Service Manager - Barrow-In-Furness
Join our Management team in Cumbria. We are seeking an experienced Service Manager to lead our team in Barrow. You must have extensive management skills and have worked within a care environment.
🌟 Service Manager – Lead with Purpose in Mental Health Care 🌟
Location: Barrow-In-Furness
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Are you an experienced leader with a passion for mental health and a drive to make a lasting impact? If you’re ready to step into a role where people leadership, compassion, and clinical excellence go hand in hand, we want to hear from you.
We’re looking for a dedicated and inspiring Service Manager to take charge of our mental health service—someone who can lead a skilled team, foster a culture of support and recovery, and ensure every individual receives the respectful, person-centred care they deserve.
💼 About the Role
As our Service Manager, you’ll take ownership of the service’s strategy and daily operations, creating a safe, nurturing, and empowering environment for adults living with complex mental health needs. You'll be the cornerstone of the team, ensuring compliance, driving quality, and most importantly, leading with empathy and integrity.
🔑 What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead a High-Performing Team: Inspire and support staff to deliver outstanding care through effective coaching, development, and supervision.
- Deliver Outstanding Care: Oversee admissions, assessments, care planning, and discharges—ensuring a recovery-focused approach that respects each individual’s journey.
- Champion Mental Health Best Practice: Ensure full compliance with the Care Inspectorate and mental health regulations, safeguarding the rights and well-being of everyone we support.
- Drive Operational Excellence: Manage budgets, staffing, and resources while maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment.
- Collaborate & Communicate: Build strong, trusting relationships with families, clinicians, commissioners, and external partners to deliver holistic support.
🎯 What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience in managing mental health services or similar complex care settings.
- Strong understanding of safeguarding, mental health legislation, and clinical governance.
- Confident and compassionate leadership style with excellent people management skills.
- Financial management experience and ability to balance service delivery with cost efficiency.
- NVQ Level 5 in Health & Social Care Leadership (or willingness to work towards).
- Enhanced DBS clearance (or willingness to obtain).
🌟 Why Join Us?
- Be part of a forward-thinking organisation making a real difference in mental health.
- Enjoy a collaborative, supportive workplace where your leadership is valued.
- Access to ongoing professional development and career progression.
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- The opportunity to lead a service that changes lives, every single day.
Ready to lead with heart and purpose?
Take the next step in your career and help shape the future of mental health care.
📝 Apply Now – and bring your leadership to where it truly matters.
- Department
- Operations
- Locations
- Cumbria, Glen Garth House , Cumbria, Tenby House
About Northern Healthcare
At Northern Healthcare, we're dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals with mental health diagnoses, learning disabilities, or autism through our supported living services. Our compassionate team works tirelessly to deliver support in high-quality services across the North West, Cumbria, Yorkshire, and the Midlands.
We support each individual's unique needs, ensuring they receive the care, guidance, and encouragement they deserve. With a strong emphasis on dignity, respect, and empowerment, we create an environment where each individual feels valued and inspired to achieve their goals.
Our commitment to providing exceptional care and support is at the heart of everything we do. We believe that everyone has the potential to lead a fulfilling life, and we're here to make that a reality for the people we support and each other.
Service Manager - Barrow-In-Furness
Join our Management team in Cumbria. We are seeking an experienced Service Manager to lead our team in Barrow. You must have extensive management skills and have worked within a care environment.
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