Service Manager; Support and Safeguarding

Location Northampton
Job type Permanent
Salary £53,609 - 65,492 per year
Consultant Harry Smy
Call 0333 7000 020
Reference 187321

Sanctuary Personnel, 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 Service Manager job is up to £65,492 per annum.

Main duties:

  • To lead a group of teams, developing a service plan for the portfolio, the 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 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 standards of team performance.
  • 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 the views, feelings and wishes of children, young people and their parents/carers are ascertained and used to appropriately inform the development and performance of services and are at the heart of service design and delivery.
  • Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and to comply with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the department.
  • 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.
  • Past experience within management.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Continual professional development.
  • Social Work England registered.

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, Sanctuary Personnel 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.

Sanctuary 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, Sanctuary 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.