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This is a tremendously exciting time to join Aspens. With our new Chief Operating Officer in place, we are actively shaping how we work to ensure we deliver the very best for the people we support. Her focus and ambition are centred on establishing consistent, high-quality practice across the organisation and ensuring that everything we do enhances, in a meaningful and measurable way, the lives of those we support. The Head of Kent Services is a leadership role responsible for the strategic, operational, and financial oversight of services within Kent, currently residential services for adults with autism and/or learning disabilities, supported living services, and services for children and families across Kent. The postholder will ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centred care and support that promotes autonomy, dignity, inclusion, and positive outcomes for individuals and families. The Head of Kent Services will lead and develop a small team of locality managers ensuring regulatory compliance, financial sustainability, and continuous service improvement across the portfolio. The Head of Kent Services will be a member of the Inclusive Executive Leadership Team, working in collaboration with other leaders to drive the best outcomes for the People we Support and the Charity.
Job Responsibility:
Strategic, operational, and financial oversight of services within Kent
Ensuring delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centred care and support
Leading and developing a small team of locality managers
Ensuring regulatory compliance, financial sustainability, and continuous service improvement
Being a member of the Inclusive Executive Leadership Team
Collaborating with other leaders to drive best outcomes
Requirements:
Significant senior management experience in health and social care
Strong knowledge of autism and learning disability support models
Experience managing budgets and financial performance
Demonstrable experience of regulatory compliance and inspection processes
Experience working with commissioners and local authorities
Experience managing large-scale change programmes
Significant experience in building team capability and managing complex employee relations
Strategic thinking and operational delivery capability
Strong financial acumen
Experience overseeing impactful, outcomes-driven services at a strategic level
Strong project and programme management skills
Excellent leadership and people management skills
Excellent analytical and data interpretation skills
High-level communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Ability to manage complexity and drive change
Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability
Ability to build and sustain relationships, with trust and integrity
Nice to have:
Relevant professional qualification in health or social care (Level 5 or above)
Experience overseeing multiple residential and/or supported living services
Experience in service mobilisation or turnaround
Experience with Positive Behaviour Support at strategic level
What we offer:
Exciting and rewarding role
Opportunity to learn and grow in a supportive environment
Member of the Inclusive Executive Leadership Team
Hybrid working
Adjusted Hours or compressed working weeks
Fantastic paid training and career progression opportunities
Paid DBS
Annual Leave
Nest Pension and Death in Service Benefit
Dedicated Employee Assistance Programme and Access to Mental Health First Aiders
20% discount on all items for Aspens' staff
Discounted staff menu at Bluebell cafe
Refer a Friend scheme (up to £250)
Recognition schemes including Employee of the Month
Wellbeing initiatives: no email/meeting Fridays, no meetings over lunchtime, encouraged not to read or reply to emails outside of working hours, access to counselling