Deputy Locality Manager – Birmingham, Dudley & Wolverhampton
Location: Birmingham, Dudley & Wolverhampton
Hours: Full Time (Fully Off-Rota)
Salary: £35,155.73 per annum
Driver Essential: Full UK Driving Licence
Please Note: We have a tight turn around for this role and are planning to interview Monday 16/11/2026.
About Dimensions
Bring your passion, leadership and heart to a role where your impact truly counts. As a Deputy Locality Manager, you'll help colleagues grow, champion high-quality support and play a key role in ensuring people receive personalised support that helps them live fulfilling lives.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning organisation and develop your leadership career while supporting multiple teams across Birmingham, Dudley and Wolverhampton.
Thanks to our amazing teams, Dimensions Group has been accredited as a Great Place to Work for 2026 — our eighth consecutive year of recognition.
About the opportunity
We are looking for a permanent Deputy Locality Manager to support services across Birmingham, Dudley and Wolverhampton.
Working closely with the Locality Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring high-quality support is delivered consistently across the locality. You'll provide leadership, coaching and operational oversight while helping colleagues develop and thrive.
This is a fully off-rota management role, allowing you to focus on supporting teams, driving quality, ensuring compliance and helping services achieve positive outcomes for the people we support.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced support professional looking to take the next step in their management career or for an existing leader seeking a new challenge within a large and diverse locality.
Key responsibilitiesTeam Leadership & Development
• Lead, motivate and mentor support teams
• Promote a positive and inclusive team culture
• Champion Dimensions' values and personalised support approaches
• Support the induction, development and training of colleagues
• Encourage high performance and continuous improvement
• Experience conducting reflective discussions, debriefs or coaching conversations following incident
Operational & Rota Management
• Support the day-to-day management of support settings
• Oversee rota management and workforce planning
• Support effective deployment of colleagues and resources
• Ensure services are operating efficiently and effectively
Safeguarding & Compliance Oversight
• Promote safe working practices
• Support compliance with regulatory requirements and Dimensions policies
• Ensure robust safeguarding and risk management practices are maintained
• Support quality assurance activities and service improvements
Person-Centred Support & Reviews
• Ensure people are actively involved in planning and reviewing their support
• Promote independence, dignity, choice and inclusion
• Support colleagues to deliver high-quality personalised support
• Drive positive outcomes for the people we support
Partnership Working
• Build positive relationships with families, professionals and wider circles of support
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders
• Support effective communication across teams and services
Financial & Resource Management
• Support effective management of resources and budgets
• Promote efficient and effective use of staffing and support resources
• Monitor expenditure and support financial accountability
Professional Development
• Continue developing your own leadership and management skills
• Support the development of future leaders within the locality
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the area
About you
You'll be a great fit for this role if you:
• Have experience supporting people with learning disabilities, autistic people and/or people with mental health needs
• Have experience leading, coaching or supervising colleagues
• Lead with empathy, confidence and professionalism
• Are passionate about developing colleagues and supporting teams to succeed
• Communicate effectively and build positive working relationships
• Have experience promoting personalised support and positive outcomes
• Demonstrate strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Are confident managing competing priorities and solving problems
• Are committed to learning, development and continuous improvement
• Have an up-to-date understanding of personalised support approaches and Active Support principles
• Hold, or are willing to work towards, a Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care / Leadership and Management for Care Services
• Hold a full UK manual driving licence and are willing to travel across the locality
Rewards that make a difference
• Up to 35 days' annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays)
• Discounts on shopping and days out
• Salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of your earned pay before payday
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Qualification scheme
• Inspiring People recognition programme
• Discounted health and dental cover
• Life assurance
• Bike to Work scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
Apply now
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
• We welcome applications from everyone who has the right to work in the UK and value diversity in our workforce.
• If a driving licence is required for this role, you will need to produce a copy of the driving licence at the onboarding stage.
• As Disability Confident Leaders, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy - Dimensions has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees.
• As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application. Please contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 03003039150.
• We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all of our recruitment communications.
Use of AI in the recruitment process
AI can help you research and refine your application, but everything you submit should reflect your genuine skills and experience. Please ensure your application represents your own voice and abilities.
If you use assistive technology or require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we are committed to supporting you where we can. Please let us know in advance so we can ensure appropriate arrangements are in place.
