RQ1778025(SJ) – Service Manager (Children with Disabilities Service)

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Children’s Services leader to take a key role in driving service improvement, supporting practice development and improving outcomes for children with disabilities and their families.

Service Manager – Children with Disabilities

£370 per day
Initial 3-month contract
Suffolk
3–4 days per week on-site

Locations: Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds & Ipswich
The role will be primarily based in Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich .

The Opportunity

You’ll provide visible operational leadership within the Children with Disabilities Service, with a particular focus on the continued development and improvement of the Activities Unlimited Short Breaks Service .

Working closely with senior leaders, managers and frontline practitioners, you’ll lead an established improvement programme, helping to embed sustainable change and ensure children and families receive high-quality services.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership across the Children with Disabilities Service
• Lead the ongoing development of the Activities Unlimited Short Breaks Service
• Drive service improvement, transformation and practice development
• Support and challenge practice to improve outcomes for children and families
• Engage, motivate and support teams through organisational change
• Monitor performance and identify opportunities for improvement
• Work closely with senior leadership and project teams to deliver strategic priorities
• Contribute to budget management and ensure services operate effectively within financial parameters
• Prepare reports and presentations for senior leadership and governance meetings
• Build strong relationships with internal and external partners and stakeholders

What we’re looking for

• Significant management experience within Children’s Services
• Recent experience working within a Children with Disabilities (CWD) Service
• A strong track record of leading service improvement, transformation and change
• Excellent operational leadership and people-management skills
• Experience managing performance and working within budgetary frameworks
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
• The resilience and drive to lead change and bring teams with you

This role requires 3–4 days per week on-site to provide visible leadership and support practice development, although four-day working patterns may be considered.

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