Service Manager - Mental Health & Learning Disability

Job Description

Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership is committed to delivering exceptional Mental Health and Learning Disability (MHLD) Services. As we develop our Partnership we are seeking to appoint a Service Manager to lead our Social Work and Social Care teams across the MHLD Portfolio.

The Service Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of their portfolio, ensuring high-quality services are delivered with effective financial, professional and staff governance. The role requires a candidate with a proven track record of leadership within a complex health and social care system who can demonstrate the emotional and managerial competence to lead, inspire and challenge colleagues at all levels to deliver excellence in Social Work and Social Care practice.

The successful applicant will play a critical leadership role with operational responsibility for six distinct team across Clackmannanshire and Stirling Councils. These teams are:

• Mental Health Officer (MHO) Teams,
• Learning Disability Teams
• Day Services

We invite applications from those who are motivated to enhance, and continually improve MHLD services and who can combine management and leadership with knowledge and skills in MHLD Social Work and Social Care service provision. 

The post holder will work collaboratively with managers, health and social care leaders, trade unions and a wide variety of staff across the MHLD Services to ensure high quality care and treatment in the system.  The successful candidate will provide oversight and management of the MHO, ASP and Council Officers Rotas.    

The post holder will work closely with the Head of MHLD Services, providing operational assurance on the delivery of services within the portfolio.  The nature of this post will also require a candidate who can collaborate and support the Chief Social Work Officers in each of Clackmannanshire and Stirling Councils in assuring professional governance of MHLD Social Work Services – the largest profession within this portfolio.

The Service Manager plays an integral role in the ongoing review of the services, ensuring the service user pathways and case management and review are cohesive.  The successful candidate will be expected to represent our services at local, regional and national forums.

Clackmannanshire & Stirling HSCP is committed to organisational values such as ambition, integrity and respect, and multidisciplinary working and interprofessional respect are held as core values. It is therefore also essential that the postholder’s values are in alignment with those of the HSCP. 

Informal enquiries are welcomed by Ross Cheape, Interim Director of Adult Mental Health & Learning Disabilities 01786 454631  ross.cheape@nhs.scot

Additional Information

You can view the application pack below which contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job. You can also find our recruitment privacy notice and a general information pack about Clackmannanshire Council.

Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting the recruitment campaign “Get into Care for Adult Care”. Further documents can be viewed below – these do not relate to the job advertised.

Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our workforce. We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.

Clackmannanshire Council operates a flexible hybrid approach for those roles that allow this type of working. Attendance at the office will be required to meet the needs of the business and for example to build team and stakeholder relationships. The exact pattern of working will be agreed with you as part of the recruitment process.

Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and / or Protected Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. You will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by Clackmannanshire Council. Further guidance will follow in your conditional offer of employment on how to apply. Please note you will be required to pay for the cost of this application if your salary is over £38,000 per annum, which will be deducted from your first pay. Further information can be found here https://www.mygov.scot/pvg-scheme

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