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Keane Premier Group is a leading Health and Social Care provider within Lanarkshire delivering residential and community support to a first-class standard.
Keane Premier Support Services (KPSS) provides high-quality person-centred care at home and housing support across North & South Lanarkshire. We use digital systems (Care planner RADAR Healthcare) to make care safer smarter and more responsive.
Keane Premier Support Services (KPSS) are looking for a Service Manager to lead our team in North Lanarkshire through an exciting period of change through innovative practice and high-quality service delivery. You will enable and promote positive and productive team environments and cultures for all staff. You will lead and develop our community care employees to successfully deliver service outcomes whilst maintaining operational quality and continuous improvement of services.
The role
Location:North Lanarkshire (covering Airdrie Coatbridge Cumbernauld & surrounding areas)
Contract:Full-time permanent
Reports to:Head of Quality Development
Were looking for an experienced values-driven Service Manager to lead our North Lanarkshire service. Youll be accountable for safe delivery compliance and growth inspiring a stable team and excellent outcomes for the people we support.
Main Responsibilities:
- Grow the service the service is currently a small service with good standing and gradings with the Care Inspectorate this is a real opportunity to grow and develop an established services to be a provider of choice in the North Lanarkshire area.
- Ensure care at home & housing support is planned and delivered to individual outcomes rights and choices.
- Oversee the planning and delivery of support services to clients within the community.
- Ensure services are tailored to meet the individual needs and preferences of clients.
- Maintain full compliance with the Health & Social Care Standards and Care Inspectorate requirements; prepare for and lead inspections.
- Drive consistent high-quality use of electronic systems.
- Recruit rota and develop a skilled team; ensure inductions supervision appraisals training SSSC registration checks are in place.
- Run a rolling audit schedule close actions on time and use data to reduce incidents/concerns and improve outcomes.
- Lead on Adult Support & Protection incident/complaints handling medication safety and risk assessments; complete learning reviews.
- Build positive relationships with people we support families and commissioning teams support sustainable growth and package stability.
- Participate in the on-call rota and provide effective decision-making out of hours.
- Manage hours and mileage prudently; track KPIs (hours delivered missed/late visits training audits).
- Model kindness accountability and continuous improvement; recognise great work and address poor practice early and fairly.
Skills and Experience:
- Proven leadership in care at home / housing support (or closely related) with strong knowledge of Scottish regulation and the Care Inspectorate.
- Confident with digital systems and using data to drive decisions.
- Excellent people leadership: coaching communication rota planning and performance management.
- Solid understanding of medication management adult support & protection infection prevention & control and risk.
- Relationship-builder who can work well with families commissioners and multidisciplinary partners.
- Organised calm under pressure solution-focused and able to prioritise competing demands.
- Experience of managing self-directed care packages.
- Full UK driving licence and access to a car for work.
Qualifications:
- SVQ 4 in Health & Social Care (or working towards) and SVQ 4 in Management (or equivalent) preferred.
- SSSC registration (eligibility to register) for a manager of a care at home/housing support service.
What do we offer you in return for your motivation and outstanding efforts
- Competitive Salary -up to 40000
- 28 days holidays
- Wagestream Access of up to 50% of wages before payday
- Eligible for Blue light card.
- Health Assured Employee assistance & benefit Programme.
- A supportive values-led organisation that backs quality and development.
- Induction ongoing training and leadership development.
- Mileage on-call allowance and tools to do your job well (digital care systems).
- Opportunity to shape a growing service and make a real difference locally.
Required Experience:
Manager