Are you an experienced care professional passionate about making a difference to the lives of autistic young adults?
St John's College is looking for a dedicated and compassionate Deputy Care Manager to support the leadership of our residential provision, helping autistic young adults with learning disabilities to thrive, develop independence and achieve positive outcomes.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate and supportive team within Ambitious about Autism, where you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred residential care and supporting the continued development of our services.
As Deputy Care Manager, you will work closely with the Registered Care Manager to support the effective day-to-day management of our residential provision. You will provide leadership and guidance to residential teams, ensuring learners receive safe, nurturing and person-centred care in line with organisational values, safeguarding requirements and regulatory standards.
You will support staff development, contribute to quality assurance processes and help drive continuous improvement across the service. Working collaboratively with families, colleagues and multi-disciplinary professionals, you will play an important role in ensuring learners receive consistent support that promotes independence, wellbeing and positive outcomes.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience working within a residential care environment.
- Has experience supporting autistic young adults with learning disabilities.
- Has experience leading, supervising or supporting care teams.
- Has knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, person-centred care and regulatory requirements.
- Can build positive relationships with learners, families, colleagues and external professionals.
- Is organised, resilient and passionate about delivering high-quality care.
- Holds a Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (or equivalent) or is working towards this.
- Is committed to working towards a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care.
At Ambitious about Autism, you will be part of an organisation committed to creating opportunities, improving outcomes and supporting autistic children and young people to lead fulfilling lives.
This is a rewarding opportunity to develop your leadership skills, make a genuine impact and work within a collaborative and values-driven environment supporting autistic young adults to achieve their goals.
Closing date: Wednesday 15 July 2026
Application outcome: Thursday 16 July
Interview date: Thursday 23 July
Interviews will take place onsite at the residential houses / St John's College.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We warmly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, valuing the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives they bring. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, disability, or age.
Our recruitment process promotes equal opportunities, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or additional needs throughout the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team for accommodations. We recognise disability as a physical or mental impairment that significantly and long-term affects a person's ability to perform day-to-day activities, as defined by the UK Equality Act 2010. All applications will be considered solely on merit, aligned with our mission to support autistic children and young people.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
