At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and support services for children and young people's health and wellbeing.
- Company: Catch22, a committed organisation focused on equality and safeguarding.
- Benefits: Competitive salary of £50,000, home-based work, and opportunities for travel across the UK.
- Other info: Join a diverse team dedicated to creating a strong society and promoting inclusion.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of children and young people while leading innovative services.
- Qualifications: Experience in managing health and wellbeing services for young people is essential.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 50000 £ per year.
Senior Service Manager – Health & Wellbeing responsible for operational leadership across a varied portfolio of children and young people’s services, including substance use, emotional health, risk and resilience, prevention, early help and wider health and wellbeing provision. The role reports to the Assistant Director and supports service managers and senior leads to ensure services are safe, high quality, financially sustainable, and focused on delivering meaningful outcomes for children, young people and families.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support service managers and senior leads to maintain strong oversight of performance, safeguarding, quality, compliance, finance, people management and continuous improvement.
- Take early action where risks or pressures emerge and work closely with commissioners, partners, internal colleagues and senior leaders to strengthen service delivery and support integrated pathways.
- Translate strategy into clear delivery plans and improvement activity, contributing to the organization’s strategic priorities.
- Provide confident people leadership and operational grip to manage change, innovation and service improvement.
Qualifications
- Experience managing children and young people’s services within health, wellbeing, substance use, emotional health, early help, prevention or related provision.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and financial and performance management experience.
- Commitment to safeguarding and quality, and ability to lead teams through change, innovation and service improvement.
- Sound judgement and the ability to translate strategy into clear delivery plans and improvement activity.
Additional Information
- Salary: £50,000 per annum
- Hours of work: Full Time, 37 hours per week
- Contract: Permanent
- Location: Home-based, with travel across the UK
- Closing Date: Closed as soon as appropriate candidates are identified
Catch22 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice will be followed and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.
Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organization has been safely and appropriately checked.
Catch22’s Commitment to Ban the Box: We do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, encouraging them at the offer stage.
Senior Health & Wellbeing Services Lead (Home-Based) in England employer: Catch22
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