Interim Service Manager – 6 Months

Job Title: Interim Service Manager – 6 months

Location: Newbury area, West Berkshire

Salary: £26,400 – £30,000depending on experience and qualifications

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours

My Client is a national company that provide supported living and residential care for people with learning disabilities, acquired brain injury and complex needs. Due to rapid expansion, they are seeking an Service Manager to work on an interim basis, initially for 6 months but with potential to become permanent, help manage their services in the Newbury area of West Berkshire, for adults with learning disabilities

The post holders will need to promote an enabling environment, ensuring high standards of professional practice, whilst achieving compliance with external regulatory standards. You will provide specific management, support, advice and motivation to staff teams to ensure that the people who use are services are supported to be as independent as possible and achieve their goals.

To succeed in this role you will need to have a relevant professional Qualification at Level 5 in Care or Management e.g. NVQ/SVQ 5, QCF Level 5 Award Certificate or Diploma, HNC, HND, or a Level 4 in Care or Management e.g. NVQ/SVQ 4, QCF Level 4 Award, Certificate or Diploma (also known as BTEC Professional Award, Certificate, Diploma), BTEC Professional Diploma, Certificate or Award and working towards a professional Qualification at Level 5 as above. You will also need to have a minimum of four years’ experience preferably within the relevant field and a minimum of three years management experience

In this role you will be required to be highly flexible and participate in the 24 hour on-call rotational system providing management support to staff and person-centered approaches to the people who use our services. All successful candidates will be drivers with their own transport, and willing to travel to an area office in Swindon as required, however, there is a local office for daily use.

We value our staff and work hard to develop their skills through the provision of training and support. We are expanding very rapidly and so there are real opportunities for career development. As well as a commitment to your learning and development, we also offer the opportunity to join, subject to conditions, a company pension plan, enhanced annual leave entitlement, and Childcare Vouchers.

Immediate Start preferred if possible

Logic Engagements Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Within the Health and Social Care Division we work on permanent jobs, so should you be successful at interview and be offered the position, then you would be directly employed by our client.

All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check by the client for Regulated Activity which will include a check against the Barred adult list.