Overview
Day Service Lead – Horizon Day Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme (subject to operational considerations)
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
The Day Service Lead is a key driving force in delivering vibrant, person‑centred day opportunities for adults with learning disabilities and older people. As part of our newly formed team of Day Service Leads, you’ll help shape the future of the service — bringing fresh ideas, high standards, and a passion for meaningful support. Working closely with your colleagues and the Quality Assurance & Operations Manager, you’ll oversee daily operations, ensure care documentation is accurate and compliant, and champion the delivery of engaging, purposeful activities both within the centre and out in the community.
The role will have a direct and lasting impact — helping people build independence, confidence, and wellbeing, while driving continuous improvement across the service. You’ll also play an active role in strengthening communication, promoting equality and inclusion, and contributing to the council’s wider ambitions, including our commitment to becoming a Net Zero organisation.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Stuart Edwards Stuart.Edwards@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
About you
You will have experience supporting vulnerable adults and a good understanding of safe, person‑centred practice. You’ll be confident working within key legislation such as the Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding frameworks, and health and safety requirements, and able to complete or learn to complete care plans, risk assessments, and mental capacity assessments.
You’ll bring strong leadership skills, with the ability to supervise and motivate a team, manage staff resource, and maintain accurate records. Excellent communication, sound and accountable decision making, and the ability to prioritise a busy workload are essential, as is the ability to work closely with fellow Day Service Leads to maintain clear, consistent and effective communication across the service.
A Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care is required, but we also welcome applicants with equivalent qualifications who have transferable skills from roles involving leadership, safeguarding, community support, health or education, who can demonstrate the ability to apply strong communication, sound decision making to a busy person centred service.
Within your application, please provide clear personal examples of how you have demonstrated the essential criteria outlined in the attached Job Description/Person Specification.
Interviews will be held w/c 22nd June.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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