Service Manager

Enable; Glasgow; 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

SVQ funding

Job summary

Enable Scotland in Glasgow is seeking a Service Manager to lead a team delivering high-quality, person-centred support for older people in Southside. You will ensure safeguarding, drive improvement and empower staff to provide meaningful, independent lives within the community.

You will foster a positive team culture, build relationships with families and external partners, and model excellent organisational and communication skills while aligning with Enable Scotland’s mission and values.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of leading and managing Supported Living Services.
• Experience of managing teams with knowledge of culture change.
• Commitment to the inclusion of people with a learning disability.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the service to deliver high-quality, person-centred support.
• Develop a positive team culture and drive continuous improvement.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with families, social care professionals and external partners.
• Lead the local business strategy while promoting ENABLE Scotland.

Skills

Leadership experience

Team management

Culture change

Partnership building

Strategic leadership

Communication skills

Driving licence

Education

SVQ level 4 or working towards qualification for SSSC

SVQ Health & Social Care Level 3

Job description

£36,050 per annum

Glasgow

Full Time Permanent

Full Time Temporary

Full time – 35 hours / week

Are you an experienced, passionate and values-led leader who wants to make a real difference to the lives of older people?

About The Role

Our Southside Older People Service (one Dementia Care Home and one Mental Health Care Home) in Glasgow is looking for an enthusiastic Service Manager to lead a dedicated team in delivering high-quality, person-centred support that enables older people to live fulfilling, independent lives within their communities.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who can provide strong, supportive leadership while ensuring the service continues to meet the individual needs, aspirations and outcomes of the people we support. You’ll play a key role in developing a positive team culture, driving continuous improvement and ensuring excellent standards of care, support and safeguarding.

We’re looking for someone who is confident, approachable and able to build strong relationships with the people we support, their families, colleagues and external partners. You’ll need excellent organisational and communication skills, a commitment to quality, and the ability to inspire and develop your team.

If you’re ready to bring your leadership experience, ideas and passion to a service where the people we support are at the heart of everything we do, we’d love to hear from you.

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.

Note

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

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