Location: Portsmouth (Sixth Avenue)
Salary: £33,000
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* While this vacancy has a closing date, we will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews on an ongoing basis. Early applications are strongly encouraged, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy once a suitable candidate has been identified.
Lead meaningful change. Drive community inclusion. Inspire excellence.
At Minstead Trust, we support neuro disabled people to live fulfilling, independent lives. We’re looking for an ambitious, values-driven leader to manage our Sixth Avenue Hub in Portsmouth, leading an established day opportunities service while driving an exciting phase of growth and transformation.
This is more than a service management role. It’s an opportunity to shape the future of community-based support, develop innovative programmes, expand social enterprises, and create new opportunities for people to learn, connect, work, and thrive.
What you’ll be doing
Leading an outstanding service
- Oversee the day-to-day operation of the Sixth Avenue Hub, including day opportunities, community activities, and mini social enterprises.
- Ensure the people we support receive personalised, outcome-focused programmes that promote independence, wellbeing, inclusion, and positive risk-taking.
- Drive continuous improvement, service quality, and contract performance.
- Develop and expand community-based opportunities that increase social participation, learning, volunteering, and employment outcomes.
Driving service growth and innovation
Lead the development of new programmes and community pathways, including:
- Theatre and Drama Groups
- Swimming Clubs
- Parent and Carer Forums
- Support the growth of community-based services and social enterprises across Portsmouth.
- Identify new opportunities for partnerships, community engagement, and service development.
Managing and inspiring people
- Lead, motivate, and develop a team of dedicated support professionals.
- Oversee recruitment, induction, supervision, appraisals, and ongoing professional development.
- Create a culture of coaching, continuous learning, recognition, and high performance.
- Champion inclusion, diversity, wellbeing, and psychological safety within the team.
Operational and financial leadership
- Manage service budgets and maintain strong financial controls.
- Take ownership of operational performance, resource planning, and workforce deployment.
- Monitor and report on service performance, budgets, and P&L activity to ensure long-term sustainability.
- Ensure compliance with safeguarding, GDPR, health and safety, and organisational policies.
- Build positive relationships with local authorities, healthcare professionals, social workers, families, carers, and community organisations.
- Represent Minstead Trust at external forums, meetings, and networking events.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust to share best practice and support strategic objectives.
About you
We’re looking for an experienced manager who combines commercial awareness with a genuine commitment to person-centred support.
You’ll ideally have:
- Experience managing services within social care, learning disabilities, autism services, day opportunities, supported living, or community-based support.
- Previous leadership experience, including managing and developing staff teams.
- Strong operational, budgetary, and performance management skills.
- Experience working with safeguarding, compliance, and quality assurance processes.
- The ability to build effective relationships with commissioners, families, professionals, and community partners.
- A passion for innovation, service development, and improving outcomes for people with learning disabilities and autism.
- Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
What benefits can we offer you?
- 33 days’ holiday (pro rata), inclusive of Bank Holidays
- A celebration day’s leave for your birthday
- Death in Service insurance
- Company pension
- An easy access health and wellbeing scheme
We are not licensed to sponsor employees for visas; therefore, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. You need to have, or be able to obtain, right to work in the UK in order to take up this position.
All staff working for, or on behalf of Minstead Trust, understand their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults at risk and know who to escalation concerns to within Minstead Trust.
Due to the nature of this employment sector your application is subject to a successful Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).
No terminology in the advert you have seen is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we will gladly accept applications from all sections of the community.
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Sixth Avenue Hub Manager in Portsmouth employer: Minstead Trust
Minstead Trust is an exceptional employer that values the contributions of its Community Care Support Workers, offering a supportive work culture where every team member plays a vital role in enhancing the lives of adults with learning disabilities. Located in the picturesque town of Lyndhurst, employees benefit from flexible evening and weekend shifts, competitive pay, and opportunities for professional development, all while making a meaningful impact in the community. Join us to be part of a dedicated team that prioritises compassion, growth, and independence for those we support.
