Service Lead

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Derbyshire

Service Lead - £21,615 per annum

To start August 2022

We have an exciting opportunity for a full time Service Lead to join our team in Swadlincote and the Ilkeston area. We are looking for someone with supervisory experience, to act as a role model for our staff teams and take some responsibility 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. You will be required to support on shift where needed. Working hours are flexible to the needs of the people we support but will include evenings, weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.

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.

It is essential that you have the following 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

You will be supporting our Service Users to achieve their individual goals and lead full and productive lives as valued members of their community, while ensuring services provided adhere to Real Life Options’ values.

Real Life Options is a registered charity, come and work for Real Life Options and you’ll start your day knowing that you’re making a difference by supporting greater independence and creating more opportunities for people with learning disabilities and autism.

Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities.

Benefits and Rewards

Benefits

Not only do we provide competitive rates of pay, a great place to work and great job satisfaction, our additional benefits include

At Real Life Options we treat our people with the same respect, care and consideration that we show to the people we support.

Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job

Access to training bursaries

A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)

An employer contributory pension scheme

A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)

£10,000 Life cover

Refer a Friend Incentive £250 Bonus (terms and conditions apply)

A financial wellbeing scheme

A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services

Recognition Initiatives

The chance to make a real difference in people’s lives

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

Skills

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.