Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a dedicated manager for our Day opportunities, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible?
We are looking for a Day Opportunities Manager to lead our team in Flintshire
Hft is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We believe in a world where anyone with a learning disability can live within their community with all the choice and support they need to live the best life possible. We are looking for people who are naturally caring and compassionate and align with our values. Having a driving licence for this role is essential to travel extensively across all of Hft and where needed to stay away from home, work weekends and evenings.
We offer:
- Annual Leave: 31 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)
- Continuous Training: Access to award winning training and development
- Wagestream: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app.
- Aviva Digicare + workplace: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.
- TELUS health: A 24/service, completely confidential counselling and support platform and helpline that is free for all colleagues to use.
- Discounted mobile ‘phone contracts: As an Hft employee, you’ll be able to take advantage of Vodafone’s Employee Advantage programme, giving you up to 30% off.
- Care Friends: Employee referral app - earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft.
- Free life assurance: 3 x your annual salary
- Family friendly policies
What will you be doing?
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Management Team to lead the transition of our Tri-Ffordd and Growing Places services to a new purpose built facility in Mold with workshop space a shop, café and nursery all surrounded by 10 acres of woodland. You will inspire a team of talented social care professionals to upskill, empower and enable the people we support reach their aspirations within a therapeutic environment carrying out all aspects of people management responsibilities such as rota management and supervisions. The service will provide commercial and domestic horticultural and gardening services as well as the preparation of hanging baskets, wreaths, planters, logs and kindling. In the future we intend to offer woodland skills, forestry, catering and therapies in the woods. Our aim is to encourage people and their teams to develop new skills, share their passions and flourish.
About you
The right person will have previous experience or a strong understanding of Sustainable Forestry management and horticulture. You will be a people person –with a qualification or experience of working with people with learning disabilities or mental health needs. As a manager you will have a track record of empowering people to achieve outcomes and goals with an understanding of the principles of Welsh social care and the confidence to embed this and the values of Hft into everything you do. You will need a good understanding of health and safety and how this applies to a social care and horticultural setting. We are also interested in hearing from people with a business background who can help to shape the service to becoming a sustainable social enterprise. We would welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ideal candidate should possess the following skills and abilities:
- A capacity for operational thinking.
- Proficiency in leading and managing teams, acting as a role model in people leadership and performance improvement.
- Effective communication skills with individuals under support, their families/carers, and other professionals.
- Strong proficiency in MS Office, bespoke IT systems, and Rota management software like Access People Planner.
- Innovation within legal and organisational boundaries.
- Efficient management of time and resources.
- A professional, swift, and adaptable approach to crisis management.
- Skills in leading and implementing change.
- Aptitude for making well-considered decisions.
- Understanding and support in producing financial data.
- Collaboration skills to manage conflicts in the workplace effectively.
- An initiative-driven work ethic.
Expertise required:
You will hold a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care or hold a level 3 diploma and be willing to undertake the level 5 apprenticeship qualification within an agreed reasonable timescale of 18 months as part of a development plan.
You will have knowledge of
- legislation and guidance relating to adults with learning disabilities
- CQC regulations (desirable not essential)
- Safeguarding regulations
- Health and safety regulations
- Positive Behavioural Support management and techniques
- contracting, tenders and negotiations
- national benefit frameworks
- Qualification in Sustainable Woodland Management is desirable.
For more information, please refer to the job description and person spec below.
Job Description and Person Specification