Service Lead - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Real Life Options

Real Life Options

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Sheffield

Day Centre

Service Lead - up to £21,615 per annum

We have an exciting opportunity for a full time (35 hours) Activity Lead to join our team at our Day Centre in the City of Sheffield.

We are looking for someone with creative experience, to act as a role model for our staff teams and take some responsibility for the day to day running of the activities undertaken at the service.

You will be required to attend, participate and lead within team meetings and service user reviews, ensure medication procedures are in place, activity timetables are upheld and updates as well as ensuring service users are supported appropriately.

You will be required to undertake specified, managerial responsibilities which contribute to the overall management of the support services provided.

You will be required to support on shift where needed to meet the needs of the people we support.

Working hours are flexible to the needs of the people we support but may in the future include evenings and weekends.

You will play a key role in the assessment of service users and the development of a Person Centred Plan.

You will help facilitate the participation of all support workers in implementation of the agreed plan.

It is essential that you have the following experience:

Demonstrable track record of working with people with learning disabilities in an enabling environment.
Ability to coordinate and manage your own time/ work load effectively
Commitment to the principles of community care.
Understanding of development needs of adults with a learning disability (social, personal, physical, occupational and leisure)
Understanding of the needs of people with disabilities, including learning disabilities, multiple disabilities and complex needs
You will be supporting our Service Users to achieve their individual goals and lead full and productive lives as valued members of their community, while ensuring services provided adhere to Real Life Options' values.

Real Life Options is a registered charity, come and work for Real Life Options and you'll start your day knowing that you're making a difference by supporting greater independence and creating more opportunities for people with learning disabilities and autism.

Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities.

Benefits and Rewards

At Real Life Options we treat our people with the same respect, care and consideration that we show to the people we support.

Not only do we provide competitive rates of pay, a great place to work and great job satisfaction, our additional benefits include:

Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
Access to training bursaries
A minimum of 28days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (prorata for part time staff)
An employer contributory pension scheme
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and facetoface counselling, debt, financial and legal information)

- £10,000 Life cover

Refer a Friend Incentive £250 Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
A financial wellbeing scheme
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Recognition Initiatives
The chance to make a real difference in people's lives

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:
Respect - Honesty - Responsibility - Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values - Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer.

We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.