Job Introduction

Please Note: This vacancy is only available to Turning Point Employees, Volunteers & Peer Mentors.

A Full UK Driving License and Access to a Vehicle is an Essential Requirement.

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity that will combine leadership with external relationship management and the responsibility for making a real difference to people’s lives?

Turning Point is looking for an experienced Senior Operations Manager to lead its Somerset Drug & Alcohol Service.

At Turning Point, we are recognised leaders in helping people lead a life free from dependency, gaining control of their lives and building healthy relationships. By providing the right support at the right time and making sure that people can find all the help they need, we have grown into one of the largest providers of substance use services in England and Wales.

Role Responsibility

In this vital role you will be expected to lead a multi-disciplinary team working across Somerset, continuing to develop and innovate whilst delivering outcomes for our service users.  We are looking for an individual with proven leadership skills who has managed large forming teams and services before within substance use. 

The Ideal Candidate

It is essential that the successful candidate can evidence the ability:

• To manage and lead a variety of roles including, recovery workers, managers, nurses and doctors
• Have experience in the management of budgetary and performance, as well as a variety of other contractual requirements
• To be the forefront of driving leadership across multidisciplinary teams
• Maintain and develop good commissioner relationships
• Manage sub-contracts and external partnership with a variety of diverse organisations
• Demonstrate a strong track record of embedding quality assurance systems and processes
• Experience of managing clinical services
• To lead a team through continued service development and innovation
• To have the skills and ability to be the CQC Registered Manager for the service

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

• 26 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 28 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
• Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees Turning Point Benefits.

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

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