Job Details:
Job Reference: HCC623594
Salary Range: £27,780 - £30,564 pro-rata, per annum
Work Location: Audleys Day Centre, Basingstoke
Hours per week: 37 (part-time hours will be considered)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 8 April 2026The Role:
As a Day Opportunities Coordinator, you'll be supporting young adults with learning and/ or physical disabilities, each with their own unique needs, abilities, and interests. You'll take a lead role within the team, supervising others and planning activities. Helping people engage in fun, personalised activities that build social networks, you’ll promote choice and inclusion whilst ensuring they are safe and well. What you’ll do: Provide leadership: Supervise, guide and motivate Support Workers, assisting with the day-to-day planning and coordination of the team. You’ll enjoy coaching and mentoring others to be their best.
Engage in fulfilling personalised activities: Support service users to take part in activities, tailored to their individual physical, mental, social and emotional needs, such as sensory experiences, cooking, arts and crafts, gardening, bowling, trips to the cinema and sharing their hobbies.
Help with daily living activities: Support service users with eating, drinking, mobility, personal care, and medication, ensuring everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
Promote community involvement: Support service users in their involvement in local community projects, helping them to integrate and develop important social networks.
Build relationships: Establish positive connections with service users, celebrating their achievements and milestones.
What we’re looking for: Experience: You’ll have a successful track record of working with people with learning disabilities in a Day Services environment. You’ll hold an NVQ/QCF Level 3 in Care or have equivalent experience.
Leadership: Able to lead and motivate others in the team, providing training, support and guidance to less experienced staff, whilst role modelling high standards of care and support.
Problem-solving skills: You’ll be confident handling a range of situations, identifying actions and suggesting and implementing changes for improvements.
Communication skills: Clear and effective communicator and the ability to interact with service users with a diverse range of complex communication and sensory support needs.
Team player: Enjoy working closely with others to consistently provide the best support possible.
Patience and dedication: A genuine desire to help others and make a positive and lasting difference to their lives. Your commitment to promoting independence, will empower our service users to learn, grow in confidence and enjoy a wide range of interesting activities.
Take a look at our Candidate Pack for more information about the role, team and our values. The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills and experience we want you to tell us about. Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values, in your application. Why join us? Rewarding work: Make a real difference in the lives of our service users, knowing that you can create a lasting impact while building a great career.
Career growth and development: We invest in your future. With ongoing development opportunities, you’ll have the chance to enhance your skills and your career.
Supportive environment: Work in a friendly and collaborative team who feel proud of the work they do to support people in our community.
Employee support: Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.
Competitive benefits package: Including generous annual leave entitlement, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme. Find more informationhere.
For this role there is no requirement to work evenings, weekends, or bank holidays.
Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore it is essential that you already have the right to work in the UK before applying.
Applicants can expect to hear from us within two weeks of the advertised closing date.
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Activity Coordinator, Day Activities Coordinator, Day Service Facilitator, Day Service Support Worker, Day Opportunities Facilitator, Day Opportunities Support Worker, Community Care Coordinator, Wellbeing Coordinator, Learning Support Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Special Educational Needs Coordinator, SEND Coordinator and Patient Coordinator. Values Based Recruitment:
We recruit for attitudes and values in Adults’ Health and Care. We invite you to evidence how you demonstrate our 5 core values in your application. For more information on our values, please refer to the candidate pack.Additional Information:
Day Services Team Coordinator Candidate PackVetting Requirements:
This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check.Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
For general enquiries, please contact care.careers@hants.gov.uk
For an informal chat about the role, please contact Megan Leicester, Day Opportunities Manager on megan.leicester@hants.gov.uk Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
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