The Head of Services will be a member of the Senior Management Team and will lead and develop our direct services, with particular emphasis on project management, quality assurance and safeguarding. The successful applicant will provide effective leadership to the Carer Support Team, be a skilled strategic manager with excellent communication, IT and organisational skills and an aptitude for data analysis, monitoring and evaluation.
If you have a flair for leading services that make a real difference to people’s lives, and growing and adapting these to meet local people’s needs, this is a great opportunity to join our well established team.
HEAD OF SERVICES
30 to 37 hours per week
Salary: £38,890 per annum, based on 37 hours per week
Contract term: Permanent
Care for the Carers is developing new services to support unpaid carers in East Sussex. We are offering a range of exciting opportunities to join our friendly team. If you are passionate about bringing about positive change, and have the commitment and drive to make a real difference to local carers’ lives, we would love to hear from you.
Care for the Carers values diversity and is an equal opportunities employer. We have a number of measures in place to support our staff who are carers, including carers leave. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We strive to support all carers across East Sussex. To do that well, we need a workforce that’s more representative of the communities we serve, so we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are disabled or from ethnically diverse communities.
Additionally, we offer a number of staff benefits, including:
• Office based and remote working
• Paid annual leave of 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time positions)
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Enrolment onto the Government Pension Scheme ‘The Peoples Pension’
• Employee Assistance Programme which includes a 24/7 confidential helpline and access to counselling sessions
After the probationary period;
• Flexible Working opportunities
• Care and Domestic Incident Leave
• Childcare Voucher scheme
All posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, six-month probationary period and satisfactory references.
More information and apply using the application pack at: https://www.cftc.org.uk/about-care-for-the-carers/work-with-us/
Closing date for all applications is 9am on Monday 24th January 2022, and the interviews expected to be held in early February 2022.
