Regional Director

Regional Director

About us

Choice Support is a charitable community benefit society providing social care and housing to adults with learning disabilities, autistic people and people with mental health needs. We support over 2,500 people in England, from Yorkshire to the south coast. Our purpose is to create opportunities for happiness for the people that we support. Our team of c.2,600 employees deliver our highly respected services via an income of more than £74M pa.

About the role

We want you to provide values-driven leadership to Choice Support to ensure that the people we support receive the highest standard of care and support.

As Regional Director, be responsible for all aspects of the operational management of our services for autistic people and people with learning disabilities. You will ensure the highest quality of care, compliance with CQC regulations, delivering strong financial performance and supporting our continued growth.

You lead a dispersed team of operational mangers overseeing registered care and supported living services and also be a member of the operational leadership team collaborating across functions.

Within the organisation you will be a role model, demonstrating Choice Support’s values and the highest standards of practice leadership at all times. You will promote Choice Support externally to help ensure more people benefit from our support.

Location

This is a home-based role, or you can work in any of our office. You must be able to regularly and easily travel to locations in London and the South East with occasional travel nationally as part of the role. 

Hours

This is a full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week. We ask that you're flexible and work the hours needed to do your role well and meet the needs of the team.

About you

We are looking for a values driven leader, committed to providing excellent support to enable people to live independent and fulfilled lives. You will bring:

a track record of successful leadership in the social care sector, including experience of leading large teams
experience of negotiating and working successfully with Local Authority Commissioners and identifying new business
the ability to build effective relationships at all levels internally and externally
a good understanding of CQC regulations and health and social care legislation
a genuine commitment to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities, and autistic people
Successful experience of identifying new business and negotiating with funders.

For more information or for an informal discussion about this post please email rebecca.wiseman@choicesupport.org.uk to arrange a time to speak to Mel Shad, Chief Operating Officer.

The deadline for receipt of CVs is 12:00 noon on Friday, 9 May 2025. Please note that submitting a supporting statement is optional.

Interviews will take place on 15 May 2025 in person at our central London office. There will also be Teams meetings with a panel of people that we support, as part of the selection process.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship or take over a certificate of sponsorship, please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK.

Explore our employee benefits, the good practices we've committed to, and our core values by clicking here.

To learn more about Diversity and Inclusion at our company, click here and see how we foster a supportive and inclusive workplace for all.

We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion and taking action to address inequality. We particularly welcome applications from anyone who is from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background, anyone who considers themselves to have a disability and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Choice Support is Disability Confident which is a scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment, we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview – if you believe you meet this criteria, please email marie.cole@choicesupport.org.uk to discuss this with them.