Job Introduction

The Living Well Children and Families service supports children and families, aged 2-19 years who are identified as being above a healthy weight and their families to make small but important changes to work towards a healthier lifestyle.

We are looking for a Service Manager to join our dedicated team in the Living Well Children and Families Service. This role is an opportunity to make a real difference in our vibrant and diverse city working across the Bradford District.

The main responsibilities of this role:

Responsible for the efficient and effective functioning, management, promotion and development of the Children and Families Living Well service.
Managing the Living Well Children and Families team, providing leadership and operational management to delivering staff, service leads and administration staff, including identifying and implementing training requirements as necessary.
To plan, develop and implement the Living Well service offer, to integrate into service's across the district, including third sector and other commercial providers.
To ensure a balanced programme of delivery which meets the needs of the local community and addresses health inequalities across the district.
To ensure adequate safety measures are undertaken to comply with the Health and Safety at Work. To be responsible for ensuring staff are appropriately trained and emergency procedures are in place.
To play a full and active role in the Living Well Service Team, providing a high standard of communication within the team and with external stakeholders to ensure the service delivered is able to meet the needs of service users.
To be responsible for contributing to and developing and delivering on financial, service, qualitative and quantitative performance targets as defined.
To maximise the potential of the service to act as a catalyst for health and wellbeing, lifelong learning, skills development and community cohesion and enable delivery of defined healthy lifestyle programmes.
To prepare reports and make presentations to committees, boards, internal groups and external organisations as directed.
To ensure that the quality systems, procedures and policies are implemented and complied with and undertake system audits as required.

How to Apply

If you are interested in joining our team and would like some further information, please contact Natalie Wright on 07484 951548 or email natalie .wright@bradford.gov.uk.

Employee Offer

Why work for Bradford Council? Find out why by taking a look at Our Employee Offer.pdf

Equal Opportunities

We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, marital status, gender re-assignment, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, ethnic background, religion or belief nationality or age. And, as an equal opportunities employer, the Council strives to employ the best qualified people from a diverse range of applicants.

The RESPECT Allyship Programme is available to all staff, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups and provides added benefits and resources to its members.