Service Manager - Adult Services - EAL

Vacancy Information

Hourly rate of pay: £34.83 - £39.21

Days and Hours of Work:
Monday - Friday, 09:00-17:00
Starting and finishing times are flexible, and flexi time is applicable.
To start asap.

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic and ambitious Social Work Service Manager to lead high-performing teams, shape strategic priorities, and drive excellence across our social work services. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role in delivering meaningful outcomes for people, families, and communities.

As a pivotal member of our leadership team, you will influence the future direction of services, lead transformation and improvement programmes, and ensure the highest standards of professional practice. Working collaboratively with partners and stakeholders, you'll combine strategic vision with operational expertise to deliver innovative, person-centred services that make a real difference.

You'll bring:

• Strong leadership and people-management skills

• Excellent communication, influencing and partnership-working abilities

• Extensive knowledge of social work legislation, governance and professional standards

• A track record of driving improvement, managing change and delivering results

In return, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Shape and influence strategic service development

• Lead and support skilled, committed social work teams

• Drive innovation and continuous improvement

• Make a tangible impact on the lives of individuals, families and communities

If you're a forward-thinking leader with the passion, vision and determination to deliver outstanding social work services, we'd love to hear from you.

Home / Hybrid Working Consideration
Applications for home or hybrid working will be considered for this post in accordance with East Lothian Council’s Home Working and Worksmart Policies which can be found here. Home or Hybrid working options can be discussed with candidates invited for interview.

Please Note:
All home/hybrid workers must live in the UK. Where an application for home-working is supported, it will be subject to a satisfactory trial period. Employees will be expected to attend Council offices for the duration of induction, and be on site in East Lothian workplaces, as required. Employees with a hybrid working arrangement in place will be office based and able to work from home, with permission, on an ad hoc basis.

To operationally manage Social work services within the area of responsibility, including responsibility for the employees and budgets and for ensuring efficiency, productivity and performance targets are achieved.

To support professional leadership and assure governance standards for all employees, and service delivery in responsibility.

Please download the Job Outline/Person Specification (available under 'Job Attachments') for the full range of tasks and duties associated with this job. You will need to refer to these in order to complete the application form. You must ensure you meet every 'essential' criteria stated on the Person Specification to be considered for interview.

The ‘East Lothian Way’– values and behaviours we expect our employees to demonstrate in their everyday work. Should you be invited to interview, you may be asked questions based on these behaviours. Please refer to the document via the link to familiarise yourself with them.

Relevant Qualifications
Social work degree required.

Leadership/managerial postgraduate qualification or equivalent managerial experience including:
o Supervising multiple teams of staff.
o Managing budgets at significant levels, e.g. £1m+.
o Leading change as opposed to contributing to a programme of change.
o Performance management of staff e.g. management of grievances/disciplinary…