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  • Job Advert

  • An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Service Manager to join our Barnsley Services on a permanent, full time basis (37.5 hours per week).

    We’re looking for an experienced manager to lead a team of support workers and oversee three services in Barnsley. You’ll bring strong experience supporting people with complex needs and working with families and partner agencies to create effective support plans. Your leadership will help each person live a happy, fulfilled life in their community.

    As part of the role, you’ll report to the Area Operations Manager and be responsible for developing and managing your team, ensuring high‑quality service delivery. You’ll be self‑motivated, confident under pressure, and able to make tough decisions when needed.

    Strong relationship‑building skills are essential. You’ll act as a positive role model, support your team, and maintain a high standard of practice.

    To succeed, you’ll need experience in social care—particularly with autism, mental health, and behaviours that challenge. Experience leading Learning Disability teams is essential, and knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support is an advantage. IT competence is required.

    The role is flexible across a 7‑day rota, including some weekends, and you must be able to travel between sites. You may occasionally need to cover frontline support in emergencies.


    Key Responsibilities: 
    Ensure that the service is fully compliant
    Practice Management
    - Observing staff to ensure high standards are continuously met
    - Ensure all Health & Safety regulations are met
    - Liaising with the families and other stakeholders of the people we support
    - Ensuring the continuous development of the team.
    - Strong leadership is key to the success of our services.
     
    We want to recruit leaders who can demonstrate they have the potential to excel within our team orientated workplace. In return, we are committed to developing your potential even further.
     
    *All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check and suitable references.
     
    JOB ID: 35598
  • Benefits

  • Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.

    Our benefits package offers 24 days of paid holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata) along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

    For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!

  • About Mencap

  • Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

    We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

    At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

    Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

    · Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.

    · Every day we grow and learn. Its okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes

    · Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

    We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

     We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. Were not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role youre applying for.

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