Day Services Support Worker

**Day Services Support Worker**:

- Date: 23 Aug 2024- Job Location: CheltenhamThis is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Day Services Support Worker
- Job Location: The Prestbury Centre
- Salary: £24,294 - £25,545 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 08/09/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 1305
- This post is not open to job share

Supporting someone to regain their confidence and independence. Making them feel important. This is why we do it. This is why we care.

As part of our Adult Social Care team, amazing moments like these will be part of daily life as you support those who need us most. With an array of brilliant benefits - including an employee assistance programme, tax-free childcare, cycle to work scheme and staff discounts - you’ve got a rewarding role in every sense.

Watch our short video Adults Social Care Inhouse to get an idea of what it's like to work in our Adult Social Care team.

**About the role**:
We have a permanent, full-time Day Services Support Worker vacancy to cover Oakley & The Woodlands and The Prestbury Centre based in Cheltenham.
- The Oakley Day Centre_ is purpose built day service for adults with learning disabilities. It is run as a needs led service, with activities being planned using information gathered through Person Centred Plans. Examples of current activities are swimming, art, relaxation. In this role, you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with adults with learning disabilities.
- The Woodlands_ is an independent service situated in the grounds of Oakley Adult Opportunity Centre in Cheltenham. It is a purpose built day service for adults with learning disabilities including Autism, complex needs and behaviours that can challenge, individuals who may not integrate as well in your traditional social environments. There are many aims to this service particularly maximising service user choice, independence, and inclusion. In this role, you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with adults with learning disabilities, complex needs, and challenging behaviours.
- The Prestbury Day Centre_ is a purpose built day service within the grounds of Oakley. The primary aims of the service is to provide a safe space to maximise individuals’ choice, independence, and inclusion, whilst using a holistic approach to care and support to provide respite time for families and carers. In this role, you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with adults with social care needs, physical disabilities, and dementia. The expectation is that you will also be required to cover in Oakley when needed.

**About you**:
As well as an NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification, you’ll have hands-on experience working with people with learning disabilities. Committed to enhancing the lives of people with a range of abilities, you’ll be confident helping individuals with personal care. The key is to provide support in a sensitive, flexible way; listening as well as communicating. With every opportunity to learn, you’ll be keen to develop and take our service from strength to strength.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. Read more about our values on our website.

If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.

**About us**:
It’s a fantastic time to join Gloucestershire County Council, as we transform our Adult Social Care services. Through our team, we’re helping people with increasingly complex needs to remain independent and have a say in how they live. To succeed, we need people who’ll go the extra mile to see others well and happy and give families peace of mind. People who know that caring is the most rewarding feeling around.

Join us, and you’ll have a great opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives. It’s a chance to help us take our service to new heights. And we’ll say thank you with a range of excellent benefits as well as the training and support to develop your career. We genuinely care about our colleagues and support their wellbeing.

**Additional Information**:
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:
Day Services Support Worker Job Profile

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you t