Community Wellbeing Manager

Community Wellbeing Manager

Salary circa £36,500 per annum plus great benefits including Health Cash Plan!

Permanent, Full time (37.5 hpw)

Reading, Berkshire

We can’t offer a CoS for this role

Home, a place where you belong

We support older people with varying care needs to live independently in their own home with peace of mind in a recently opened, stunning extra care community in Green Park Village, Reading.  We offer high quality living in our 129 beautifully designed apartments with a variety of on-site facilities including onsite care delivered by an independent care provider, 24-hour concierge, restaurant and communal areas. 

What you’ll do


* You’ll have overall responsibility for managing our brilliant service at Huntley Place.


* While leading a team of housing colleagues you will work alongside our separately commissioned care provider to deliver efficient, high quality, cost effective and customer centred services in our mixed tenure scheme.


* You’ll be front of house for our customers empowering them to live well in our Huntley community and making it a great place to work for our colleagues.


* As the manager you’ll ensure the high performance and quality assurance of our services using your experience and strong skills in effectively motivating and directing colleagues and liaising with other departments within the organisation.


* You’ll monitor service performance against budget targets and safety regulations and ensure that the service is visible and accessible to referring agencies and self-referring customers too.

Why join us

While you’ll be part of the Huntley team, you’ll also join the wider South Management Team and will work with our brilliant senior operations manager Morven Lamont.

We put people first.

That means a supportive manager, genuine career development and benefits that make life easier inside and outside of work.

Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work! 

You have


* Experience managing a care service and large contracts, associated KPIs, budgets and ability to drive the consistent delivery of high-quality services to meet the needs of our customers and commissioners.  


* People management and motivation skills, bringing colleagues together to share information and best practice.

You’ll maintain strong professional relationships with your peers and their teams as well as external stakeholders.


* You’ll show your passion for promoting independence and social inclusion, as well as your focus on quality, efficiency and your ability to develop service provision in new and innovative ways.


* We need you to have an excellent working knowledge of the Housing and Care and Support sectors, safeguarding processes and housing law. 


* You’ll be able to respond quickly and appropriately to emerging risks to individuals, teams or the contract.

Stronger together

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