Team Leader, Social Work

Younity-Hub Day Opportunity Wilfred Spencer building Coventry, CV5 9JE

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair:
  We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop:
  We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower:
  We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate:
  We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable:
  We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect:
  We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

We have a simple vision and strategy that defines what we are trying to achieve, our purpose and our approach which underpin the principles of Adult Social Care, and we continue to work in support of this.

In a simple sense all our work, at whatever level should continue to support the strategy of: ‘Providing support, in the least intrusive manner possible, based on the assets, resources and abilities that are available to people’.

The Younity – Hub at Wilfred Spencer offer a day opportunity for adults with learning disabilities to be involved in activities either centre based our in the local community. Experience of supporting people with a learning disability is required.

We work to maximise the opportunities, choices, and independence for all service users we support with a non-judgemental approach. Our goal is to provide a high standard of care for everyone who accesses the service promoting dignity, respect, and independence always.

You will be a team leader providing line management support to your team. You will hold regular supervision sessions, support and manage staff absence within the Coventry City Councils enabling attendance procedure. Our approach is all about the people we support, you will design activities planners for the week, oversee the updating and implementation of outcome focused support plans, complete risk assessments and positive handling plans, undertake audits and health safety building checks.

You will undertake team meetings and have the skills to liaise with other health care professionals including families' carers and parents. You will need to be motivated and skilled and have a caring nature. Within this role you will be working together with other staff to develop run and deliver plans for meaningful activities, inclusive for all in the local community.

We are currently recruiting for x 1 post

This Post is 37 hrs per week

Core hours 8:00 – 16:00

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

To be successful in this role we are looking for someone:

• To manage the day-to-day changes, achieve meaningful and memorable daysfor our service users this will include planning and reallocation of activities to support staff.
• Ensuring all support needs are met…