Location: Specialist Day Service (Brinnington, Stockport) Hours: 37.5 hours per week | Full time - Permanent Salary: £36,040 per annum | Grade 3 – Point 7 Enhancement: Time and a quarter for weekend hours worked Reports to: Service Manager Required Qualification – To apply for this role you must have completed a QCF Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent. Flexibility: A requirement of this role is to support Team Leaders in other Trust services, when necessary, across Greater Manchester. Working pattern: Working flexibly over 5 days. A current driving licence is required for this role, held for at least 12 months. Specialist Day Service (Brinnington, Stockport) supports adults with autism and learning disabilities that might not suit traditional day services or a vocational path. The service design’s bespoke weekly programmes for the individuals they support ensuring they have regular access to their local community, social inclusion and opportunities to develop leisure skills. The role…… Reporting to a Service Manager, you will be responsible for the day‑to‑day operational leadership of the service. You will support and develop the staff team, ensure high‑quality, person‑centred support is delivered, and promote safe, inclusive and empowering practice across both provisions. Although these services are not CQC regulated, the Team Leader will ensure practice is delivered in line with sector best practice, organisational policies, safeguarding requirements and recognised quality frameworks. You will play a key role in maintaining positive cultures, supporting staff wellbeing, and ensuring the voices, choices and rights of the people we support are central to everything we do. A crucial part of this role is also the quality assurance of our services as you must have excellent verbal and written communication skills to ensure the services are delivered to the highest standard possible. Additional key responsibilities include Effectively & operationally manage all service resources to enable the people supported achieve optimal outcomes in safe and secure environments. Arrange, attend and produce accurate records of multidisciplinary meetings with other professionals and/or family liaison meetings and other stakeholders. Under the direction of the Service Manager develop an open, robust and participatory management culture to ensure staff have the ability and competence to undertake their full role and remit. Provide staff supervisions, attend team meetings, implement team development plans including planning for and releasing staff to participate in mandatory training. Actively assist with the selection, recruitment and retention of staff to ensure safe, nurturing and positive environments/services. Be effective in ensuring that standards of care and support meet and/or exceed the requirements of the people supported and their families, CQC and commissioners of the service. Oversee all aspects of health & safety within services, ensuring the highest standards of care and support for the people who use our services are achieved. Ensure the safeguarding of all individuals and follow the Together Trust’s policies and procedures. Ensure any/all financial elements of the service are managed effectively. Contribute to the strategic direction and development of the service. What can you bring to the service….? QCF Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent (completed). Significant residential or community care experience supporting vulnerable individuals. Experience of writing behaviour support plans and risk assessments. Experience of providing regular, motivating supervision and development targets that bring IT skills. Excellent organisational skills. Knowledge of the policy framework for adult services and CQC regulations along with knowledge of the Social Model of Disability and issues relating to vulnerable adults. Do you have experience of supporting and coaching staff, and nurturing team development? Can you manage difficult and challenging situations whilst maintaining high standards of care and support? Can you make a direct positive impact on the lives of the adults, and their families we support Help us make a change to the people we support. We also offer…. Annual Leave Full time entitlement is 27-day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years. Based on a working pattern of 5 days per week. Reduced days and hours will be pro-rated. Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions and up to 6 x basis salary death in service Occupational sick payand family friendly policies includingenhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave. Reward and Discount platformoffering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc. Eligibility to apply forBlue Light card Proud to be areal living wage employer Refer a friend scheme, rewards for recommending a friend to work with us Comprehensivetraining and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications Long service awardsincluding cash gifts and extra holiday. Promotion ofWellbeingacross the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeingsupportfrom trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home We also provide a caring, supportive environment for all our employees, with a strong emphasis on a good work / life balance, and this something you can’t put a value on! Is this you? Are you ready to make a positive change?Then please take a closer look at theFull Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this advert. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself). This role will involve regulated activity. We may remove this advert should we find the successful candidate prior to the closing date therefore early applications are encouraged. We currently do not provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have the right to work in the UK. Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience. If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way, please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you.