Service Lead

Health and Social Care Sector

ðŸ" Ilkeston, DE7 8XW
ðŸ' £26,294 per annum

ðŸ" Full-time, Permanent

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

Due to an increase in service delivery hours, we have an exciting opportunity for a full time Service Lead to join our team in Ilkeston. We are looking for someone with supervisory experience, to act as a role model for our staff teams and be responsible for the day to day running of the support service.

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 judgemental approach, so this would appeal to people who share a real interest and have experience in complex care.

• 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

We offer the following benefits:

• Minimum of 28 days paid holiday per year, including bank holidays (pro ratio for part time staff)
• Minimum of 28 days paid holiday per year, including bank holidays (pro ratio for part time staff)
• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job - develop professionally 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
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face to face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiatives

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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

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.