Are you an experienced and knowledgeable leader within the Health and Social Care sector?
Do you exemplify our values? Determined to make a difference, a trusted expert, committed to working better together and demonstrates compassion.
Can you deliver integral and invaluable services to the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Area?
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About the role
Salary: £37,395 - £41,549 per annum
Hours: 35 per week
Location: Home based, flexible location within Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent.
Contract type: 12 months fixed term contract.
As a Local Services Manager, you will lead your teams with compassion, attention to detail and the passion to make a difference, every day, to people with and affected by dementia. We are embedding our 2022 – 2027 strategy and you will lead and develop your teams in terms of new thinking, new culture and new ways of delivering our amazing services.
You will;
- Provide operational leadership and management to our dementia support services, ensuring the delivery of high quality and safe dementia support.
- Be responsible for developing and managing local commissioner and place-based relationships.
- Demonstrate strong systems leadership, working collaboratively internally and externally.
- Influence for more dementia support, building and maintaining effective relationships with key stakeholders and representing the Alzheimer’s Society across your regions.
Alzheimer’s Society Local Services teams provide exceptional information, advice and guidance for people affected by dementia. As a Local Services Manager, you will be home based, leading and inspiring geographically dispersed teams, whilst working as part of a wider Area Management Team, to deliver these fantastic services. Your work will primarily as an operational leader, managing our dementia support services. You will also have a great opportunity to build relationships and engage external stakeholders, including working closely with Local Authorities and Health colleagues and Commissioners within an Integrated Care System setting.
About you
As an inclusive employer, and one that serves people with dementia across our whole community, we actively welcome applications from people with different backgrounds. We also welcome applications from people taking their first step into leadership, as long as you have experience of developing, mentoring and/or coaching others.
You will;
- Be optimistic, engaging, with great attention to detail.
- Understand the need to build high performing teams, with great team spirit and a collaborative approach.
- Passionate and thoughtful person, you will have experience of working from home or in the community, and you will be confident in building relationships and team engagement through virtual solutions and face to face team activity.
- Have great interpersonal skills and as operational leader, you will understand the opportunities and challenges of leading service delivery, monitoring data and trends and ensuring quality standards are realised.
- Experience of working in a dementia related role is not essential, however an understanding of the health and care sector, either through work or personal lived experience is beneficial.
- Experience of delivering services, coaching and developing others, and the right attributes are key.
- Commitment to building inclusive services, ensuring equity and valuing diversity.
You have a fabulous team of dementia experts, your role is to manage, support and inspire them to deliver to their best and thrive as a team.
Closing date: 13th May 2024