Service Manager - EOTAS

South West Community Chaplaincy; Devon and Torbay; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days leave

Pension matched (8%)

Free counselling

Professional development

Volunteering time

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Job summary

The Children's Society is recruiting a Service Manager for the Pathway to Adulthood Service (Education Other Than At School) in Torbay. This permanent role offers 35 hours per week at £35,100 per year, with funding until 31st August 2027 and potential for extension.

You will lead a skilled team delivering targeted group work and one-to-one support, conducting assessments, and co-designing goal-based plans to help children and young people transition to adulthood and employment.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a team of professionals.
• Ability to carry out comprehensive assessments.
• Experience with children and young people who are underserved or disengaged.
• Ability to educate, inform, coach and mentor youth.
• Co-design goal-based plans to support youth.

Responsibilities

• Manage the team supporting children and young people on transition to adulthood.
• Carry out comprehensive assessments and develop coproduced goal-based plans.
• Plan and deliver targeted group work and provide one-to-one support to achieve goals.

Skills

Positive relationships with children &

Excellent communication skills

Engaging underserved youth

Coaching & mentoring

Needs assessments

SEND experience

Co-design goal-based plans

Data recording & compliance

Risk management

One-to-one & group delivery

Time management

Travel across Torbay

Team leadership

Job description

Youth Impact Advert

Service Manager for Pathway to Adulthood Service (Education Other Than At School)

Permanent with funding until 31st August 2027 with potential for extension

35 hours per week

£35,100 per annum

Location: Torbay

Benefits include but not limited to:

• 36 days' annual leave, inclusive of flexible bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• We match up to 8% pension
• Free counselling service
• Opportunities to develop and widen your skills
• 2 days of paid volunteering time per annum to support another part of the organisation

About us:

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We deliver essential local services that provide safe, trusted support to children and young people during times of significant need.

Our Youth Impact domain creates impact for children and young people. With highly skilled and experienced staff working across England and Wales, we provide direct support to children, young people, parents and carers, as well as conduct research and influence Government to make changes. We also provide training for professionals. Our value driven team change the lives of children in this country for the better — and with your help and expertise, tomorrow we can support even more.

About the role:

You'll play a key part in managing the team who support children and young people with their transition to adulthood, further education and employment, through working on their barriers and enhancing their independence skills.

We're looking for an enthusiastic and experienced manager with the ability to carry out comprehensive assessments and develop coproduced goal-based plans, to plan and deliver targeted group work, and to provide one to one support to children and young people to achieve their goals.

The required skills and competencies for this role are:

• Ability to develop and maintain positive and constructive relationships with children and young people
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of working with young people who are underserved, marginalised, or disengaged from mainstream services and support systems.
• Ability to educate, inform, coach and mentor children and young people
• Ability to carry out high quality needs and strengths based assessments.
• Experience in working with SEND children and young people
• Co-design goal based plans to support children and young people to meet their goals.
• Keep coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols and complete all requirements relating to data collection.
• Able to identify, evaluate and effectively reduce and manage risk.
• Experience in delivering both one to one and group sessions
• Ability to organise and manage own time
• To be able to travel across Torbay to attend meetings in a variety of locations
• Experience of managing a successful team of professionals

It would also be an advantage if you have any of the following skills and competencies:

• DBT qualification and experience of delivering DBT services
• Experienced in delivering outreach work
• Experience in working in a trauma Informed practice
• First Aid trained

Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 4th October 2026. Interviews: Date to be confirmed

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protection of the children and young people we work with. As such, our safer recruitment process includes a Basic or Enhanced DBS check, 5 years of references, and additional vetting checks relevant to the role. We have a comprehensive range of policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices across all areas of our organisation. In support of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, shortlisting is carried out on an anonymised basis. Personal details are hidden from the shortlisting panel, and candidates are referenced by a candidate number only. As part of this process, we ask that your CV is anonymised before submission - this means removing personal information such as your name, contact details, age, and any other identifying details.

AI tools can support your application but only when used appropriately. You're welcome to use them to improve clarity, structure, and research. However, overuse or misuse (e.g. inventing experience or using AI during assessments) may lead to rejection at any stage. We want to hear the real you - authenticity matters.