Service Manager - Adults

Service Manager (Adults) – Long Term Conditions

Start: ASAP
Rate: Negotiable depending on experience (Inside IR35)
Duration: 3 – 6 month contract with likely extension
Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week
Working Pattern: Hybrid 
Location: Dorset

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
• 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

Essential Requirements:

• Relevant degree in Social Work or relevant Health and Social Care professional qualification
• Additional qualification and substantial experience in the area of specialism
• Substantial experience in managing staff with complex caseloads and delivering complex social care services 
• Comprehensive knowledge of legislation, statutory guidance, local and national policy, procedures and multi-disciplinary codes of practice codes relevant to the service area
• Substantial experience of having developed and established multi-agency working partnership in complex multi-agency settings
• Substantial experience of managing a team, delegated budgets and staff performance
• Ability to critically analyse, evaluate, and deal with complex issues including risk management and safeguarding adults
• Thorough knowledge of project management gained from extensive experience and the ability to manage many projects ensuring delivery on time and within budget
• Thorough knowledge of effective change and stakeholder management principles gained through extensive experience

If you are interested in the role, we would love to hear from you! Please apply to receive more information.

At Venn Group, we endeavour to respond to all applications. However due to the volume of applications we receive, if you have not heard from us within 48 hours please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.