Learning Disabilities, Day Centre Manager

Learning Disabilities Manager – Day Centre, Horticulture, Gardens

Flintshire

This is a one-off opportunity for someone to become Day Centre Manager for a life-changing day service for adults with learning disabilities. You will have experience of working with adults with complex needs including learning disabilities and autism, and either professional experience of, or a very keen interest and knowledge of horticulture, gardening or landscaping.

You will lead, manage and further develop the day to day operations of various day services, offering your clients rewarding activities and opportunities for them to gain skills and experience in the organisation’s fantastic grounds. These include garden spaces, woodland, and much more. You will be working with them on various horticulture projects including maintaining the landscaped gardens of the care homes, growing a wide range of plants and managing their recently acquired woodland area.

As a compassionate people manager, your main aims and responsibilities will be to motivate and support the team by providing clear vision and direction. You will provide encouragement to the team and ensure they have the skills and knowledge to provide the best possible levels of person-centred care to the adults they support.

In order to ensure the continued success of the service you will have the opportunity to actively engage with the local and wider community promoting your services, as well as developing the commercial aspect of the business.

This role would suit someone with a background in social care, managing services for adults with learning disabilities, or perhaps running a business or social enterprise offering day services, with experience of building effective partnerships with other organisations.

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (or the willingness to work towards it) would be an advantage

Experience and knowledge of working in a gardening, landscape gardening, horticulture, woodwork, arts and crafts, cooking or similar environment is a huge advantage.

Please apply now