Job Description
Assistant Manager at Newton Close
Medway, Kent Salary: £28,500 rising to £30,000 based on performance
About Us:
Welcome to Newton Close, The Kent Autistic Trust's newest supported living development, opening in March 2025. Situated in a prime location in Lordswood, this beautifully redeveloped site offers easy access to local amenities. Newton Close features five high-spec, modern flats designed to meet the unique needs of autistic adults with LD/MH in a community setting and holding their own tenancy with specialist support.
Role Overview:
We are seeking a dynamic and dedicated Assistant Manager to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives on change and can take challenges in stride. Based in Lordswood, you will be part of a supported living cluster that includes another site in Chatham, you will work under the guidance of an experienced manager and alongside a team of committed staff to ensure the highest quality of care and support for our tenants.
Key Responsibilities:
* Collaborate with the onsite Registered Manager and Team Leaders to recruit, retain, and develop staff.
* Provide regular supervisions and competency assessments.
* Work closely with the QA team and Operations Manager.
* Lead one of three teams, providing support and oversight to all teams.
* Build positive and engaging relationships with tenants, families, staff, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders.
* Ensure continuity and consistency in the quality of care.
What We Offer:
* Performance related pay which is achieved through completion of training and assessment of competency in areas linked with the assistant manager role.
* A supportive and enriching work environment with excellent training.
* Opportunities for career progression within The Kent Autistic Trust.
* A rolling 3-week rota with a mix of shifts and a full weekend off every third weekend.
* The chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of autistic individuals.
About You:
* A natural leader with solid supervisory skills and a coaching mindset.
* Prior experience in the adult social care sector, ideally with autism or learning disabilities.
* Excellent problem-solving skills.
* IT literacy and confidence with digital systems.
* A driver comfortable with driving company vehicles, including a small minibus.
* Flexible and adaptable to changing situations.
Why Join Us?
The Kent Autistic Trust is dedicated to enabling autistic adults to have the best quality of life. We provide outstanding expertise and experience in supporting autistic individuals and offer a range of services, including living, vocational, educational, therapeutic, social, and occupational support. As a registered charity, we represent the needs of autistic people and their families, supporting over five thousand families throughout Kent. We strive to achieve and maintain good and outstanding CQC ratings.
If you are passionate about making a difference and are excited about this opportunity, we would love to hear from you!
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 the people we support with autism, mental health issues, learning disabilities and related difficulties. 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.
Benefits We Offer you as a Support Worker:
We offer many benefits, which include some salary sacrifice arrangements, although some benefits are dependent on a minimum earnings threshold:
* Paid DBS Check
* 28 days holiday, plus option to buy 5 extra days pa (Pro Rata for Part Time Positions)
* Company Sick Pay after 12 months service
* Death in Service Benefits
* Some meals provided, depending on shifts
* Long Service and Contribution Recognition Awards
* Pension (after 3 months)
* Employee Assistance Programme, with counselling services
* Significant Retail and Leisure Discount Scheme that could save staff an average of £1,000 pa
* Discounted Gym Membership
* Financial Well-being Scheme (loans and savings)
* Additional Sleep In Shifts may be available
* Opportunities to pick up additional voluntary casual shifts at enhanced rates
* Superb paid training
* Regulated Care Qualification Sponsorship
* Recruitment Incentive for Staff Introductions
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.
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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found or experiencing a high volume of applications.
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