About The Service
Cardiff Day Service is a specialist Day Service that provides support to adults with a learning disability who have complex support needs. People are supported by the service to access a wide range of valued activities and opportunities within the local community to meet their identified outcomes.
About the job
We are looking for a suitably experienced and self-motivated individual to join a well-established Learning Disability Day Service Management Team.
Your role will be to work as part of a team to provide effective leadership and management of people and performance in a social care context, ensuring that the service we deliver is consistently of high quality, person centred and outcome led.
You will be expected to-
Work alongside the day service manager/deputy day service manager to take the lead for a designated area of the day service.
Monitor and review services to ensure they remain person centred and that agreed outcomes are met
Effectively supervise member of the day service team and actively contribute to the Personal Performance and Development Review process
Undertake risk assessments for day service activity and contribute to the overall risk management of the service
Contribute to the day to day running of the day service.
What We Are Looking For From You
Experience of leading and managing a social care team effectively,
A good understanding of and commitment to underpinning social care values and ethics.
Excellent communication skills and possess the ability to use analytical skills to aid problem solving and decision-making.
Flexibility and the ability to work in a dynamic and fast changing service.
A commitment to offering a positive person centred approach to individuals supported by the service
A belief that people with learning disabilities have the right to achieve their full potential and have the right to be positively engaged within their community
A full valid driving licence and use of car for work.
Additional information
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check.
Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.
This post is temporary until 31/03/2024.
Internal candidates who wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis must obtain approval prior to application using Form SEC1 (4.C.081). Requests may only be approved by the relevant Director/ Assistant Director/ Chief Officer or senior nominated officer graded no lower than OM2 or in the case of schools based staff the Headteacher / Governing Body.
Contracted hours will be 37 hours per week.
This vacancy is suitable for post share.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
Due to the current interim working arrangements, we are unable to provide recruitment packs or accept application forms via the post.
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