Job Title: Peripatetic Manager
Location: Birmingham
Type: Permanent
Shift Pattern: 35 hours per week - travel is essential
Salary: £52,500 per annum + car allowance
Sanctuary Personnel is currently seeking a Peripatetic Manager to join our client's dynamic team.
Why Join Our Client?
Our client are a leading charity dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with brain injuries across the UK. Their assessment centres, rehabilitation units, and hospitals provide expert neurorehabilitation, helping people regain essential skills and achieve their personal goals. They support individuals affected by various brain injuries, whether caused by trauma, illness, or substance abuse. Their team is passionate about their work, and you'll find a strong sense of camaraderie, with colleagues always ready to support one another.
Main Purpose:
- Develop and implement detailed plans for service development in line with our core aims and strategic objectives, including budget management.
- Take responsibility for managing projects assigned by the Director of Operations, ensuring the highest quality care and treatment, tailored to individual needs.
- Ensure full compliance with regulatory requirements and relevant legislation.
- Support existing Service Managers in meeting quality standards and step into the Service Manager role if necessary.
- Manage organic and planned changes within services to meet new business demands.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Provide professional leadership and hands-on management support, guiding staff and influencing their practices and attitudes.
- Assume line management responsibilities for the team and lead clinicians, providing operational support and direction to ensure performance standards are met.
- Oversee recruitment, employment, and working practices, ensuring compliance with Employment Law and contractual obligations. This includes providing induction, training, and support to meet statutory responsibilities, with a focus on our aims, values, and high-performance standards.
- Actively participate in the Operations Group and take on additional responsibilities as needed, such as investigations, disciplinary hearings, and management support for other services.
- Promote a culture of exceptional customer responsiveness across the region, including service users, families, purchasers, referrers, and professional partners. This may involve working unsocial hours or overnight stays.
- Ensure person-centred practices and planning are integral to all projects and service delivery models, maximising service user inclusion at all levels.
- Prepare and distribute summary reports to relevant stakeholders within agreed timeframes.
- Lead service review and development in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, ensuring professional and timely reports.
- Demonstrate strong people skills to keep your team motivated.
- Undertake additional projects and tasks as directed, balancing immediate needs with the long-term vision while engaging with all stakeholders.
- Ensure that environmental standards are of the highest quality and fully compliant with both internal and external regulations.
- Monitor quality standards using agreed audit and governance outcome measures, working with Quality Assurance and Health and Safety teams to drive continuous improvements.
- Review all areas of risk management within the designated location regularly.
- Perform other duties within the scope of the role as directed by the Director of Operations.
- Travel as required to fulfil the responsibilities of the role.
About You:
They're looking for someone with:
- QCF (NVQ) Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care or an equivalent qualification in Social Care/Health.
- In-depth knowledge of statutory requirements, such as Care Quality Commission regulations and outcomes.
- Five years’ experience in managing Supported Living Services, Homecare Agencies, and Housing legislation and regulations.
- A valid UK driving licence.
Rewards:
You can expect excellent benefits, including attractive discounts on many brands and services:
- Competitive salary of £52,500 per annum.
- £4,700 car allowance.
- 38 days of annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
- Excellent training and support.
- Company pension.
- Group life assurance.
- Eye voucher scheme.
- Nationwide employee discounts, including on dining out and shopping.
- Blue Light Card for discounts in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector, and armed forces.
They also prioritise employee wellbeing and support, ensuring you feel your best. Career development is important to them, and they’ll provide you with the training and learning opportunities needed to achieve your goals.
To join our client's friendly team, apply now through Sanctuary Personnel.
All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks, including three years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks.
They are a Disability Confident Employer. They guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. They are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation, recognising, celebrating, and living their values through a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums supporting employees from all backgrounds.
