Service Manager

Service Manager (Fixed-Term, 6 Months)
Barton Moss Secure Care Centre

A Truly Exceptional Place to Work

Our Vision

"Inspiring children to realise their potential within a safe, nurturing and compassionate environment."

Barton Moss Secure Care Centre is a 24-bed secure care setting comprising four residential homes. We provide care for boys under the age of 18 who are either sentenced or remanded and are part of the National Secure Accommodation Network.

The centre has a strong track record of delivering high-quality, trauma-informed care. Our approach supports children to achieve positive personal, social and educational outcomes and successfully resettle into their communities.

Who We Are Looking For

We are seeking a strong, innovative and dynamic leader who can drive continuous practice improvement while ensuring children remain at the heart of every decision.

You will embody our Leadership Pledge by being:

• Visible
• Accountable
• Collaborative
• Trauma-Informed and Relational
• Supportive, whilst providing healthy challenge

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Service Manager to join our leadership team. The successful candidate will provide effective leadership, support and supervision to a small team of Heads of Homes and specialist staff.

Working collaboratively across the service, you will:

• Lead and support managers to deliver outstanding care and practice.
• Ensure compliance with the Children's Homes Regulations and Quality Standards.
• Drive continuous improvement across the service.
• Promote a culture of trauma-informed and child-centred practice.
• Secure positive outcomes for the children in our care.

Apply

If you have the leadership qualities, experience and passion to make a difference at Barton Moss Secure Care Centre, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Join us and help shape the future of some of the most vulnerable children in our care.

What we can offer you

You will be welcomed into a supportive, experienced, and forward-thinking service who draw on a wide range of professional and specialist support from across the centre to ensure excellent outcomes for children. Your personal and professional development is important to us and so you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a value-based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. This includes access to professional qualifications.

We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference.

At the centre there is free parking, access to staff canteen and use of the onsite gym.

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check currently £49.50. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £12.38 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £49.50.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

What we need from you if you are invited to interview:

• Passport/ID - You will be required to provide documentary proof of your right to work in the UK

• Qualifications/registrations if applicable for the role

Please note that Salford City Council is currently unable to provide visa sponsorship for any role, as no Certificates of Sponsorship are available. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship.

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