Service Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 29 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £40,000 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 26 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Fife, KY12 0AR |
| Cwmni: | Real Life Options |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | ORG3708-LC1488479DunSM |
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Service Manager
Dunfermline
£40k per annum
Full-time – Permanent
Real Life Options is a registered charity, we deliver creative, dynamic and person-centred services providing a range of individualised support to people living in shared supported living properties and individual tenancies within the Scotland.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Service Manager within our Dunfermline services.
The Role
This is a permanent, full-time position and an excellent opportunity for an experienced career driven individual to join our forward-thinking management team, to lead, develop, manage and be accountable for your team and services.
We are looking for a competent and compassionate Service Manager with experience in positive behavioural support and are trauma informed to support the hospital discharge of our services users into a community setting.
As part of your role, with the continued expansion as Service Manager will provide positive leadership, direction and management of the support services, ensuring the delivery of robust business and financial performance, through the effective and efficient use of all available resources.
Be prepared to work flexibly, and with continued growth establish the Service Team, working collaboratively with them in planning, scheduling, and implementing individual care and support. Ensuring the highest standard of care is delivered by a skilled, motivated and client focused team. Meeting and where possible, ensuring quality assurance and compliance across all services, always exceeding external regulatory and contractual requirements.
Knowledge / Experience:
You will depth knowledge and experience in a health or care setting and supporting service users of various needs moderate to complex in both supported living and multi occupancy living.
You will have strong leadership and management skills, with responsibility to manage and prioritise your own workload whilst supporting the team.
The ability to supervise, lead and motivate a team and provide a clear sense of direction is vital for this role as well as effective financial and budgetary management capabilities. To be successful, you will need to be motivated and a committed team player, able to get the best out of people and enjoy developing and supporting your team. Drive, commitment and initiative will match your natural enthusiasm for this role.
You will have:
Essential
Minimum 2 years supervisory/management experience within a relevant care setting
A track record of working within services for people with learning disabilities and autism
Experience of positive behavioural support (minimum 18 months)
Extensive working knowledge of legislation and standards affecting the development and delivery of our services
Responsible for ensuring and maintaining good governance and mandatory compliance across the services at all times
Financial responsibility and reporting to Head of Operations or equivalent
Excellent communication and organisational skills
Leadership Qualities
IT literate
Ability to lead and motivate a team and provide a clear sense of direction
Person Centred Approach
Desirable
S/NVQ Level 5 (in both management and care) or equivalent
Why Join Us?
Benefits and Rewards
At Real Life Options we treat our people with the same respect, care and consideration that we show to the people we support. Not only do we provide competitive rates of pay, a great place to work and great job satisfaction, our additional benefits include:
✅ Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
✅ Access to training bursaries
✅ A minimum of 33-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
✅ An employer contributory pension scheme
✅ A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
✅ Life cover 2 x Annual Salary
✅ Refer a Friend Incentive £250 Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Don’t miss out – Be Part of Something Bigger – Join a team driven by values, with a mission that matters
Apply today and start making a real impact!
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 can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
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.
INDHP
Dunfermline
£40k per annum
Full-time – Permanent
Real Life Options is a registered charity, we deliver creative, dynamic and person-centred services providing a range of individualised support to people living in shared supported living properties and individual tenancies within the Scotland.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Service Manager within our Dunfermline services.
The Role
This is a permanent, full-time position and an excellent opportunity for an experienced career driven individual to join our forward-thinking management team, to lead, develop, manage and be accountable for your team and services.
We are looking for a competent and compassionate Service Manager with experience in positive behavioural support and are trauma informed to support the hospital discharge of our services users into a community setting.
As part of your role, with the continued expansion as Service Manager will provide positive leadership, direction and management of the support services, ensuring the delivery of robust business and financial performance, through the effective and efficient use of all available resources.
Be prepared to work flexibly, and with continued growth establish the Service Team, working collaboratively with them in planning, scheduling, and implementing individual care and support. Ensuring the highest standard of care is delivered by a skilled, motivated and client focused team. Meeting and where possible, ensuring quality assurance and compliance across all services, always exceeding external regulatory and contractual requirements.
Knowledge / Experience:
You will depth knowledge and experience in a health or care setting and supporting service users of various needs moderate to complex in both supported living and multi occupancy living.
You will have strong leadership and management skills, with responsibility to manage and prioritise your own workload whilst supporting the team.
The ability to supervise, lead and motivate a team and provide a clear sense of direction is vital for this role as well as effective financial and budgetary management capabilities. To be successful, you will need to be motivated and a committed team player, able to get the best out of people and enjoy developing and supporting your team. Drive, commitment and initiative will match your natural enthusiasm for this role.
You will have:
Essential
Minimum 2 years supervisory/management experience within a relevant care setting
A track record of working within services for people with learning disabilities and autism
Experience of positive behavioural support (minimum 18 months)
Extensive working knowledge of legislation and standards affecting the development and delivery of our services
Responsible for ensuring and maintaining good governance and mandatory compliance across the services at all times
Financial responsibility and reporting to Head of Operations or equivalent
Excellent communication and organisational skills
Leadership Qualities
IT literate
Ability to lead and motivate a team and provide a clear sense of direction
Person Centred Approach
Desirable
S/NVQ Level 5 (in both management and care) or equivalent
Why Join Us?
Benefits and Rewards
At Real Life Options we treat our people with the same respect, care and consideration that we show to the people we support. Not only do we provide competitive rates of pay, a great place to work and great job satisfaction, our additional benefits include:
✅ Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
✅ Access to training bursaries
✅ A minimum of 33-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
✅ An employer contributory pension scheme
✅ A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
✅ Life cover 2 x Annual Salary
✅ Refer a Friend Incentive £250 Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Don’t miss out – Be Part of Something Bigger – Join a team driven by values, with a mission that matters
Apply today and start making a real impact!
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 can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
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.
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