Deputy Adult Services Manager
Hours: 37.5 hours (including some evenings and weekends)
Location: Hertfordshire
Salary: £29,562- £33,052
Autism Hertfordshire, part of Autism Bedfordshire, is an independent charity dedicated to improving the lives of autistic people and their families. Our adult services support autistic adults without a learning disability through a range of programmes, including skills development, social opportunities, and post-diagnostic support.
This role is key to ensuring our services are safe, effective, and responsive. You will work closely with the Senior Adult Services Manager to lead a small team, oversee service delivery, and drive continuous improvement across all adult provision.
The success of this role is greatly dependent on having the right attitude and personality to foster a progressive working relationship with our members and having the adaptability to meet individual needs. An ideal candidate would be an organised individual with the appetite and desire to learn, adapt and develop our existing services.
Key Responsibilities include
- To provide operational leadership across Hertfordshire adult services, ensuring high-quality and consistent delivery across all programmes
- To line manage staff, including supervision and supporting ongoing professional development
- To oversee the planning, coordination, and quality assurance of social groups, skills sessions, and support services
- To lead on safeguarding within Hertfordshire adult services, including managing concerns, supporting staff, and ensuring best practice is followed
- To oversee risk assessments and ensure appropriate risk management processes are in place across all activities
- To monitor service performance, evaluate impact, and identify opportunities for improvement and development
- To build and maintain effective partnerships with local organisations, health and social care professionals, and community groups
- To support the development and delivery of training, workshops, and awareness sessions
- To ensure services operate in line with organisational policies, procedures, and relevant legislation
- To oversee responses to enquiries and helpline issues, ensuring appropriate support and signposting is provided
- To contribute to the strategic development and growth of adult services across Hertfordshire
- To deputise for the Senior Adult Services Manager as required
If this sounds like your ideal job, then we’d love to see your application. Please download an application form below and send to recruitment@autismbeds.org.
Application Form Guidance Notes – 2024
Confidentiality and Data Protection: All staff are required to respect the confidentiality of all matters that they may learn relating to their employment, other members of staff and to the general public. All staff are required to adhere to the regulations regarding the Data Protection Act 1998.
Safeguarding: Autism Bedfordshire is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults in its care. The Development Officer is often required to be the named officer for groups they are overseeing and attend relevant training.
To ensure that this is achieved we expect all employees to share this commitment and staff working with these vulnerable groups will be recruited and selected in line with safer recruitment policies and practices including the completion of DBS check.
Equal opportunities and diversity: Autism Bedfordshire is an equal opportunities employer. The aims of the equal opportunities policy is to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, religion or any disability nor disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.