Service Manager

Enable Scotland; Clarkston; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plans

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loans

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Enable Scotland is seeking a Service Manager to lead a team of Team Facilitators and Personal Assistants in delivering person-centred care for people with learning disabilities across Moray. The role requires driving service quality, building relationships with families and care professionals, and promoting ENABLE Scotland's mission in the local community.

The successful candidate will oversee service delivery, support staff development, and work to secure high standards of care while promoting

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading Supported Living/ front-line services.
• Experience managing teams and driving culture change.
• Commitment to inclusion of people with a learning disability.
• Understanding of Self Directed Support Act and its principles.
• SSSC registration requirements and relevant SVQ qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead Team Facilitators and PAs to deliver person-centred care.
• Develop and maintain relationships with families, social care professionals and commissioners.
• Lead local service strategy and represent ENABLE Scotland in community partnerships.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and ongoing staff development.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Driving licence

People management

Culture change

Education

SVQ Health & Social Care Level 3

SVQ Level 4 or working towards SSSC

Job description

Service Manager

Location: Moray, IV30
Salary: £36,050 per annum
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week

*Driving License Required

Our Moray services are based in Elgin and the surrounding area (Forres, Keith, Buckie).

You will lead a team of Team Facilitators and PAs to provide bespoke, human rights based, person centred care in line with the Enable PA model.

The support needs of the people who use the service are diverse and support ranges from a few hours a week on key days to full 24 hour support. The ideal candidate will have broad experience of supporting people along-side a willingness to learn and acquire new skills and experiences.

The Best in You Brings Out the Best in Me

Enable is a dynamic and vibrant social care organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and we are looking for a dynamic and motivated Service Manager to join us in ensuring they have the same opportunities as everyone else.

You must have the passion and drive to take a lead role in continuing to improve the quality of the services we provide to the people we support and to effectively lead and support local Team Facilitators to manage our frontline support staff.

This role is pivotal to the success of our mission and ambition to support people with a learning disability to lead the lives of their choosing; lives that are full, meaningful and inclusive. A successful Service Manager will lead their teams to develop and maintain good relationships and communications with the family and Social Care professionals involved in the lives of the people we support.

About You

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Significant experience of leading and managing Supported Living Services.
• Experience of managing teams with knowledge of culture change.
• A commitment to the inclusion of people with a learning disability.
• An in-depth understanding of the Self Directed Support Act and its principles.
• SVQ level 4 or the ability to work towards the relevant qualification required for your SSSC registration
• SVQ Health & Social Care Level 3 is essential
• A clear understanding of the need to build and sustain partnerships with stakeholders, commissioners and other third sector providers.
• The ability to lead our business strategy at a local level whilst promoting ENABLE Scotland with an emphasis on growing our business
• Full driving licence with access to your own vehicle for business use

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

These include, but are not limited to:

• Person Centred approaches, planning and thinking
• Introduction to autism
• Epilepsy awareness
• Moving and Handling
• Adult support and protection
• Child support and protection
• First Aid
• Positive Behaviour Support

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loans*
• Blue Light Card

Where required, Enable will fully fund SVQ Health and Social Care qualifications - required for SSSC registration.

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity's mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.

Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

Note:

The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 3 months of their start date.

*Terms and Conditions Apply