Progress House

Westwood Park Drive

Wigan

WN3 4HH

Salary: Grade 14 - £49,857 - £53,485 per annum

37 hours per week

Your role:

You will be committed to ensuring excellent services with streamlined pathways for users.

These will offer people the right support at the right time and allow them to draw on their assets and reconnect to communities.

You will take the lead for services provided to those heading towards crisis or in crisis in relation to homelessness, drugs, alcohol and reducing reoffending.  This includes the provision of operational support teams for people make choices to take back control of their lives.  

You will also manage relationships with other providers including commissioned services, the charitable and voluntary sector.

About you:

You will be an inspirational leader with the ability to motivate teams working in challenging environments.

You will have significant experience of managing services aimed at those in crisis and managing changes to those services.

You will be highly creative in your approach and not be afraid to try new ideas in relation to a service delivery. 

You will also have excellent communication skills and the ability to develop and manage relationships across all providers, charitable and voluntary agencies.

About us:

Wigan is great place to work, we believe in putting people at the heart of service development and they are the driver for everything we do.

We want to ensure services are allowing people to lead the best life that they can. 

This is a great opportunity to join a forward thinking organisation who will offer you the support you need to succeed.

For further information, please contact Vicky Bannister on 01942 489454 or email: v.bannister@wigan.gov.uk 

To view the details relating to this position, please click the link below:

Job Specification.docx

Interview date: Friday 5 January 2018

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