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Mental Health Service Manager Barnsley
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Mental Health Service Manager Barnsley Job Description
Mental Health Service Manager Barnsley
Full Time | Permanent
Who We Are – Lifeways
Every day at Lifeways, our team members make a difference — and on our new careers website, you can read their real stories. You'll meet people who have built rewarding careers with us, and people whose lives have been transformed through the support we provide.
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You're Not Just Anyone — and neither is this role.
As a Service Manager at Lifeways, you create environments where people thrive, and every decision you make shapes someone's future.
Lifeways is one of the UK's leading providers of specialist support for people with learning disabilities, autism, brain injuries, mental health conditions, and complex care needs.
Lead a Service That Changes Lives
We're looking for an experienced and motivated Service Manager to lead our specialist mental health service at St Matthews Court in Barnsley. This is an exciting opportunity to inspire a dedicated team, drive quality, and support people to achieve greater independence and positive recovery outcomes.
Based at St Matthews Court, you'll oversee a purpose-built service consisting of 10 high-quality self-contained apartments, providing 24-hour specialist support for adults with complex mental health needs. Working alongside an experienced team of Recovery Workers and our Quality & Practice Team, you'll ensure every person receives personalised, recovery-focused support.
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As Service Manager, you'll lead the day-to-day operation of the service, ensuring safe, high-quality and outcome-focused support. You'll continuously review and develop the service, using feedback from the people we support, their families, colleagues and partner agencies to drive meaningful improvements while promoting independence, dignity and choice.
What You'll Be Responsible For
- Leading, motivating and developing a team of Recovery Workers and Team Leaders.
- Ensuring safe, person-centred support that promotes independence and recovery.
- Driving continuous improvement, quality assurance and high standards across the service.
- Building positive relationships with the people we support, families, healthcare professionals and local partners.
- Managing service performance and ensuring excellent outcomes for the people who use our service.
What You'll Bring
- A minimum Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care, with Level 5 being desirable (or working towards it).
- Strong experience in operational and people management within health or social care.
- A collaborative leadership style with the confidence to inspire and develop others.
- A genuine passion for delivering high-quality, person-centred support and leading by example.
We're looking for individuals who embody empathy, courage, honesty, equality and passion. If that sounds like you, we'd love to welcome you to the team.
Why Join Lifeways?
At Lifeways, we believe exceptional care starts with exceptional people. That's why we invest in our managers through leadership development, career progression and a culture where your ideas and contributions truly matter.
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Our Values Guide Everything We Do
Caring – Honest – One Team – Innovative – Courageous – Equal
You'll Receive
- Leadership development programmes and clear progression pathways.
- A supportive and inclusive workplace culture.
- Matched contribution company pension scheme.
- Wellbeing resources and mental health support.
- Reward and Recognition Schemes.
- Discounts on shopping, technology, travel and more through CHOICE Rewards.
Join Us at an Exciting Time
Lifeways is on a bold journey to become the Care Provider of Choice, making this an exciting time to join our leadership team.
We actively listen to our colleagues through surveys and forums, using their feedback to continually improve the way we support both our people and those in our care.
As a Service Manager, you'll have the opportunity to shape your team's culture, influence the quality of care delivered and make a genuine difference every day. In return, we'll support your development through leadership programmes, ongoing training and an inclusive environment where everyone is encouraged to succeed.
At Lifeways, you're not just anyone. You're a leader who can make a difference every single day.
We are not using agencies for this recruitment. Any CVs sent to anyone in Lifeways from a recruitment agency will be treated as a gift.
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