Day Opportunities Supervisor

We Are St Helens Borough Council

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.

Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.

Applications are welcome to recruit to a permanent 37 hour Supervisor post in Day Opportunities.

Day Opportunities offers day support to people with a wide range of Learning disabilities, autism and complex support needs. You will be responsible for a team of Support Assistants across 2 venues, Stephenson Resource Centre and Grange Valley Centre, implementing activity plans that embody the 5 ways to well being. Offering people the opportunity to be independent and to explore travel is part of a pathway to employment where appropriate and referral to the Supported Employment Team enables this work area to be explored.

Flexibility and an ability to work from various locations is essential to this role, occasionally at short notice.

We engage people in physical activity as part of the Day Support strategy to enable people to lead happier, healthier lives. Occasionally assisting with physical activity in the event of staff absence is an essential part of the role, as is a physical ability to assist with all areas of support for those with complex physical needs.

The role is very varied and ranges from direct support, managing staff and and a basic knowledge of I.T. Training will be provided.

We would welcome applications from internal applicants.

Hours 7.30 per day plus 30 min break Monday- Friday flexibly between 8.30 and 5pm

For an informal discussion or a visit to the venues please ask to speak with Joanne Jackson. or email

Making a Difference

Whatever stage of your career, working in the public sector puts you at the heart of communities. Our workforce provides services to our resident's day in and day out, making a positive impact on people's lives. We could not do this without the dedication, professionalism and strength of our workforce. There are so many reasons to choose to work at St Helens Council including the fantastic range of employee benefits and rewards on offer.

Roles That Matter

Role Overview

The Supervisor will provide operational oversight and contribute to the effective and safe running of the day service.

Key duties include

• Coordinating daily staffing and overseeing service delivery.
• Managing a service user caseload including care planning and record keeping.
• Supporting safeguarding, risk management, and quality assurance processes.
• Undertaking premises responsibilities such as, risk assessing, reporting of faults, fire alarm testing .

Hours and Shift Pattern

• 37 hours per week
• Worked within the established Supervisor rota.
• Core hours between 8:30am to 5:00pm.

This is an Enhanced Disclosure post

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles

St Helens Council is officially recognised as one of the region's leading fair employers, achieving accredited status under the Liverpool City Combined Authority Fair Employment Charter. The Charter recognises the ongoing commitment to fair pay, secure work, training & progression & staff well-being whilst celebrating employers who go above and beyond for their workforce providing an inclusive and supportive environment.

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