Service Manager

Service Manager
Location: Cheltenham
Hours: 37 per week
Salary: £30,000 per annum

About The Role:
We are looking for a Full Time Service Manager to join our friendly team at Cheltenham Supported Living. Working at Cheltenham Supported Living as a Service Manager you will take the lead, role in development and management of Supported Living within the region.

Benefits of being our Employee:
- We provide a full induction programme to Care Certificate Standards
- We provide FREE training to achieve qualification in Social Care
- Career progression path within the company
- Competitive rates of pay
- Employee Assistance Helpline
- Flexible Additional Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Retail discount vouchers
- We offer Apprenticeships to those with less experience looking to join the Care Sector
- Various shift patterns available to suit your lifestyle
- DBS check paid by us prior to starting with us
- SAYE Scheme

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
* Manage and monitor staff of the area's homes and services, ensuring effective utilisation of resources to enable the provision of good quality, safe and effective services.
* To ensure that all statutory, regulatory and Company Policy requirements are monitored, managed and achieved.
* To ensure that the assessment process of new clients is carried out promptly and effectively, by appropriate team members, ensuring the effective completion of their placement and transition and that the required liaison with Service Commissioners, Carers, Marketing Department others is completed.
* To take a lead in the development of new services.
* To participate in events, meetings etc., where the intention is to publicise the Company, and to support the marketing of available services.
* Encourage innovative practices and approaches throughout the organisation, working with the Directors, and other Service Managers to identify areas of diversification that may provide value to the organisation, and those who use our services.

The successful candidate will have:
* Management experience in a Supported Living setting, which must involve overseeing at least 8 services at one time.
* Experience in the private care sector within the last 3 years.
* Relevant post-graduate qualification, professional qualification, or a Diploma in Management.
* Have proven experience of management and supervision of a large budget and activities of budget holders.
* Experience of developing Supported Living Services.

About us
The Community Services established in 1993 has 250 services with continuous growth with new developments/services. The Community Services is a national provider of support for people with complex and challenging behaviours associated with autism, learning disabilities, mental health illness and neurological conditions. We support people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and also in residential care.

We are proud to announce they are a Disability Confident Leader.

Please click 'Apply' to continue your application.