up to £15.81 per hour
Tameside, Greater Manchester
Full-Time
Are you a caring, energetic and innovative leader with a passion for encouraging maximum independence for those with mental health needs? Do you possess excellent communication skills, creative and calm in your approach? Tameside has a varied and long established team who is looking to welcome a new Service Manager to oversee and develop our Supported Accommodation and Recovery Community services.
The Tameside Mental Health services currently consist of two contracts across a community outreach service, and three mental health supported accommodation services. The successful post holder will ensure service users receive individualised person-centred support, enabling them to enjoy a fulfilling and valued life, through participating in the community and developing their abilities as fully as possible.
The post holder must ensure all supported living and domiciliary standards/requirements are met and exceeded across the service. This will include undertaking quality assurance and compliance audits across the services. It will also be necessary to contribute to the wider development of services taking part in partnership events and local initiatives to promote service user wellbeing and community links and to ensure positive joint working with all local agencies and stakeholders.
We are seeking an individual who has a genuine passion for recovery based approaches, with a strong commitment to providing support for individuals with mental health needs. The successful candidate will preferably have experience of assessment and referrals and have experience of risk management and service delivery.
You will receive full induction support and supervision. There are excellent career development opportunities within Creative Support. We offer a comprehensive internal mental health training package and a thorough induction and onsite training will also be offered.
Vacancy Reference Number: 71909
Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number
Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.
We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.
Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK.
Application Instructions
In order to apply, please read the job description and then complete the online application form using the links above.
You can also download a copy of our application form using the links above. Completed Application Forms must be submitted to our Head Office address (below) or emailed to
[email protected] to be considered for the vacancy. If you have not received a response to your application within 10 working days of the closing date please accept this as notification of an unsuccessful application. Unsuccessful applicants must wait 6 months before reapplying.
If you require any advice on completing your application form, please call us on 0161 236 0829.
Recruitment Department, Creative Support Ltd, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS