We are looking to recruit a Service Unit Manager to lead the reviews of our Long Term Support service and Day Services for Adults with a Learning Disability.

Our Long Term Support Service provides 24/7 supported living accommodation across 5 extra care schemes and 15 shared houses. The review will ensure that we are still achieving excellent outcomes for people whilst offering best value and sustainable services.

You will also be responsible for reviewing the current model of our Day Service provision with a key focus on promoting independence and engagement within communities. The current service supports 82 people with complex needs across 5 sites.

These reviews will define an optimum delivery model to inform commissioning decisions., This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated transformational Manager to lead these crucial reviews. Key to all our services for Adults is supporting people to live well at home within our integrated health and care economy. Underlying this is a need to develop and deliver services within the available resources.

Adult Services is prioritising the early support agenda, work on our carers offer, housing and accommodation development, support to live well at home, the development of employment opportunities and skills and expanding wider opportunities for individuals within community based settings.

The successful candidate will be directly supervised by the Head of Service for Learning Disabilities & Autism and will be an integral member of our Adult Leadership Team.

Are you the person we are looking for? Are you able to manage a number of change programmes that will make a difference to people's opportunities and quality of life?, This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.

Message from Stephanie Butterworth, Director of Adults Services at Tameside Council.

'' I've worked here for many years now and I'm proud of the work that we do together, ensuring people in our borough are living a good life.

''Our vision is one which sees people living well in the place they call home, where they are supported to be a part of their local communities to live long, healthy and fulfilled lives.

''One way I regularly connect and listen to our workforce is through my monthly staff drop-in with our Principal Social Worker. This is an opportunity to create dedicated time for staff to share ideas, team updates and network across our services. It's amazing to hear during sessions that they really value being part of Team Tameside and the opportunities that we bring, so we can make sure that they are part of delivering our ambition for the people we support.

''Working in Adult Social Care is a rewarding and fulfilling career choice, where you can really make a difference to people's lives every day. We will support you to develop and fulfil your potential and create space for you to reflect and grow. We are dedicated to breaking barriers, so our workforce is rich with experience and understanding, always building and championing social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

People are always at the heart of everything we do, if our vision sounds like something you want to be part of, we offer a warm welcome to join us here at Team Tameside. ''