Service Lead
1 week ago
Job description
Terms and Conditions: Full time, Fixed Term, 37 hours per week
Department: People
Interview date: 6th November 2025
Exciting opportunity to join the Provider Services Leadership Team at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council – rated Good by CQC.
At Blackburn with Darwen Council, our size is our strength. Working for a small borough means close collaboration across our leadership team, partners and local services. Blackburn with Darwen is an ambitious borough with a proud sense of place and a strong identity. We are a unitary authority, working to provide the best opportunities for our residents, investing in employment and housing, developing our physical environment, town centres and cultural offer, and empowering people to thrive. Good partner relationships and our positive 'can do' approach means that we deliver for our communities. We are proud that CQC has recognised us as a Good Local Authority. We are determined to continue learning, improving and innovating, in pursuit of delivering outstanding services to our residents.
We are looking for an experienced manager to join our Adults and Health leadership team as a Service Lead for our in-house provider services. The role is advertised as a 9 month fixed-term contract to cover sickness leave in the service. This role is an integral part of the department's leadership team, working closely with our Head of Service Ed Johnston to deliver an outstanding in-house provider service. We have recently commenced a comprehensive review of our services, with a view to developing the in-house offer to fully complement our commissioned services while delivering the highest standards of care. We have excellent collaborative working arrangements with our Commissioning team, as well as staff across the broader Adults & Health teams and the wider Place-based Partnership.
The service lead role is key in
- ensuring our in-house services provide the highest standards of care
- providing assurance that our registered services are inspection-ready and meet all standards of the CQC regulatory framework
- managing key staff in provider services, including registered managers
- collaborating with colleagues in our commissioning team to review our in-house offer and to plan for arising transformation work
- participating as an active member of the department's Senior Leadership Team
- working collaboratively with partners across health and social care
We are looking for someone who is
- Passionate about providing high quality services for local people
- With significant experience managing CQC-registered care services, ideally with experience of transformation work and/or establishing new services.
- Experienced at working alongside key stakeholders and those with lived experience to develop and deliver services
- Able to work through periods of transformation and change, bringing people along with you to achieve our ambitions for provider services
- A compassionate leader who can enthuse, inspire and deliver
For more information about the role and our plans for the future, please contact Ed Johnston, Head of Provider Services and Intermediate Care –
Job detailsJob reference
REQ04344
Date posted
25/09/2025
Application closing date
03/11/2025
Location
Blackburn with Darwen
Salary
Grade L, SCP 53-57, £65,919 to £70,659 per annum
Package
Blank
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Council
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