Senior Day Services Officer

Harrow Council; Harrow; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrow Council is seeking a Senior Day Services Officer within the Adults and Public Health Directorate to support and lead Hub staff, helping people access day service centres and community opportunities, and empower independence.

The role involves assisting with personal care with privacy and dignity, delivering services free from discrimination, and guiding staff through change while maintaining high standards of practice.

Qualifications

• Experience working in social care for adults.
• Knowledge of social care legislation.
• Experience with learning/physical disability settings.
• Experience of handling challenging behaviour.
• Strong verbal communication and written English.
• Supervisory, mentoring and leadership skills.
• Flexibility to meet changing service needs.
• Experience managing staff through significant change.

Responsibilities

• Lead Hub staff teams to function at their best.
• Enable access to day service centre and community opportunities.
• Support personal care with dignity and privacy.
• Ensure services are delivered without discrimination.

Skills

Manual handling

Social care legislation

Disability setting experience

Challenging behaviour

Verbal communication

Written English

Supervisory leadership

Change management

Job description

Overview

The Adults and Public Health Directorate is looking for a Senior Day Services Officer to act as a member of the local management team stabilising and influencing, acting as an effective role model of practice. Tasks include supporting, encouraging and assisting in leading the Hub staff teams to function to the best of their capabilities.

The post holder will enable people to access excellent day service centre based and community opportunities, including the world of work wherever possible and to offer choice and empower people to live as independently as possible. Responsibilities include supporting and assisting individuals to participate in safe personal care/hygiene needs as required, respecting the privacy and dignity of people at all times and ensuring that services are delivered in an anti-discriminatory manner with respect to the protected characteristics.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• Ability to move and handle people.


• Knowledge of current relevant social care legislation.


• Previous experience working in a Learning/Physical Disability setting.


• Experience of working with challenging behaviour.


• Strong verbal communication and a good standard of written English.


• Supervisory, mentoring and leadership skills.


• Flexibility to support the changing needs of the service.


• Experience of managing staff through significant change.

Related Documents

For more information, please refer to the Role Profile/Selection Criteria