Autism west midlands is a leading charity in the West Midlands for people on the autism spectrum. We use our expertise to enrich the lives of autistic people and those who love and care for them. Our passionate, expert staff and volunteers work across all age groups and abilities, by providing personalised support.

Are you a registered Care Manager or an aspiring Assistant Manager ready for your next role? Are you looking for your next challenge? Are you someone who has experience of managing residential services? If yes, we have the right opportunity for you.

Autism West Midlands, the leading provider of autism specialist services in the West Midlands are currently recruiting for a Registered Care Manager to manage our 2 residential homes based in Selly Park.

The Poplars and Pinetrees are residential care homes supporting 5 and 3 adults, both male and female, with autistic spectrum condition and associated disabilities. They are homely environments that allow adults to thrive in life with a well-established team of support that enable opportunities to learn and develop. Both of these homes are based in Selly Park and within walking distance of each other. You will be based from one of these homes for the majority of your working week.

Both homes are rated CQC rated Good services. The management structure consists of a Deputy Managers and the Registered Manager. The successful candidate will be line managed by an Operations Manager.

This is an opportunity for an ambitious professional to lead and develop the services to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ within their next inspections. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to develop a staff team and work alongside other professionals to develop innovative best practice.

As the Registered Care Manager you will:

• Promote an enabling environment and ensure high standards of professional practice, whilst achieving compliance with the standards required by CQC and internal policies and procedures
• Ensure that the support provided is led by the person and offers new experiences through a wide range of meaningful activities within their home and local community
• Develop and maintain effective communication systems internally and externally between families, advocates, professionals, individuals and across our support functions
• Manage, support, advice and motivate to staff teams to ensure a person-centred approach that encourages independence and enables people to achieve their goals.

We are looking to recruit a Registered Care Manager who possesses the commitment, experience and expertise to help us drive our services forward. As a specialist autism provider we are looking for someone with the knowledge and experience to support the delivery of excellent support and Autism practice within Poplars and Pinetrees.

The successful candidate must have experience of managing/working in a residential environment with people with communication needs, including Autism. It is essential that you hold a level 4 qualification in a relevant field. You will have strong leadership skills with an ability to motivate and empower staff teams to deliver excellent support and work towards achieving agreed goals and outcomes. You will be someone who is experienced in managing a service in relation to budget control, reviewing and implementing processes, referrals and liaising with local authorities.

This role requires you to be an integral part of the management team working alongside key support functions such as the Operations Team, Behavioural Specialist, Finance, Marketing and HR team. Within the service, you have line management responsibility for an Assistant Manager. You will therefore be someone who is able to forge positive, professional working relationships with key stakeholders as well as take an active part in the delivery of the organisations operational plan and key objectives.

We offer a number of benefits including:

• A competitive starting salary of £35,956.20 per annum
• 33 days paid annual leave
• A medicash health plan
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Specialist Training and a comprehensive induction
• Peer and Management support
• Pension Scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Development training and Management Training

If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience, then we want to hear from you!

Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to make contact with all applicants therefore, if you do not hear from us within four weeks, you have unfortunately not been successful.