Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire & Midland – Hybrid working

Type: Full-time 40 hours per week

Salary: up to £35,000 per annum plus car allowance

Would you like to make a real difference and deliver services that will impact the lives of people with learning disabilities, autism and aged related needs?

Real Life Options are a not for profit charity with a personal-centred support approach helping and are committed to empowering people we support to live fulfilled, meaningful, and active lives.

As a Risk and Compliance Officer, you will play a vital role in supporting our operational teams to maintain high-quality services and meet our governance and regulatory responsibilities across the group.

The role

• Supporting operational teams in delivering safe, high-quality, and person-centred services that meet individual needs.
• You’ll be a key player in ensuring that our compliance tools are aligned to regulatory frameworks and meet our contractual obligations.
• You’ll be responsible for undertaking agreed audits, including health and safety, and providing coaching and support to managers on regulatory compliance and best practice.

About you

You will be a proactive and detail-oriented individual with a passion for quality and safety in care. You will bring a strong understanding of regulatory compliance frameworks in social care and a collaborative approach to improvement.

Skills & Experience:

• Knowledge of relevant care sector regulations and standards
• Experience of working within the health and social care sector preferably at direct service delivery level
• Experience with audit or compliance monitoring tools
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven auditing experience
• Registered Managers or equivalent qualification

Benefits and Rewards

• Car allowance of £4500 per annum
• Up to 33 days holiday a year including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• An contributory pension scheme – employer contribution 6%
• 2x salary Life cover
• Health Cash Plan

A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)

A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services

• Cycle to work scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a friend incentive bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition initiatives

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.