Day Services Coordinator

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Day Services Coordinator
• Job Location: Oakley A.O.C
• Salary: £31,015 - £33,119 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 04/10/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 14866
• This post is not open to job share

Supporting someone to regain their confidence and independence. Making them feel important. This is why we do it. This is why we care. As part of our Adult Social Care team, amazing moments like these will be part of daily life as you support those who need us most. With an array of brilliant benefits – including an employee assistance programme, tax-free childcare, cycle to work scheme and staff discounts – you’ve got a rewarding role in every sense.

Watch our short video Adults Social Care Inhouse to get an idea of what it's like to work in our Adult Social Care team.

About the role:

We have a full time Day Service Coordinator vacancy at Oakley and the Woodlands Day Centres based in Cheltenham.

As a Day Service Coordinator, you’ll help people to lead fulfilling, dignified lives.

The Oakley Day Centre is purpose built day service for adults with learning disabilities. It is run as a needs led service, with activities being planned using information gathered through Person Centred Plans. Examples of current activities are swimming, art, relaxation. In this role, you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with adults with learning disabilities.

The Woodlands is an independent service situated in the grounds of Oakley Adult Opportunity Centre in Cheltenham. It is a purpose built day service for adults with learning disabilities including Autism, complex needs and behaviours that can challenge, individuals who may not integrate as well in your traditional social environments. There are many aims to this service particularly maximising service user choice, independence, and inclusion. In this role, you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with adults with learning disabilities, complex needs, and challenging behaviours.

Working with management, as well as on your own initiative, you’ll encourage people to take part in sessions and activities to enhance their independence. You’ll also develop care plans and risk assessments to help people with their personal care and day-to-day needs. By working closely with parents, carers and other professionals, you’ll help us achieve positive outcomes for the people we care for.

To find out more about working at Oakley & The Woodlands Team, visit our "Cheltenham day care centres" webpage.

Our Services are continuously evolving, and as such, this role and related responsibilities may be subject to minor change. Please email ASCRecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk to arrange an informal discussion.

About you:

As well as an NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) qualification, you’ll also have hands-on experience working with people who have physical, mental health or behavioural needs. Committed to enhancing the lives of people with a range of abilities, you’ll be confident providing personal care and administering medication. What’s more, you’ll be proactive about your professional development and passionate about helping us take our service from strength to strength.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. See our values page to find out more.

If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.

About us:

It’s a fantastic time to join Gloucestershire County Council, as we transform our Adult Social Care services. Through our team, we’re helping people with increasingly complex needs to remain independent and have a say in how they live. To succeed, we need people who’ll go the extra mile to see others well and happy and give families peace of mind. People who know that caring is the most rewarding feeling around.

Join us, and you’ll have a great opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives. Meanwhile, you’ll have the training and support to develop your career. Add an array of brilliant benefits and you’ve got a rewarding role in every sense. We genuinely care about our colleagues and support their wellbeing.

Applying:

Please write your application with consideration for the essential criteria in the Job Profile which you will find in the Additional Information section below. This should include examples of why you should be considered and cover the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.

For an informal discussion, please, contact ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk to arrange a convenient time for a call back.

Or click 'Apply'

Additional Information:

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:

Day Services Coordinator Job Profile

This position is a subject to an Enhanced Adults DBS with Barred List Check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The council will consider sponsorship for these roles, in line with Home Office regulations and subject to satisfactory pre-employment check.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received and / or due to the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk, as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error. By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.

*a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.