Service Manager March
| Posting date: | 07 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £37,259 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 January 2026 |
| Location: | March, Anglia, PE15 |
| Company: | Mencap |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 58853387 |
Summary
Job Advert
We are currently looking for a passionate Service Manager to join our team in March on a temporary (6 month) basis. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys leading teams, making a difference, and ensuring that people receive the highest quality support.
As a Service Manager, you will be responsible for inspiring and developing a dedicated team of Support Workers. You will ensure that the services deliver high-quality, person-centred support in line with Mencap’s values and CQC standards. Your role will involve managing day-to-day operations such as rotas, budgets and compliance, while maintaining strong relationships with the people we support, their families, and external professionals. Above all, you will create a positive, empowering environment where people are supported to live the lives they choose with independence and joy.
We’re looking for someone who is caring, organised, and confident working in a people-focused setting. Experience in social care or management is desirable, as you will need to have an understanding of what great quality care looks like.
Your working week is flexible over the 7 days week and may include working weekends.
Job ID 35346
Benefits
Here at Mencap, we offer a range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.
Our benefits package offers 24 days of paid holiday (excluding bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.
For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document with all of the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!
About Mencap
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carer’s. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.
At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.
Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.
We are currently looking for a passionate Service Manager to join our team in March on a temporary (6 month) basis. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys leading teams, making a difference, and ensuring that people receive the highest quality support.
As a Service Manager, you will be responsible for inspiring and developing a dedicated team of Support Workers. You will ensure that the services deliver high-quality, person-centred support in line with Mencap’s values and CQC standards. Your role will involve managing day-to-day operations such as rotas, budgets and compliance, while maintaining strong relationships with the people we support, their families, and external professionals. Above all, you will create a positive, empowering environment where people are supported to live the lives they choose with independence and joy.
We’re looking for someone who is caring, organised, and confident working in a people-focused setting. Experience in social care or management is desirable, as you will need to have an understanding of what great quality care looks like.
Your working week is flexible over the 7 days week and may include working weekends.
Job ID 35346
Benefits
Here at Mencap, we offer a range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.
Our benefits package offers 24 days of paid holiday (excluding bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.
For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document with all of the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!
About Mencap
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carer’s. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.
At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.
Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.
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