Day Service Assistant

Job Introduction
**This is a diverse social care role where every day is different. For adults with learning difficulties, you’ll open the door to lives of independence, fulfilment, and joy. And your impact won’t stop there. This positive change will be felt across families and throughout the Staffordshire communities we’re proud to serve.**

Staffordshire County Council are looking for motivated people who are passionate about providing outstanding care quality for adults with learning disabilities. We specialise in supporting adults with complex needs, profound and multiple learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge. Our mission is to promote opportunities, independence and choice so individuals can thrive, and our vision is to be leaders in providing innovative and inspirational care and support.

Our Specialist Day Opportunities provide meaningful activities, sessions and outings either in our centres or across the local community. The service has a strong ethos of promoting independence, outcomes, and wellbeing.

Main Responsibilities
This role provides excellent person-centred support in an innovative, flexible and responsive way. You will support people to maintain their health and wellbeing, being ambitious and empowering in promoting and maximising independence, including positive risk taking.

Some of the tasks you will do are:

- acting as a Link Worker for the people we support by contributing to the on-going development, delivery, and review of person-centred support plans.
- deliver excellent support, including administering medication.
- plan and deliver community outings and activities, including sensory sessions.
- Suggest improvements and be proactive in the development of solutions and activities undertaken by the service.

You will:

- Be enthusiastic about working with people with learning disabilities and autism and able to demonstrate a caring, sensitive and patient approach, while supporting people to be as independent as possible.
- Have good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to relate positively to the people we support, and have a positive outlook on life.
- Be able to demonstrate you can manage potential and actual aggression in a sensitive way which reflects the changing needs of the users and can remain calm in challenging situations.
- Be able to adapt and respond positively to change.

The role may require you to carry out manual handling tasks to support clients in their day to day lives.

What you will have:

- NVQ level 2 qualification, Care Certificate, or willingness to complete
- Experience of working in a team
- Understanding of privacy and confidentiality legislation
- Practical knowledge of health and safety at work
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Literacy and numeracy skills
- Information and communication technology skills

**Interviews will take place: Tuesday 8th October 2024 at Newcastle Day Services.**

“We’re happy to talk flexible working”

About Staffordshire County Council
**We are no ordinary county council**:
**Our Values**:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

**Our benefits**:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.

**Our recruitment process**:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.