Service Manager
Perth
£44,100\.21 per annum
Temporary, Full\-Time, Fixed\-term
37
Closing Date: 26 June 2026
Registered Service Manager (Maternity Cover) – Upper Sringland
Hours: 37 hours per week \- fixed term until 30/04/2027 (Maternity Cover)
Location: Upper Springland, Isla Rd, Perth PH2 7HQ
Salary: £44,100\.21 per annum
At Capability Scotland, our mission is to deliver the highest quality services, tailored to the individual needs of disabled people.
At Upper Springland we provide long\-term and permanent residential care and support for people with a range of disabilities. We help people lead their lives to the full, providing for any needs they may have and to provide meaningful and exciting community interaction within Perth and the surrounding areas.
About the role – Service Manager
As Service Manager you will have responsibility for managing the service so that the individuals we support receive a quality, person\-centred experience. You will lead our management team and support our employees, ensuring regulatory compliance, overseeing budgets and facilities, and drive service development. Key tasks include:
- Managing the referral process and ensuring service delivery meets protocols and customer needs.
- Overseeing staff recruitment, training, performance, rotas, and disciplinary processes.
- Budgetary and financial controls: reviewing accounts, authorising purchase orders, monitoring assets and expenditure.
- Ensuring the facility, transport provisions and service environment support safe and effective delivery.
- Ensuring statutory and regulatory requirements are met (e.g., adult/child protection, Care Inspectorate annual returns).
- Promoting and developing the service, seeking new referrals, leading business development and risk assessments.
- Conducting investigations into concerns or complaints, and liaising with relevant authorities when required.
- Qualification: SVQ 4 Health \& Social Care (or equivalent) AND a relevant management qualification.
- Proven leadership experience in a care environment, with strong understanding of service delivery, staff management, budgets and regulatory frameworks.
- Excellent interpersonal skills: you’ll engage with customers, families, social work and local authorities.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to develop and promote services, manage change and mitigate risk.
- Comfortable working across a variety of tasks (from operational/administrative to strategic) and dealing with both routine and complex issues.
Driving licence required.
Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:
- Competitive salary \- £44,100\.21 per annum
- We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
- 37 days holidays per year.
- Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
- Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
- Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
- Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- 24/7 employee assistance programme.
- Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light \& Concert for Carer discounts
Applying to join our family is easy by clicking apply now. You’ll then hear from us within three weeks of the noted closing date. We’ll invite successful candidates to an interview so we can learn more about what makes each other tick, in a safe and secure way.
Closing date: 26th June 2026
For more information, or to arrange an informal chat, you can email Erin on Erin.Wilson@capability.scot (ref: CS08062026\)
We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
General Information
- Capability Scotland is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We are happy to consider job\-share applications.
- Capability Scotland is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people and conducts thorough pre\-employment checks on all preferred candidates.
- A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.
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