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Role: Service Manager
Salary: £36,000 per annum plus £1353.42 Essential Car user Allowance
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Brentry, Bristol
Our client is looking for an experienced Service Manager to join their team in Bristol on a full-time basis.
About the client
Our client 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.
Who they are looking for.
They are seeking an experienced Service Manager to lead our team of skilled, passionate, and creative support workers. Their team provides person-centred support to individuals with challenging behaviours within their Bristol supported living service.
This is a fantastic opportunity to further develop our client’s reputation as an outstanding provider in the area. Leading good practice and developing excellence in service, you will provide management support whilst supporting people to build community relationships.
You will maintain and enhance their high standards and build strong working relationships with their customers, regulators, and other important stakeholders. This will include taking direct management responsibility for referrals, health and safety, compliance issues and financial control. You will also play an important strategic role in defining, developing, and implementing their growth plans.
What they need from you
To be a great Service Manager, you will need to hold a minimum NVQ level 3 in Social Care Management or equivalent with proven experience within social care at a management level. You must have a positive attitude towards issues of learning disability and mental health and a comprehensive understanding of these issues in practice. With the ability to act as lead practitioner and develop the team’s skills via supervision and on the job coaching, you will have the aptitude to respond to the needs of a 24-hour service to include on call arrangements and a need to provide management cover when required and therefore a flexible approach is essential.
The benefits
- 20 days paid annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays, pro rata for part time) , 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.
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