employee Assistance Programme – free support from experts on a wide range of subjects from childcare and probate, to managing money and work life balance.
• Additional paid holidays after 1, 2 and 3 years’ service
• Extra paid holidays in milestone service years
• Financial wellbeing programme providing flexible access to pay
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Career break scheme
• Wagestream financial planning and support App – enables you to access money earned before pay day, set up savings and gain control of your finances

Prior to starting your application it would be beneficial to have the following information on hand:

• Qualification/Education History / Professional Memberships
• Details of current employment and previous employment history
• Contact Details of 2 Referees – the first must be from your current employer, please note that references will not be contacted until offers of employment have been accepted and permission has been given to do so

We highly recommend to read through our Area Manager Job Description and Person Specification (available in the Apply Now Section). This will help highlight the areas in your skill set and experiences to reference throughout your application. It is essential that you show on your application form how you meet the essential criteria in your own words otherwise you may not be shortlisted.

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