At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and enhance learning disability services, ensuring quality and compliance.
- Company: Join a national care trust focused on evolving services for individuals with complex needs.
- Benefits: Hybrid working, competitive salary, and the chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Opportunity to work with senior leaders and drive meaningful change.
- Why this job: Shape impactful care services and improve lives across the nation.
- Qualifications: Leadership experience in learning disabilities or related social care fields.
We are supporting a national care trust at a pivotal time as they strengthen and evolve services for people with learning disabilities and other complex needs. We are now seeking an Interim Assistant Director to work alongside the senior management team. You will help shape and deliver high-impact, person-centred care across a diverse portfolio of services, working in a hybrid capacity with senior leaders and frontline teams. You will provide strategic and operational leadership for learning disability services, ensuring they are safe, effective, and aligned with current legislation and best practice. Working closely with the Director and senior stakeholders, you will drive service improvement, modernisation, and integration across the trust’s national footprint. Your work will directly impact the quality of life and outcomes for people with learning disabilities and other complex needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and oversee learning disability service delivery across designated areas, ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance.
- Develop and implement strategic service plans that reflect national policy, local needs, and organisational priorities.
- Provide visible leadership to multidisciplinary teams, setting clear expectations and supporting managers to deliver high-performing services.
- Ensure services operate in line with learning disabilities legislation, safeguarding requirements, and regulatory standards.
- Champion person-centred practice, co-production, and rights-based approaches across all learning disability services.
- Contribute to organisational planning, reporting, and governance, presenting clear updates and recommendations to senior leadership.
Key Requirements:
- Proven leadership experience within learning disability or closely related social care/health services.
- Strong track record of managing and motivating multidisciplinary teams across multiple sites or services.
- In-depth knowledge of learning disabilities legislation, policy, and regulatory frameworks.
- Skilled in managing change, service redesign, and improvement programmes in a care setting.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, with the ability to operate credibly at senior level.
If you are a confident, strategic leader with a strong learning disabilities background and ready to make a tangible impact in a national care trust, we would like to hear from you.
Interim Assistant Director employer: Keystone Care
Keystone Care is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work culture in the heart of Redhill. With a strong commitment to employee development, we provide ongoing training and growth opportunities for our staff, ensuring they thrive in their roles while delivering outstanding care to our residents. Our luxury elder care home environment not only prioritises high-quality service but also fosters a sense of community and belonging among our team members.
