Supported Living Manager

Supported Living Manager

Job reference: 005335

Salary: £33,410.72

Closing date: 16/07/2026

Location: Aylesbury

Job Description

Frontline Manager – Aylesbury

Are you an experienced Deputy Manager or Team Leader ready to take the next step in your career? Do you believe that everyone should have the opportunity to live a glorious ordinary life, filled with choice, connection and meaningful opportunities? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We're looking for a Frontline Manager 37.5 hours a week, the role requires shift work, including some weekdays, weekends and bank holidays, to lead a dedicated and skilled team at our warm and welcoming registered care home in Aylesbury, where six women with learning disabilities are supported to live lives that are rich, fulfilling and uniquely their own.

About the home

This is a vibrant home where relationships, community and individual passions are at the heart of everyday life. The women we support are active members of their local community, and spending time with friends and family, potential candidates should consider how they would support with this. This includes recognising each person's gifts, skills and passions. and exploring ways to develop and nurture these strengths to provide a sense of purpose and meaningful involvement.

At home, there's always something happening – from baking and arts and crafts to relaxing in the garden or enjoying meaningful one-to-one time. Every person brings their own personality, interests and sense of humour, and the team takes pride in supporting each woman to pursue what matters most to her.

About the role

As Frontline Manager, you'll lead by example, creating a positive culture where great support can flourish. You'll work alongside your team, coaching and developing colleagues to deliver truly person-centred support that promotes independence, choice and belonging.

Communication is central to this role. Several of the women use Makaton and other non-verbal forms of communication, so you'll champion approaches that ensure every person has a voice, is listened to and can influence the support they receive.

You'll be responsible for the overall leadership and development of the service, ensuring high-quality support and positive outcomes for the people who live there. You'll build strong partnerships with families, professionals, the local authority and the wider community, helping the service continue to grow and thrive.

You'll also work closely with managers from two nearby MacIntyre services, sharing ideas, resources and expertise to achieve the best possible outcomes for everyone we support.

What you'll bring

You'll be an experienced leader who understands what good support looks like and is passionate about helping people live the lives they choose.

You'll have:

• Experience supporting people with learning disabilities.
• Previous leadership experience as a Team Leader, Deputy Manager or similar.
• A strong understanding of person-centred practice and positive support.
• Knowledge of CQC regulations and quality standards.
• Experience developing support plans, risk assessments and ensuring compliance.
• The ability to build positive relationships with colleagues, families and external professionals.
• Excellent communication skills and a commitment to listening to and valuing every voice.

Alongside the people-focused aspects of the role, you'll oversee the day-to-day management of the service, including rota management, quality assurance, compliance and staff development, ensuring the home remains a safe, high-quality and inspiring place to live and work.

Most importantly, you'll share MacIntyre's belief that ordinary moments can be extraordinary, and that everyone deserves the opportunity to live a life full of purpose, connection and possibility.

Please note: Due to the nature of the support provided and the wishes of the people who live at the service, this post is open to female applicants only. This is an Occupational Requirement in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

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What we need from you

You will have experience of supporting people, with autism and learning disabilities - this is essential to this role, ideally you will have worked in a Supported Living environment. You will have experience of either directly managing or supervising a team.

You’ll be creative in your thinking and your approach to staff, the people we support and their families and be able to inspire and motivate.

You'll need to be well-organised, with a good understanding of budgeting, and be IT-literate.

You must be a driver with your own transport, as you will travel regularly between services in the area, as well as to meetings, and training.

"Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorships as we await further guidance from the Home Office. Applications requiring sponsorship cannot be considered at this time. We appreciate your understanding."

About us
MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

Training and Development

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.

But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.

Pay and Rewards

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

• Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
• Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
• Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)

How to apply
If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.

Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call us 01908 357 016 and we will send an application form to you.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.

MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked “Accessibility” at the top of the screen.

This post is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement.