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Look Ahead Care Support and Housing, Slough (On-site)
Up to £41000 per annum + Pension Scheme
Posted today
Closing in 4 days
Ambitious about Autism, N10 3JA (On-site)
£43,339 - £46,670 (Depending on skills and experience)
At Ambitious about Autism, we are currently looking for a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Specialist to join our team.
Posted 3 days ago
Hertfordshire Mind Network, Ware, Hertfordshire (On-site)
£26,000 - £27,000 per annum pro rata incl. Outer London Weighting (OLW) In addition, this role will have a discretionary annual staff retention bonus of up to £2,106
Posted 3 days ago
Closing today at 13:56
Disability Action In Islington, Islington (On-site)
£25,000 - £27,000 per year
Join Us as an Advice Worker
Posted 2 weeks ago Apply Now
High Trees Community Development Trust, London (On-site)
£25,000 - £30,000 FTE (15,000 - £18,000 pro rata per year)
Our Youth Workers and Play Workers play a pivotal role ensuring the smooth running of our services for children, young people and families.
Posted 1 week ago
Closing in 3 days
TPP Recruitment, London, England (Hybrid)
£14.38 - £15.38 per hour
Posted 3 weeks ago Apply Now
NFP People, Remote
circa £27,400 per annum for 35 hours per week, pro rata for less hours
Posted 1 week ago
Providence Row HA, E2, London (On-site)
£32,084.5 per year
Posted today Apply Now
Sound Minds, London (On-site)
£40,793 per annum FTE (salary will be 0.8 x £40,793) & 3% contribution to pension
Posted 1 day ago
RISE - Reimagining Industry to Support Equality, Remote
£50,000 - £100,000 per year
RISE is looking for an experienced MEL Consultant to lead the implementation of our MEL framework.
Posted 1 day ago Apply Now
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Look Ahead Care Support and Housing
Slough (On-site) 13.25 miles
Up to £41000 per annum + Pension Scheme
Full-time
Job description

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Contract Manager to join our Mental Health service in Slough.

£41,000.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week.

Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.

Our benefits include:

Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
Free DBS
Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
Fully paid induction programme and further training
ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
Healthcare Cashplan through our partner Healthshield
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme for 24-7 confidential support
Online wellbeing resources
A generous pension - we will contribute up to 4% and life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff's commitment and contribution
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Contract Manager to oversee the successful delivery of our mental health services within the Slough area. This pivotal role is responsible for the operational and strategic management of all contracts in your designated patch, ensuring high-quality service delivery and positive outcomes for individuals with mental health and complex needs.

As a Contract Manager, you will lead and support a team of front-line staff, providing clear direction, performance oversight, and ongoing professional development. A key aspect of the role is fostering strong leadership and cultivating competence within your team to drive continuous improvement.

What you'll do:

Drive business planning activities within your contract, ensuring relevant and challenging objective setting and ongoing performance tracking, developing turn around action plans as may be necessary
Using sound financial and accounting principles, manage contract budgets to deliver on corporate and local contract financial targets
Successfully lead and motivate your team to ensure the championing of and maintenance of a positive local culture within your service
Work to continuously improve staff competence, ensure ownership of all staff issues and speedy and effective conflict resolution
Responsible for reporting all staff changes to HR and Payroll departments, as appropriate e.g. starters, leavers, additional hours etc.
Responsible for maintaining quarterly staff succession plans
Deliver effective, professional and commercially focused briefings and supervision meetings with staff and ensure that information, reporting & communications flow up/down is effective
Responsible for managing and allocating customers to support staff (casework management)

For the full list, please see our website.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:

Ability to lead and motivate staff to deliver excellent services
Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
Has a practical and logical mind
Excellent organisation skills
Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments

For the full list, please see our website.

What you'll bring:

Essential:

Educated to degree level or equivalent
Experience of managing contracts and resources and delivering to budget and performance targets
Experience of delivering to housing management performance targets
Experience of effectively managing and developing staff to ensure delivery of services performance targets within contract
Experience of successfully managing external partnerships to ensure successful delivery of services
Holds relevant CMI/NVQ Level 4 or other Business/Management Qualification

Desirable:

Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications
About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 100 services, providing support to thousands of customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness and complex needs, young people and care leavers and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

Posted on: Thursday, 22 May 2025
Closing date: 19 June 2025 at 09:02
Job ref: REQ006218
Tags: Social / Support Work