Service Manager
| Posting date: | 16 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £30,000 to £40,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £34,070.40 per annum plus £1353.48 car users allowance |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 August 2024 |
| Location: | TR11 |
| Company: | United Response |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | UNIT179732 |
Summary
Role: Service Manager
Salary: £34,070.40 per annum plus £1353.48 car users allowance
Location: West Cornwall
Hours: 37.5 per week (Full Time)
Are you an experienced social care manager?
Do you want to make life happen in the lives of people we support?
United Response have a brilliant opportunity for someone to join our team as a Service Manager working across our Cornwall services.
Who we are:
United Response is a leading national charity providing support to young people and adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs. We believe in championing the right of disabled people to live, work, socialise and participate in the community, free of discrimination and unnecessary boundaries.
Making it happen- your Role.
We have an opportunity for a Service Manager to join us on a 37.5 hours per week basis. This is a fantastic opportunity to further develop United Response’s reputation as an outstanding provider in the area. Leading good practice and developing excellence in service, you will provide management support whilst ensuring the people we support are supported in accordance with person centered approaches.
To be considered for this role you must:
- Be passionate about making a difference and the work of United Response.
- Have experience of leading and motivating a team in a social care setting.
- NVQ Level 3 in Social Care Management or equivalent
- Experience of managing budgets and financial processes.
- Knowledge of regulatory framework.
- Proven ability to build effective relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- Clear written and verbal communication style.
- Fully IT literate and confident in the use of different IT systems / packages.
- Willing to undertake required training, sometimes off site and outside normal working hours.
- Willing and able to travel between locations as required.
- Available for flexible working patterns including evenings, weekends, sleep-ins and nights as required.
- Able to undertake on-call duties on a rota basis.
*Please see full job description attached.
Please note that to be considered for this post you must hold a full driving licence as you will be required to travel throughout areas in West Cornwall.
Pay & Benefits:
In return for hard work and dedication as a Service Manager you will receive:
- £34,070.40 per annum
- 20 days paid annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays), which increases after 3 and 5 years’ service
- Pension Contribution
- Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling and advice services Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications
- Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
- Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers
Please note that this role will involve evening, weekend and bank holiday shifts across various services so flexibility with working patterns is essential. The successful applicant will be subject to a full DBS check the cost of which to be met by United Response.
The successful applicant will be subject to a full DBS check the cost of which to be met by United Response.
United Response is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to the Mindful Employer values and are a Disability Confident Leader, providing support to applicants with disabilities. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. If you are interested in applying for employment with United Response and are in need of support to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an email with your request to tamsin.kirby@unitedresponse.org.uk
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