Full time Children and Young People’s Service Delivery Lead at Livability
Job Description
Service Delivery Lead (Children and Young People’s Services)
Gateshead
£32,515.75 per annum / £15.15 per hour
40 hours per week.
Monday – Friday with some, flexible weekend working.
Mix of office, home and location based working.
About us
Livability is one of the UK’s leading disability support charities. We are committed to enabling people with disabilities to live the life they want to lead. We believe the people we support deserve the best in service delivery.
Livability strives to provide an inspiring and rewarding work environment. That’s our promise to you.
We are committed to supporting you to progress successfully in your role. We will invest in supporting you with your career and personal development.
We can offer a friendly working environment, with a focus on creating a good work/life balance for you, with the following benefits:
- Flexible working hours and locations
- ‘On the job’ training
- Internal coaching programmes
- Opportunities to complete professional qualifications
- An Employee Assistance Programme
- Competitive salaries and pay rises.
- 25 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Annual leave increases with long service.
The role
We’re really excited to be developing new support services for children and young people with disabilities. To start we’ll be providing short break support, caring for children in their own homes or supporting them to access activities in their local area.
We’re looking for a positive, motivated and driven Service Delivery Lead to:
- Work with the Service Development Manager to create new, innovative support services for children and young people with disabilities.
- Develop good relationships with children, their parents/carers and the other professionals working with them.
- Recruit, induct and line manage support workers and team leaders.
- Assess support packages and write care plans and risk assessments.
- Manage rota’s and daily service delivery.
- Provide On Call support on a rota basis.
- Carry out quality assurance tasks to ensure the service is compliant with CQC, Ofsted and local authority frameworks.
Who we are looking for
We’re looking for someone with experience working with children and young people in health and social care. We would like someone who wants to progress as there will be development opportunities with this role as the service grows.
Essential criteria:
- Level 3 (or above) qualification in Health and Social care (Children and Young People), Children and Young People’s Workforce (Social Care), or other relevant subject.
- Willingness to complete a Level 5 qualification.
- Level 2 (or above) qualifications in English and Maths.
- Experience of managing staff.
- Experience of working with children with disabilities.
- Car driver with access to own vehicle.
- Fun, friendly and good at making children laugh!
Desirable criteria:
- Level 5 or above qualification.
- Previous experience managing support packages for people with disabilities.
- Experience of working with children in a health and social care service.
Are you excited? Then what are you waiting for….
If this sounds like something you would love to get involved in, then hit the apply button now and complete our easy online application form!
Or for a friendly chat to find out more contact Rachel Davidson (Service Development Manager) on 07596324912 or [email protected]
Location :Gateshead
Closing Date :13/08/2023
HOW TO APPLY
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