Who are we:

TheNational Autistic Societyis here to transform lives challengeperceptionsand build a society that works for autistic support people to understand their diagnosis and how this mayimpacton their life and the lives of those around provide accommodation and supportfor autistic adults 52 weeks a year 24 hours a day in urban and rural also provide supported living services for autistic adults who need extra help to live in their own homes or within our accommodation whether as tenants or owner occupiers living alone or with others.

Visit our website to find out more about who we are and what we do: we are looking for:

We are looking fora Service Manager with the passion to work with our fantastic teamin East Anglia Community and Residential services based in and around Mildenhall. The services consist of 1 residential and 4 supported living homes. The services are registered with the Care Quality Commission.

Being a Service Manager takes leadership skillspatienceand commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.

You willbe responsible forleading the outstanding care and management of all aspects of your respective service ensuring individual outcomes are met for the people we support;maintainingquality of service and striving to grow and develop the services adapting to changing needs.

You will ensure that the needs of adults with autism are assessed identified and met through careful programme planning and behaviour support; manage an agreed budget to provide an efficient viable service; supervise and manage staff performance and coordinate positive collaborative liaison with external agencies multi-disciplinary teams and health professionals.

The philosophy of the services endorses the person-centred planning approach promotes each persons strengths and skills and the growth of individuals to their maximum potential. A positivepro-activeand flexible approach will berequired.

Experience of managing a team isabsolutely essential.

Must holdaSVQ Level5or equivalent.

This advert is for apermanent full-timepositionfor37hours per week. The salary for this position isbetween 30000and 35000per annum.

Please click here for a Job Description

What we can offer you:

• Auto-enrolled Pension Scheme

• 33 days annual leave (incl. Public Holidays) with theoptionto buy or sell annual leave every year

• Excellent inductiontrainingand development programme including training about autism

• Online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits such as cycle to work scheme season ticket loan & shopping discounts for places such as Asda Tesco Sainsburys Halfords Nike Apple and loads more!

• Healthcare Cash Plan (for permanent staff members)

• Life Assurance at 2 x base salary

• A portfolio of fantastic new salary sacrifices benefits and other flexible benefits private health dental insurance car salary sacrifice scheme activity pass holiday trading enhanced pension & salary deduct loans (eligibility criteria may apply)

• Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme & counselling programme

• Free access to the Headspace App a global leader in mindfulness andyou can enrol up to three friends or family members for free!

• Eligibility for a Blue Light Card

• Enhanced for sleep-in and on call

• Join the Team Scheme - Refer a friend and receive 200

Where you will be working:

Mildenhall East Anglia

About our application process:

When providing a supporting statement please refer to the job description and person specification and include any information that shows your suitability for the role.

For more information about this job please contact Lee Lomax at

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

To protect our autistic adults all staffare required tohave a criminal background check.

Applications for this job aresoughtfrom anyone who is suitably qualified and experienced for the role but particularly welcome from those with a diagnosis of autism.

The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants willbe requiredto complete the relevant safeguarding checks.

We are an equal opportunities employer.INDAS