Skills Centre Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Skills Centre Manager to join a fantastic healthcare charity, based in Godalming.

Location: Godalming, Surrey

Salary: £38,000 - £40,000

As Skills Centre Manager, you will lead the Charity’s Skills Centre and Social Hub. This service supports vulnerable adults with a wide range of needs to be active members of the community, increase independence, develop life skills, and set goals and achievements to work toward.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the smooth operational running of the Skills Centre via the management of a medium sized team of activity co-ordinators.
• Planning & developing a vibrant and refreshed timetable of activities / events which promotes independence, wellbeing and choice.
• Producing KPI reports and manage budget with support from CEO and Head of Finance.
• Being responsible for the collection, recording and safe storage of information about service users in the form of up-to-date confidential files and a daily register of attendance.
• Carrying out and update risk assessments / care plans / daily records to support annual reviews.
• Overseeing and transforming the Café into a fully operational social hub.
• Seeking opportunities to engage with the wider community in ways that promote the social inclusion of beneficiaries, as well as the service.
• Building and fostering relationships with professionals from adult social care and Health authorities.

The successful candidate will have previous experience supporting adults with disabilities, as well as experience working in an activities centre in a management position. A general understanding of the operational needs of a day centre/skills centre within a social care setting is key, as is an understanding of health and wellbeing leading to meaningful relationships (Mental Health signs and symptoms). You must also be computer literate and experienced in using or teaching others how to use Microsoft Office. An extroverted personality to continually motivate others is vital!

CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so if this sounds like you, then please do get in touch for more information ASAP!

Please note, only successful candidates will be contacted with further information.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.