Day Services Coordinator

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Day Services Coordinator
• Job Location: Oakley A.O.C
• Salary: 31015 - 33119 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 04/10/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 14866
• 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 youve got a rewarding role in every sense.

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

About the role:

We have a full time Day Service Coordinator vacancy at Oakley and the Woodlands Day Centres based in Cheltenham.

As a Day Service Coordinator youll help people to lead fulfilling dignified lives.

The Oakley Day Centreis purpose built day service for adults with learning 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 this role you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with adults with learning disabilities.

The Woodlandsis 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 this role you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with adults with learning disabilities complex needs and challenging behaviours.

Working with management as well as on your own initiative youll encourage people to take part in sessions and activities to enhance their independence. Youll also develop care plans and risk assessments to help people with their personal care and day-to-day needs. By working closely with parents carers and other professionals youll help us achieve positive outcomes for the people we care for.

To find out more about working at Oakley & The Woodlands Teamvisit our Cheltenham day care centres webpage.

Our Services are continuously evolving and as such this role and related responsibilities may be subject to minor change. Please emailto arrange an informal discussion.

About you:

As well as an NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) qualification youll also have hands-on experience working with people who have physical mental health or behavioural needs. Committed to enhancing the lives of people with a range of abilities youll be confident providing personal care and administering medication. Whats more youll be proactive about your professional development and passionate about helping us take our service from strength to strength.

Ourvaluesare 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 our values page to find out more.

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 yousucceed in your role.

About us:

Its a fantastic time to join Gloucestershire County Council as we transform our Adult Social Care services. Through our team were helping people with increasingly complex needs to remain independent and have a say in how they live. To succeed we need people wholl 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 youll have a great opportunity to make a real impact on peoples lives. Meanwhile youll have the training and support to develop your career. Add an array of brilliant benefits and youve got a rewarding role in every sense. We genuinely care about our colleagues and support their wellbeing.

Applying:

Please write your application with consideration for the essential criteria in the Job Profile which you will find in the Additional Information section below. This should includeexamplesofwhy you should be considered and cover theexperienceskillsandknowledgethat you would bring to the post.

For an informal discussion please contactto arrange a convenient time for a call back.

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Additional Information:

To access the Job Profile for this role please follow the link below:

Day Services Coordinator Job Profile

This position is a subject to an Enhanced Adults DBS with Barred List Check.

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.

The council will consider sponsorship for these roles in line with Home Office regulations and subject to satisfactory pre-employment check.

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 Gloucestershires diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement under the Immigration Act 2016 that anyone appointed to a customer facing role must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received and / or due to the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010) please declare this in an email as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical providing this information you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.

*a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a persons ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Applications from any GloucestershireCounty Councilsemployees who are currently on the redeployment registeroratrisk of redundancywill be considered first at shortlisting stage.