Experienced Service Lead

Real Life Options; Ilkeston; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and social care provider in Ilkeston seeks an Experienced Service Lead to oversee support for individuals with learning disabilities and complex needs. The role includes on-call duties, participation in team meetings, and managerial responsibilities to ensure the well-being of service users. Ideal candidates will have a background in community care and experience working with challenging behaviours. Competitive salary and extensive benefits offered.

Benefits

28 days paid holiday per year

Employer contributory pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus

Qualifications

• Track record of supporting people with learning disabilities.
• Understanding of needs for people with disabilities.
• Experience in a managerial role within a supported living environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide on call duties and participate in team meetings.
• Ensure proper medication procedures are followed.
• Manage service delivery and contribute to Person Centred Plans.
• Support residents with mental health needs and complex behaviour.

Skills

Working with people with learning disabilities

Commitment to community care

Understanding of development needs of adults

Experience with mental health needs

Job description

Experienced Service Lead

Health and Social Care Sector
Ilkeston, DE7 8XW
£26,294 per annum
Full-time, Permanent

Real Life Options provide support to people with autism, learning disabilities, and complex needs.

About the Role

You will be required to provide on call duties on a rota basis for your locations, attend and participate within team meetings and service user reviews, ensure medication procedures are in place and service users are supported appropriately. Undertake specified, managerial responsibilities, which contribute to the overall management of the support services provided.

We deliver creative, dynamic and person-centred services providing a range of individualised support to people living in shared supported living properties and individual tenancies. You will play a key role in the assessment of the service user and development of a Person Centred Plan, facilitating participation of all workers in implementation of the agreed plan.

The role will be to cover support with all our residents therefore we are looking for applicants with experience in working with people with mental health and challenging, complex behaviour.

Working in this role you would need to be resilient, have an open mind, and have a non-judgmental approach, so this would appeal to people who share a real interest and have experience in complex care.

Responsibilities

• Provide on call duties on a rota basis and participate in team meetings and service user reviews.
• Ensure medication procedures are in place and supported appropriately.
• Undertake specified managerial responsibilities contributing to the overall management of the service.
• Assess service users and contribute to the development of Person Centred Plans; facilitate staff involvement in plan implementation.
• Cover support with residents; work with people with mental health needs and complex behaviour.

Qualifications and Experience

• Demonstrable track record of working with people with learning disabilities in a supported living and enabling environment.
• 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.

Why Join Us?

• A minimum of 28 days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff).
• Accredited training enabling you to deliver a first-rate job, with opportunities for development through training, mentoring, and a strong support network.
• Employer contributory pension scheme.
• Work in a collaborative, values-led environment.
• Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours).
• £10,000 Life cover.
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (including medical helpline, counselling, debt, financial and legal information).
• Discounts via a reward gateway; Cycle to Work Scheme; financial wellbeing scheme.
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply); Recognition Initiatives.

Values

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

Additional Information

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

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.

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