Are you a compassionate and experienced healthcare professional ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? If you’re passionate about making a difference for adults with learning disabilities and autism, this could be the role for you.We’re looking for a Deputy Manager to join our multidisciplinary team in Swindon. This full-time role (Monday–Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm, based at Orbital with flexible/hybrid options) offers a unique opportunity to shape and support person-centred care for those whose needs aren’t met by mainstream services.You’ll take on a varied role, combining clinical work with operational and strategic leadership. Working alongside a team of dedicated professionals—nurses, psychologists, therapists, and psychiatrists—you’ll help deliver holistic care and promote integration with wider health and social care systems. You’ll also support the Team Manager and lead across several disciplines, ensuring high-quality, coordinated interventions.If you're ready to lead with empathy and impact, we’d love to hear from you.Package DescriptionAs a Deputy Manager – Swindon Learning Disability and Autism Team you’ll be part of our valued team. You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: AFC with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salary with evidence provided)Plentiful on site-parkingMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each yearThe pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality CommissionFree tea, coffee, and milk at your base locationMain ResponsibilitiesIn the role of Deputy Manager – Swindon Learning Disability and Autism Team you will:Provide strategic and operational leadership in the absence of the Team ManagerSupport the day-to-day management of the team and act as a point of escalationManage a clinical caseload appropriate to your professional backgroundChair and lead multi-disciplinary, acute, DSR and interface meetingsDeliver effective crisis response and risk management planningMonitor service quality, safeguarding practices, and care standardsLine manage and supervise designated staff, including rostering responsibilitiesProvide clinical oversightLead service development initiatives and quality improvement projectsBuild strong relationships with external stakeholders including ICBs, acute hospitals, and community servicesLead or support investigations, complaints, and safeguarding cases as requiredContribute to local strategy and ensure key performance targets are met across workforce, finance, CHC, and clinical outcomesWhat We Offer:A supportive, collaborative team environmentOpportunities for flexible workingOngoing training and professional developmentInvolvement in shaping the future of local LD and Autism servicesAccess to HCRG’s full benefits packageA full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description. The Ideal CandidateEssentialSignificant experience in case management, team leadership, and interagency workingAbility to work across systems and lead transformational changeConfident in risk management, safeguarding, and quality assuranceA passion for improving the lives of people with learning disabilities through inclusive, holistic careMoving forward the role will include cover across BSW area. DesirableLD experience. Good assessment skillsKnowledge of safeguardingAbility to risk assess and care planKnowledge around non-medical interventionsAbout The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
