Service Manager in Dunfermline

Real Life Options is a registered charity, delivering creative, dynamic and person-centred services providing a range of individualised support to people living in shared supported living properties and individual tenancies within Scotland.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Service Manager within our Dunfermline services.

This is a permanent, full-time position and an excellent opportunity for an experienced career-driven individual to join our forward-thinking management team, to lead, develop, manage and be accountable for your team and services.

We are looking for a competent and compassionate Service Manager with experience in positive behavioural support and trauma-informed care to support the hospital discharge of our service users into a community setting.

As part of your role, you will provide positive leadership, direction and management of the support services, ensuring the delivery of robust business and financial performance through the effective and efficient use of all available resources. Be prepared to work flexibly, and with continued growth establish the Service Team, working collaboratively with them in planning, scheduling, and implementing individual care and support.

Ensuring the highest standard of care is delivered by a skilled, motivated and client-focused team. Meeting and where possible, ensuring quality assurance and compliance across all services, always exceeding external regulatory and contractual requirements.

Knowledge / Experience:

• You will have depth knowledge and experience in a health or care setting and supporting service users of various needs moderate to complex in both supported living and multi-occupancy living.
• You will have strong leadership and management skills, with responsibility to manage and prioritise your own workload whilst supporting the team.
• The ability to supervise, lead and motivate a team and provide a clear sense of direction is vital for this role as well as effective financial and budgetary management capabilities.
• To be successful, you will need to be motivated and a committed team player, able to get the best out of people and enjoy developing and supporting your team.
• Drive, commitment and initiative will match your natural enthusiasm for this role.

You will have:

• Essential Minimum 2 years supervisory/management experience within a relevant care setting
• A track record of working within services for people with learning disabilities and autism
• Experience of positive behavioural support (minimum 18 months)
• Extensive working knowledge of legislation and standards affecting the development and delivery of our services
• Responsible for ensuring and maintaining good governance and mandatory compliance across the services at all times
• Financial responsibility and reporting to Head of Operations or equivalent
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Leadership Qualities
• IT literate
• Ability to lead and motivate a team and provide a clear sense of direction
• Person Centred Approach

Desirable:

• S/NVQ Level 5 (in both management and care) or equivalent

Why Join Us? Benefits and Rewards:

At Real Life Options we treat our people with the same respect, care and consideration that we show to the people we support. Not only do we provide competitive rates of pay, a great place to work and great job satisfaction, our additional benefits include:

• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first-rate job
• Access to training bursaries
• A minimum of 33-days paid holiday a year, including