Learning Disabilities Service Lead

3 hours ago


Blackpool, Blackpool, United Kingdom Creative Support Full time

We are looking for an experienced Learning Disabilities Service Lead to join our dedicated team and help develop and coordinate our learning disabilities supported housing schemes and domiciliary services across Blackpool.

As a Learning Disabilities Service Lead, you will be at the forefront of our leadership team, ensuring the effective delivery and daily operational management of our services. You will be responsible for leading a team of staff, providing supervision, coaching, performance management, and support to staff, volunteers, and students. You will focus on ensuring the provision of person-centred support that enables customers to maintain their independence, enhance their wellbeing, and enjoy opportunities for personal development.

Your key responsibilities include overseeing the deployment of staff to meet individual needs and preferences within available resources, identifying training needs (both mandatory and service-specific), and maintaining accurate records. You will respond to referrals, undertake initial assessments of need, and ensure all service users have co-produced support plans and designated Key Workers. Establishing clear goals and pathways towards greater independence for service users, you will organize regular person-centred reviews, putting each person's views and journey at the heart of planning and decision-making.

You will work closely with local multi-disciplinary teams and community-based agencies to provide holistic, wrap-around support. You will maintain high standards of environmental safety and quality, ensuring a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere. Facilitating service user engagement, involvement, and peer support, you will implement robust quality monitoring methods and provide key performance indicators, identifying and planning necessary actions.

You will provide exceptional customer care, proactively communicate with stakeholders about risk management and the welfare of the people we support. Your strong ethical duty of care and commitment to safeguarding vulnerable individuals will be at the core of your work.

The estimated salary for this position is around £32,000-£40,000 per annum, depending on experience. Benefits include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 33 days Annual Leave, and company paid enhanced DBS. We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization, proud to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Employer with Investors in People Gold award.



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