Day Centre Service Lead

Day CentreService Lead – Learning Disabilities and Complex Needs

Are you an experienced Care Manager / Service Manager / Deputy Manager with a background in managing day services or care services for adults with learning or physical disabilities with complex care needs? Do you want to work for a company that support their staff well with competitive salaries, industry-leading benefits, well-resourced services, work/life balance and a supportive working environment? If so, we're recruiting for a Day Service Manager role that might be right up your street!

As a Service Manager of this day opportunities centre for adults with learning disabilities complex needs, your focus will be on delivering exactly what you came into care to do… managing quality focused services that truly enrich the lives of the people you are there for. This is a charity who pull out all the stops to ensure that people they support are able to lead full and flourishing lives.

Salary and Benefits

* £30,712 per annum (37.5 hours per week)

* Working Hours: Monday – Friday 08:30 – 16:30, bank holidays off

* 25 days leave plus bank holidays which increases after 5 years’ service

* Occupational sick pay scheme (after probationary)

* Employee assistance and well-being programme,

* Rewards and recognition scheme – Gift Vouchers

* Pension

* Life assurance

* Career-enhancing training

The Day Centre Service Lead Role

The Day Centre supports young adults with learning disabilities and complex needs to learn and develop life skills and build confidence. Participating on various activities that challenge them, people are supported to reach their full potential. Activities incorporate arts and crafts, health and wellbeing, fitness gardening and horticulture.

* As the Service Lead, you’ll take responsibility for supporting the staff and the people they support.

* Take responsibility for the development and implementation of systems and processes within the service

* Ensuring through auditing that all documentation is up to date and is reflective of each individual’s needs

* Dealing with any safeguarding

* Work on new business opportunities for the service

* Deputise in the absence of the Area Manager

About you

* You’ll need to be an experienced Deputy Manager / Supported Living Manager / Service Manager or similar within a service either a Day Centre / Supported Living / Residential Home or similar

* You’ll be driven by a passion to deliver services for people with learning disabilities and physical disabilities that are truly-person centred and make a difference to people’s lives.

* Ideally, you’ll hold QCF level 5 qualification in Leadership of Social Care but if not, as long as you are willing to work towards it, we can consider you.

* You’ll be able to demonstrate a good knowledge of CQC standards, and legislation relevant to managing social care.

Interested? To be considered for the (Day) Service Manager role, please click apply to submit your CV to Laura at Thendon Resourcing and we’ll be in touch within 1-2 business days to discuss your application.

Please don’t delay getting your application across - we are looking to interview for this role ASAP