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Cambrian Green Day Services is a Dementia Day Care facility offering day care to residents of South Gloucestershire, you will make a difference by leading meaningful planned activity programme to day centre service users helping them to keep active and engaged.
What will you be doing
- Daily, you will oversee the running of activities to co-ordinate, facilitate, support, & lead the staff team to ensure the delivery of high-quality services are provided throughout the day.
- You will be required to have an understanding of the assessed needs of the people who attend the Centre. Whilst recognising the importance of building on resilience in the community to support informal carers and enabling people who attend to remain at home longer.
- Supporting the team, you need to have problem solving skills to be able to proactively resolve situations presented by the staff that occur throughout the day whilst activities are being delivered.
- You will maintain & develop links within the community including working with other community groups & intergenerational links.
- To complete/review & maintain appropriate records including Support Plans & Risk Assessments that identify & meet the assessed needs of Service Users.
What we need from you
- It is essential that you have considerable experience of working in similar service areas, with service users who have complex needs linked to the effects of Dementia. Which includes behaviour that can challenge staff.
- You must hold a vocational qualification e.g. QCF/NVQ 3 (or equivalent) in Social Care.
- You should be able to demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations & codes of practice, for example Safeguarding, The Essential Standards of Quality & Safety and Mental Capacity/Deprivation of Liberties (DOL’s)
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
- We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
- We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.
- We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
- We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
- We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
- We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.
We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it!
This is a limited term contract for 12 months
For further information, please contact Beth Tovey, Dementia Day Centre Registered Manager ([email protected])
This post is restricted to permanent and temporary employees of South Gloucestershire Council
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