Waythrough
You ve got an understanding of mental health issues and substantial experience of working in employment services. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Waythrough as a Service Manager
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Right now, we re looking for someone like you to manage the day-to-day running of our Employment service in Aylesbury at the Sue Nicholls Centre. We re a job regain, return and retention service embedded and working alongside Oxford Health NHS Talking Therapies and our team provides support, advice and guidance to people in work as well as those either out of work or off sick. As well as ensuring the quality of service and support provided to people who use our services, with support from our Regional Operations Lead, we ll rely on you to manage service contracts and line manage front-line staff. Whether you re carrying out an induction, undertaking an investigation, putting team development plans in place or providing support to our business development team, one thing s for sure you won’t be short of challenge and variety.
We expect you to have substantial experience gained managing a caseload of individuals with mental health and employment needs, as well as being outcome-driven and able to lead by example using your firm but inclusive management style. You re open and encouraging too and have lots of tact and diplomacy. What’s more, you’re great at managing conflicting priorities on time and have a flexible attitude to working hours. And, if you have experience of carrying out investigations, writing reports/recommendations or managing budgets, even better, although it’s not essential.
The post holder will need to have a full and clean driver’s licence and access to their own vehicle. We offer great benefits including non contributory life assurance policy (to the value of 3 x annual salary), a contributory pension scheme and employee assistance programme.
The Service Manager role will report to the Waythrough Regional Operations Lead, who will provide regular supervision and support.
This is a permanent full-time role requiring the post holder to work 37.5 hours per week.
We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience.
This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.
To apply please submit a CV and supporting statement which should clearly outline your skills and experience.
On 1st June 2024, Richmond Fellowship, part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence merged with Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we ve all known has been needed for decades. In October 2024, Humankind was renamed Waythrough to reflect the new organisation.
