Social care administrators Work, Jobs in Woolley, Wyk (with Salaries)

Advocacy Manager
Rethink Mental Illness —Barnsley
- £37,406 a year
- Full-time
- Travel
- IT
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Area Care Manager
Helping Hands —Leeds
- £55,000 a year
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
Head of Service - Early Intervention and Prevention (CDC)
Doncaster City Council —Doncaster
- £72,379 - £78,160 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Employee discount
6d
SEND Casework Manager
North Yorkshire Council —Selby
- £47,181 - £51,356 a year
- Full-time
- Travel
- Organisational skills
- Care plans
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
14d
Trainee Service Coordinator (Maternity Cover)
Specialist Autism Services —Leeds
- £26,347 a year
- Full-time
- In-person
- Annual leave
Quick apply
16h
SEND Casework Manager Post 16
North Yorkshire Council —Selby
- £47,181 - £51,356 a year
- Full-time
- Travel
- Organisational skills
- Care plans
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
7d
Director of Community Services
Veriano Community & Enterprise Services Ltd —Sheffield
- £6,500 - £8,700 a month
- Full-time
- Management
- Supervising experience
- Leadership
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
Quick apply
10d
Team Manager
Leeds City Council —Leeds
- £51,356 - £54,495 a year
- Temporary
- Master's degree
- Supervising experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Annual leave
7d
Service Manager - Adult Services and Wellbeing
Calderdale Council —Halifax
- £66,407 - £70,154 a year
- Full-time
Fostering Team Manager - Doncaster - 12-month maternity cover contract
Five Rivers Child Care Ltd —Doncaster
- £44,856.50 - £50,881.00 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Supervising experience
- Travel
- Free parking
- Store discount
Quick apply
12d
Safeguarding Lead
ANDYSMANCLUB —Halifax
- £38,000 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Administrative experience
- Supervising experience
Quick apply
6d
Appointee and Deputy Team Leader
Calderdale Council —Halifax
- £39,862 - £42,839 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Supervising experience
- Organisational skills
- Leadership
3d
Team Manager – Kinship Post Order Support
Bradford Children and Families Trust —Bradford
- £51,356 - £54,495 a year
- Weekend availability
- Childcare
- Bachelor's degree
- Annual leave
13d
Team Manager (Children and Young People Team)
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council —Barnsley
- £51,356 - £54,495 a year
- Full-time
- English
- Supervising experience
- Mentoring
- Employee discount
3d
Enhanced Support and Grants Team Manager (maternity cover)
Christians Against Poverty —Bradford
- £19,494 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Team management
- Leadership
- Flexitime
- Employee discount
Team Manager – Fostering Support
Bradford Children and Families Trust —Bradford
- £51,356 - £54,495 a year
- Weekend availability
- Childcare
- Bachelor's degree
- Annual leave
13d
Re-Offending Manager
Mitie —Leeds
- £45,000 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Analysis skills
- Project management
14d
Strategic Commissioning Manager
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council —Rotherham
- £51,356 - £54,495 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
7d
Team Manager – Care Leavers Service
Bradford Children and Families Trust —Bradford
- £51,356 - £54,495 a year
- Full-time
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
7d
Team Manager - Children in Care
Bradford Children and Families Trust —Bradford
- £51,356 - £54,495 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Supervising experience
- Leadership
- Annual leave
4d

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Advocacy Manager

Rethink Mental Illness -
Barnsley

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Job details

Full-time
£37,406 a year

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Referral programme

Qualifications

IT
Communication skills

Full job description

Location: Field-based – Barnsley & County Durham
Contract Type: Full-time (35 hours) - Permanent
Salary: £37,406

Lead change. Empower voices. Make a real impact.
At Rethink Advocacy, we believe everyone deserves to have their voice heard.
We’re looking for an experienced and passionate Advocacy Manager to lead high-quality advocacy services across Barnsley and County Durham. This is an opportunity to drive meaningful change – not just for individuals, but across entire communities.
If you’re a strong leader who thrives on improving services, developing teams, and delivering impact, we’d love to hear from you.

About the role
As an Advocacy Manager, you’ll take overall responsibility for the delivery and performance of advocacy contracts in your area. You’ll lead from the front – supporting your team, driving quality, and ensuring people receive independent, person-centred advocacy that truly makes a difference.
You’ll work across a range of services, including statutory and non-statutory advocacy, supporting people to have their rights upheld and their voices heard.

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you will:
Lead and manage services

Oversee contract delivery, ensuring services meet KPI targets and achieve positive outcomes
Develop and deliver local service plans aligned to community needs
Monitor performance, quality, and compliance with legal frameworks

Inspire and develop your team

Manage the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, development and performance
Provide supervision, guidance and support to advocates
Create a culture of openness, learning, and continuous improvement

Drive quality and innovation

Ensure high standards across audits, reporting and case management
Identify opportunities to improve and develop services
Lead on action planning and continuous service improvement

Build relationships and partnerships

Work collaboratively with stakeholders, professionals and partners
Represent Rethink at external meetings and local forums
Strengthen networks to enhance service impact

Ensure safe and effective delivery

Oversee safeguarding, risk management and health & safety
Manage incidents and complaints, embedding learning into practice
Ensure robust systems, processes and compliance across services

About the services

You’ll oversee services including:

Barnsley Advocacy Service – delivering a wide range of advocacy (e.g. IMCA, IMHA, Care Act, community advocacy)
County Durham Specialist Mental Health Advocacy – supporting people in relation to mental health services

You’ll lead a team of trainee and qualified advocates, ensuring flexible and responsive support to meet local needs.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who is:
✔ A qualified advocate (who could be working towards additional remits)
✔ An experienced leader who can inspire and develop high-performing teams
✔ Confident managing performance, change and complex situations
✔ Organised, proactive, and able to prioritise competing demands
✔ A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
✔ Knowledgeable about safeguarding and advocacy frameworks
✔ IT confident, with experience of systems and reporting
✔ Flexible and able to travel across the service area
Above all, you’ll be passionate about empowering people and improving lives through advocacy.

Why join Rethink?

Lead services that create real, lasting impact
Be part of a supportive and collaborative leadership team
Shape the future of advocacy in your area
Access ongoing development and learning opportunities
Work in a values-driven organisation with people at its heart

Important information

This role requires an Enhanced DBS check (Adults and Children)
Regular travel across Barnsley and County Durham is required

Ready to apply?
If you’re ready to lead with purpose and help people have their voices heard when it matters most, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and be part of something meaningful.

Why Work With Rethink Mental Illness?
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe that when you feel supported, you can make the biggest difference. That’s why we offer a range of benefits to help you thrive:

Inclusive Culture: Join staff networks that champion diversity and inclusion.
Wellbeing Support: Access our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, and the Unmind mental health app.
Recognition & Rewards: Enjoy discounts, cashback offers, and celebrate achievements through our PULSE platform.
Flexible Working & Generous Leave: Starting at 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with options to buy or sell extra days.
Learning & Development: Grow your career with structured onboarding and training opportunities.
Financial & Family Support: Contributory pension scheme, enhanced family leave, and travel benefits like season ticket loans and cycle-to-work schemes.
Referral Bonus: Earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us, and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

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social care administrators jobs in woolley, wyk

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