Service Manager (Adults) - Long Term Conditions
Location
Bournemouth, Dorset | United Kingdom
Job description
Interim Service Manager (Adults) - Long Term Conditions Reference no: Bournemouth 5245306 Pay rate: £29.58 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 4-5 months City: BOURNEMOUTH, Dorset Enhanced DBS required for this role Full UK driving licence Applicants required to specify how many days each week (Monday – Friday) able to work “on the ground”The purpose of this role is to strategically lead and manage the delivery of social care services for a locality or specialised service area of 15- 49 staff to ensure that all operational practice is of high quality, in line with the council’s policies and procedures, that meets national and local standards. Develop creativity and innovation in staff to achieve strategic aims and the best possible organisational performance. To take decisions in relation to complex and contentious cases and issues affecting service delivery, exercising professional judgement within the policy framework, so that positive outcomes are delivered for service users in line with best practice and ensure that service user safety or reputational damage is assessed, and risk managed and is addressed in all procedures and guidance, so that potential issues are managed and responded to appropriately and promptly.
Key responsibilities:
- Ensure that a diverse, skilled and knowledgeable workforce are recruited, inducted to the service and are performance managed, supervised and well lead.
- Take decisions in relation to complex and contentious cases and issues affecting service delivery, exercising professional judgement within the policy framework, so that positive outcomes are delivered for service users in line with best practice.
- Ensure that service user safety or reputational damage is assessed, and risk managed and is addressed in all procedures and guidance, so that potential issues are managed and responded to appropriately and promptly.
- The delivery of the service and priorities will be established in response to service needs, to ensure that employees and resources are deployed effectively to support service users and carers.
- High standards of practice in the service, will be promoted, monitored and the quality evaluated to ensure that professional practice meets performance targets, national and local standards, including compliance with legislation, policy and procedures.
- Contribute to medium-term and long-term financial planning and budget setting identifying savings year on year. Manage delegated social care budgets to ensure the efficient use of resources, reduce the dependency on high packages of care and ensure best value.
- Contribute and provide professional input to the specifications for commissioned services based on service knowledge and monitor the impacts of their delivery.
- Provide management oversight and support for all statutory safeguarding adult enquiries referred onto the specific service and adhere to all statutory duties and responsibilities.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via [email protected] by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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