Service Manager – Support & Safeguarding Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Service Manager within the Support & Safeguarding Team to work full time based in Northamptonshire.

The salary for this permanent Support Manager job is up to £64,839 per annum.

Main duties:

• To lead a group of teams, developing a service plan for the Portfolio, and leading the production of team plans, in accordance with Trust objectives. Systematically reviewing progress against these plans to ensure a consistently high standard of service which is in accordance with Trust objectives.
• To manage, allocate and monitor budgets and contracts with providers in accordance with the Trust Constitution, financial regulations and relevant codes of practice, ensuring that services provided are based on principles of best value utilising a full range of potential providers.
• To take a lead role in developing effective partnership arrangements with partner organisations exploring and developing opportunities for the integration of services. This could be as directed through the LSCBN or CYPPB frameworks.
• To take a strategic role in ensuring the Trust safeguarding and other social care services respond to and meet all current and emerging local and national policy.
• To ensure the agreed safeguarding children’s arrangements work effectively for all children and families within the portfolio and that staff receive and deliver training.
• To recruit, select, lead and motivate staff, appraise their work, effectively manage poor performance and ensure the preparation of staff development plans and workforce plans that will contribute to achieving a high standard of team performance.
• To introduce and sustain a performance culture in the post holder’s area of responsibility, taking account of national and local requirements and taking specific responsibility for performance targets for agreed indicators and effective complaints management.
• Proactively contribute to the work of the Safeguarding Board by ensuring active management participation at task and finish groups, panels and Safeguarding Board Sub Committees.
• To be responsible for managing change in response to the Government’s Agenda for Social Care. This will involve ensuring the service is fit for purpose, and is supportive of a seamless provision of services to children.
• To ensure delivery of a self-improving service through robust and effective audit activity that will embed ‘lessons learnt’ across the portfolio.
• To provide direct advice to Councillors, Committees of the Council and Boards on all aspects of the work of the Trust that are the responsibility of the post holder, including in particular development of policy and practice in light of the changing statutory framework.
• Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.

Requirements of this Service Manager job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.
• Experience within Adult Social Work.

Contact:
This Service Manager job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.