Service Development Manager, Residential Care

The Service Development Manager, Residential Care, is a member of the Senior Leadership and Management Team (SLMT) and has key responsibilities in achieving our vision, delivering our mission and modelling our values and associated behaviours. This senior manager post has both an inward and outward organisational focus, delivering residential care in a safe and nurturing environment in line with all internal and national regulatory requirements. Working in a multi-disciplinary organisation, this senior manager will work collaboratively across all departments and services to achieve our organisational goals. Additionally, and importantly, the post holder should have the willingness, drive and ambition to embrace service development and diversification as well as meeting challenges in a determined and proactive manner. The Promise is driving tremendous change in the policy landscape for care, and developing appropriate service responses is a key priority within this position. The role is exciting, demanding and challenging, and the successful candidate will require the emotional intelligence and resilience to actively contribute to Rossie’s journey as a sector-leading organisation.

To apply for this post you must be:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Hold an appropriate professional qualification in social work or other relevant professional business or organisational qualification

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a proven track record of effective leadership and management of a service and staff in residential child care, health and/or social work/social care/youth justice/education
• Has knowledge and experience of strategic planning, service development, delivery and improvement
• Has knowledge/experience of working with regulatory bodies and inspection processes
• Has experience of embedding effective transformational change
• Has experience in quality assurance/improvement frameworks to support organisational self-evaluation and continuous improvement
• Has experience of collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and values-based leadership including working with key stakeholders

The successful candidate will require to become a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme in respect of regulated work with children and participate in an individualised Induction Programme.

Please contact Mary Geaney, CEO, to find out more about this post, or Karen Robbie, Team Manager, to find out more about the application or selection process (01674 820204).

The closing date for this post will be 5pm on Thursday 26 May 2022. All short-listed candidates must be available to participate in the full selection process, at Rossie, which will take place over 2 days, Tuesday 07 June 2022 and Wednesday 08 June 2022