Job Details
Salary: £34,488 - £36,585 per annum.
Package: Permanent, full-time – 36 hours per week.
About the Role
Sandbanks Day Centre provides a day care service for adults with autism, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, and older people living with dementia. The service offers quality care, supports residents to participate in meaningful activities tailored to their needs, and promotes independence, dignity and safety.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the management team with ongoing development and continuous improvement of day service provision.
* Supervise and support Care Workers to deliver quality care and support to residents.
* Lead the centre programme, ensuring a range of meaningful and therapeutic activities are fit for purpose.
* Motivate and empower the staff team to provide a continuously high‑quality service that is safe and aligned with the Adult Social Care vision.
Essential Requirements
* Experience supporting and caring for vulnerable adults in a formal care setting.
* Hold an NVQ/Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 3.
* Demonstrable experience of providing supervision and direction to staff.
* An enhanced DBS check.
* Availability to work Monday to Friday 8 am – 5 pm.
About You
* Self‑starter with excellent communication skills, creative with the day‑centre programme, proactive, innovative, and inspiring others to achieve goals.
* Experience working with vulnerable residents, including safeguarding, health and safety, and risk assessment.
* Clear understanding of barriers faced by individuals with learning disabilities, autism, and/or dementia, and experience implementing person‑centred strategies.
* Experience leading, motivating and supervising a team to secure positive outcomes for residents.
* Ability to understand and implement good practice and promote equal opportunities.
Language Requirement
This post is considered customer‑facing and falls within the scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirements for public sector workers. A command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job is required.
Contact
Email: Nnenna.Ilonwah@hounslow.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 8583 4040
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