Service Manager - Adult Social Care Community Social Care In Health

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 per week

Salary: NJC Grade H5 SCP 47-52 £59,023 - £64,660 per annum

Closing Date: Thursday 6th August 2026 at 23:59

Service Manager – Community and Hospital Social Work Services

Are you an experienced Social Work leader ready to help shape the future of Adult Social Care?

Blackpool is a town of ambition, resilience and opportunity. Alongside over £2 billion of investment across the borough, Adult Social Care is on a significant improvement and transformation journey. We are strengthening leadership, embedding strengths-based and trauma-informed practice and creating services that enable people to live well, independently and safely in their own homes.

Following the retirement of a highly respected and long-serving leader, we are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Service Manager to lead within our Social Work Services.

Reporting to the Head of Adult Social Care– Community and Hospital, you will provide both strategic and operational leadership. Leading Team Managers you will drive service improvement, support workforce development, oversee performance and quality and work collaboratively with key system partners across the Fylde Coast.

We are looking for a Social Work England registered professional who is passionate about improvement, thrives in complex environments and brings a positive, can-do approach to leadership and change.

We offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities, Social Work England registration fees paid, Local Government Pension Scheme membership, generous annual leave entitlement and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Interested in finding out more?

Join our online recruitment event:

Wednesday 29 July 2026 | 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Covering:

• Why Blackpool?
• Our Improvement Journey
• The Role and Teams

We also welcome 1:1 informal visits to Bickerstaffe House to meet the leadership team and learn more about the opportunity.

For an informal discussion, to arrange a visit or register for the online session, contact:

Carrie-Ann Dickins
Head of Adult Social Care – Community and Hospital

carrie-ann.dickins@blackpool.gov.uk 
07717355594

Closing Date: 6 August 2026
Shortlisting: 7 August 2026
Interviews: 13 / 14 August 2026

At this point in time we are not able to offer a Visa sponsorship in this role due to operational reasons

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

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