Area Manager / Social Care Services and Contracts / North West
| Posting date: | 04 October 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £45,284 to £45,284 per year |
| Additional salary information: | + Excellent Benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 November 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, Greater Manchester |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | AWD online |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | AWDO-P12669 |
Summary
Social Care Services Area Manager who has experience as a Senior Manager delivering and leading complex social care / NHS service contracts, with excellent time-management and organisational skills is required to join a well-established charity in a role covering the North West.
SALARY: £45,284 per annum + Excellent Benefits
LOCATION: North-West. Must be able to travel regularly to locations across the region and occasional national travel throughout England
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent
WORKING HOURS: 35 hours per week
JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Social Care Services Area Manager who has experience as a Senior Manager delivering and leading complex social care / NHS service contracts, with excellent time-management and organisational skills.
As the Social Care Services Area Manager you will engage NHS Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), developing partnerships that align with corporate strategy ‘working together to build communities that care’.
Working as the Social Care Services Area Manager you will lead their Service Managers / Contract Managers in ensuring that the services are consistently delivering high-quality, safe and person-centred care and support in line with contractual requirements.
Within your role you will have responsibility for a variety of services, including care navigation, carers support, community support services, crisis cafes, employment, helplines, peer support services, befriending and mentoring, suicide bereavement or prevention and registered groups.
DUTIES
Your duties as the Social Care Services Area Manager will include:
• Provide leadership for the services in North West as a member of the Placed Based Delivery Team
• Ensure services are delivered to budget whilst promoting organisational efficiencies
• Ensure services and contracts meet internal and external Key Performance Indicators
• Work in partnership with the Business Development and Fundraising
• Build the organisations profile and influence the commissioning landscape through establishing and sustaining collaborative relationships across the relevant public, private and voluntary sectors
• Ensure that the experiences of people using the services are reflected in the campaigns and policy activity
• Work with the colleagues across the organisation to join up and test other forms of service delivery through a wider range of funders
• Ensure that appropriate polices and processes are in place and adhered to
• Ensure that services and contracts are using appropriate reporting and recording systems and gather data which supports informed decision making
• Adopt a continuous improvement approach to the charity’s activities, identifying and supporting plans to improve/transform all elements of their work
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
Essential
• Experience as a Senior Manager delivering and leading complex social care/NHS service contracts and overseeing large budgets
• Have a deep understanding of the way in which the health and social care sector functions, particularly in relation to mental health services
• Experience of mental health practice and service delivery
• Experience of leading and managing a dispersed team across multiple sites
• Developed services and worked as part of a cross-organisational team to develop bids and proposals to grow services and have a good understanding of public sector procurement
Desirable
• A good understanding of the North West of England
• Evidence of management development in the form of a recognised management qualification (professional diploma, post graduate study etc.)
• Experience of developing and leading complex partnerships within the health and social care sector, demonstrate the ability to work generously and constructively with partner organisations, and understand how to ensure effective oversight and management required for this way of working
• Experience and knowledge of delivery to children and young people
• A qualification relevant to the delivery of health and social care services
Don’t meet all the requirements?
If the role sounds exciting to you but your experience, skills or qualifications don’t exactly match every single requirement, the organisation will still encourage you to apply, you may be just the right person for this position!
BENEFITS
• Rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform: Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc.
• Wellbeing support: A hub that gives physical, and mental health support. The company also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments
• Flexible Working – you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. Generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off
• Contributory pension scheme
• Structured Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way
• Receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member
Please note: we reserve the right to close any of our vacancies early.
APPLY TODAY…
By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.
JOB REF: AWDO-P12669
Full-Time, Permanent Jobs, Careers and Vacancies. Find a new job and work in Manchester, North West England. Multi-Job Board Advertising and CV Sourcing Recruitment Services provided by AWD online.
AWD online specialise in sourcing candidates and advertising vacancies on multiple job boards for companies on a non-commission basis. AWD online operates as an employment agency.
awd online | http://www.awdo.co.uk
SALARY: £45,284 per annum + Excellent Benefits
LOCATION: North-West. Must be able to travel regularly to locations across the region and occasional national travel throughout England
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent
WORKING HOURS: 35 hours per week
JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Social Care Services Area Manager who has experience as a Senior Manager delivering and leading complex social care / NHS service contracts, with excellent time-management and organisational skills.
As the Social Care Services Area Manager you will engage NHS Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), developing partnerships that align with corporate strategy ‘working together to build communities that care’.
Working as the Social Care Services Area Manager you will lead their Service Managers / Contract Managers in ensuring that the services are consistently delivering high-quality, safe and person-centred care and support in line with contractual requirements.
Within your role you will have responsibility for a variety of services, including care navigation, carers support, community support services, crisis cafes, employment, helplines, peer support services, befriending and mentoring, suicide bereavement or prevention and registered groups.
DUTIES
Your duties as the Social Care Services Area Manager will include:
• Provide leadership for the services in North West as a member of the Placed Based Delivery Team
• Ensure services are delivered to budget whilst promoting organisational efficiencies
• Ensure services and contracts meet internal and external Key Performance Indicators
• Work in partnership with the Business Development and Fundraising
• Build the organisations profile and influence the commissioning landscape through establishing and sustaining collaborative relationships across the relevant public, private and voluntary sectors
• Ensure that the experiences of people using the services are reflected in the campaigns and policy activity
• Work with the colleagues across the organisation to join up and test other forms of service delivery through a wider range of funders
• Ensure that appropriate polices and processes are in place and adhered to
• Ensure that services and contracts are using appropriate reporting and recording systems and gather data which supports informed decision making
• Adopt a continuous improvement approach to the charity’s activities, identifying and supporting plans to improve/transform all elements of their work
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
Essential
• Experience as a Senior Manager delivering and leading complex social care/NHS service contracts and overseeing large budgets
• Have a deep understanding of the way in which the health and social care sector functions, particularly in relation to mental health services
• Experience of mental health practice and service delivery
• Experience of leading and managing a dispersed team across multiple sites
• Developed services and worked as part of a cross-organisational team to develop bids and proposals to grow services and have a good understanding of public sector procurement
Desirable
• A good understanding of the North West of England
• Evidence of management development in the form of a recognised management qualification (professional diploma, post graduate study etc.)
• Experience of developing and leading complex partnerships within the health and social care sector, demonstrate the ability to work generously and constructively with partner organisations, and understand how to ensure effective oversight and management required for this way of working
• Experience and knowledge of delivery to children and young people
• A qualification relevant to the delivery of health and social care services
Don’t meet all the requirements?
If the role sounds exciting to you but your experience, skills or qualifications don’t exactly match every single requirement, the organisation will still encourage you to apply, you may be just the right person for this position!
BENEFITS
• Rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform: Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc.
• Wellbeing support: A hub that gives physical, and mental health support. The company also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments
• Flexible Working – you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. Generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off
• Contributory pension scheme
• Structured Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way
• Receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member
Please note: we reserve the right to close any of our vacancies early.
APPLY TODAY…
By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.
JOB REF: AWDO-P12669
Full-Time, Permanent Jobs, Careers and Vacancies. Find a new job and work in Manchester, North West England. Multi-Job Board Advertising and CV Sourcing Recruitment Services provided by AWD online.
AWD online specialise in sourcing candidates and advertising vacancies on multiple job boards for companies on a non-commission basis. AWD online operates as an employment agency.
awd online | http://www.awdo.co.uk