About this role
About the Role Orchard Community Care is recruiting a Day Services Manager to lead our current services, supporting adults with intellectual disability and autism. The service delivers a structured, programme-based day service with accredited learning, individualised plans and measurable outcomes. <br>Working Monday to Friday you will have a background in Day Services or Special Education and will lead the teams to deliver the programme, support Team Leads / Programme Facilitators in building and delivering individual person centred programmes, and ensure the service is delivered in line with HSE New Directions.<br><strong>Key responsibilities</strong><br><ul><li>Manage and lead the teams across our current centres to deliver a structured day programme, using TEACCH structured teaching, ASDAN accredited learning and Total Communication ( or similar accredited an structured frameworks.</li><li>Support Team Leads / Programme Facilitators in building and delivering individual programmes for each person, with clear goals reviewed regularly and evidenced through outcome measures, in line with HSE New Directions.</li><li>Train and coach staff in programme delivery, identifying training needs and building skills across the teams.</li><li>Line manage and supervise Team Leads / Programme Facilitators and, through them, the Social Care Workers, including competency sign-off and performance development.</li><li>Lead the teams in applying Positive Behaviour Support and the Low Arousal Approach, working with behaviour, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy colleagues.</li><li>Manage the day services budget and resources.</li><li>Maintain compliance with HSE New Directions and HIQA standards, including safeguarding, incident management, risk management and audit.</li><li>Build relationships with families, HSE disability services, community partners and local education and training providers.</li></ul><strong>Essential Criteria</strong><br><ul><li>Experience working in adult day services or special education teaching, supporting people with intellectual disability and/or autism.</li><li>The ability to design and deliver individual programmes, and to guide and train others to do so.</li><li>A Level 8 degree in education (SEN), psychology, behaviour analysis, occupational therapy, social care or a related discipline.</li><li>At least 3 years in a leadership or supervisory role.</li><li>Working knowledge of HSE New Directions and its application in day services, along with person-centred planning and adult safeguarding.</li><li>Training in Positive Behaviour Support.</li><li>Full clean driving licence and access to a car.</li></ul><strong>Desirable Criteria</strong><br><ul><li>Experience delivering ASDAN or a similar accredited, programme-based curriculum in a day service.</li><li>Experience facilitating using a structured framework like TEACCH.</li><li>Specialist postgraduate training in autism, special education, behaviour analysis or Positive Behaviour Support.</li><li>Professional registration with CORU, the Teaching Council or a relevant professional body.</li><li>Experience of budget management and service development.</li></ul>IND Benefits to working with Company <ol style="border:0px solid;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Competitive salary and incremental pay scale</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Supernumerary role</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Attracts allowance and bonus option</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Income protection scheme</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Company Pension</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increases with service)</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Orchard Values Champion Awards</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Paid training on commencement</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Enhanced Maternity Allowance</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Higher Education Bursary</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Dedicated team and access to a knowledgeable Multidisciplinary team.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Excellent staffing ratio’s</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">EAP Scheme</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Excellent training opportunities and clear focus on career progression</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Bike to Work Scheme</li></ol>