Service Manager

Service Manager

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Service Manager to join a leading provider of services to the health and social care sector.

Position: Service Manager (Neighbourhoods Lead)

Location: Birmingham

Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)

Salary: £30,000

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: The provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

Closing Date: Sunday 1st March 2020

Interview Date: Friday 6th and Monday 9th March

Having recently secured work to provide a number of local Primary Care Networks with Social Prescribing Link Workers and to facilitate an element of the city’s Neighbourhood Network scheme, there is a need for the creation of a new post to manage and deliver these new areas of work.

The Role

The Service Manager will manage the organisations neighbourhood focused work including the delivery of Neighbourhood Network Scheme and Social Prescribing Link Workers. Both services are in their infancy so there will be a need for development skills along with ensuring outcomes and targets are achieved.

You will also be responsible for managing a team of staff working at various levels ensuring that they are motivated to deliver their service and receive relevant support and training. You will also develop the service, meet contractual targets and take decisive action where needed.

About You

As Service Manager, you will have:

• Strong people management experience, as the post holder will be responsible for a team of staff, most carrying a caseload and working in an outreach capacity.
• Experience of managing health, wellbeing or social care services.
• A proven track record in building effective relationships with a range of professionals and services.
• An ability to make decisions and problem solve in relation to the services they are responsible for but also be able to contribute to decisions being made affecting the wider organisation

Applicants must be able to work flexibly including some evening and weekend working.

In return…

As an employer the organisation is proud to offer a range of benefits to our staff including provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

About the Organisation

The organisation is a leading provider of services to the health and social care sector. Their aim is to reduce inequalities in learning, employment and health.

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