22.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday - 09:30-14:00)

We are open to the right candidate being a staff member on payroll or being self-employed

Interested in sharing your love of cooking with vulnerable young adults? If so, this is the job for you!

Development & Learning Opportunities (DALO) is a day service for people who have learning and/or physical disabilities. We support them to maintain & build their life skills through a programme of activities which include the likes of money management, art & craft, music and community access. Our day centre is an unashamedly colourful, vibrant and exciting place to work, and somewhere that both our staff and members (our word for clients) feel at home!

We're on the lookout for a Kitchen Manager/Chef who will support our members each day with preparing lunch for the other attendees of the day centre and ensure that the kitchen space continues to comply with the regulations of the Food Standards Agency. As a result, this role will involve some administration as well as cooking.

In this role you’ll be expected to:

• Plan meals for the members to cook and support them with doing so each day

• Take responsibility for the kitchen, including health & safety and cleanliness

Requirements:

• Strong cooking skills – ideally with experience working in a commercial kitchen or school cafeteria

• Good knowledge of the health & safety requirements of a kitchen producing food for the public

• Warm and caring personality

• Good administration and communication skills

• Ability to work 09:30-14:00 Monday to Friday

Benefits:

• 28 days annual leave (pro-rata)

• Contributory company pension

• Health Cash Plan worth c. £1,000 per year

• Employee wellbeing support service

• Support to undertake training and gain formal qualifications

Job Type: Part-time Part-time hours: 22.5 per week

Salary: £12.25 per hour

Benefits:

• Casual dress

• Company pension

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Are you able to work the desired shift pattern: 09:30-14:00 Monday to Friday?

Experience:

• Food preparation: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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Keen to take a step up into a junior management role within health & social care? Enjoy supporting young adults with additional needs to become more independent? If so, this is the job for you!

Development & Learning Opportunities (DALO) is a day service for people who have learning and/or physical disabilities. We support them to maintain & build their life skills through a programme of activities which include likes of money management, art & craft, music and community access. Our day centre is an unashamedly colourful, vibrant and exciting place to work, and somewhere that both our staff and members (our word for ‘clients’) feel at home!

We're on the lookout for a Deputy Unit Lead who acts as a senior facilitator within each of the groups that the members are split into each day. It involves taking on additional administrative duties required for supporting the group, periodically liaising with parents/carers and external professionals and, when the Unit Lead is absent, taking on management responsibilities of the staff within the group. As a result, you’ll need to have a solid foundation within health & social care, some experience of team leading and strong communication & administrative skills.

In this role you would be expected to (further details in job description):

• Provide support to the young people, whether that be in their day-to-day activities, accessing the community and/or personal care needs

• Take responsibility for certain administrative tasks within the unit and take on the team lead role when the Unit Lead is away from the day centre

• Attend training courses and share knowledge with the wider staff team to ensure that you remain up to date on current best practice and support others to do so also

Requirements:

• At least 3 years’ previous work experience within health & social care (e.g. as a support worker in a day service) and ideally have taken on some additional administrative / management responsibilities during this time

• Experience of working with people with additional needs (ideally those learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities)

• Have a caring and empathetic personality with an innate desire to support others to live the kind of life they want to live

• Good administration and communication skills

• Ideal but not required - Level 2 and above qualification in health & social care

Benefits:

• 28 days annual leave

• Contributory company pension

• Employee Health Cash Plan

• Support to gain formal Health & Social Care qualifications

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From £22,912.50 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress

• Company pension

• Sick pay

Day range:

• Monday to Friday

Shift:

• Day shift

Experience:

• Health & Social Care: 3 years (required)

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25 hours per week (driving only) | 40 hours per week (driving & support work)

Are you an experienced minibus driver? Do you also have experience working with vulnerable people? If so, this is the job for you!

Development & Learning Opportunities (DALO) is a day service for young adults who have learning and/or physical disabilities. We support them to maintain & build their life skills through a programme of activities which have a specific focus on social interaction & community access. Our day centre is an unashamedly colourful, vibrant and exciting place to work, and somewhere that both our staff and members (our word for ‘clients’) feel at home! We also have a sister company which provides supported living & respite services to this clientele.

The role: We're on the lookout for a Driver who will cover our routes in Haringey providing transportation services to our members to and from our day centre. We are open to the right candidate either just driving (25 hours per week) or doing a combination of driving & support work (40 hours):

Driving only - On a day to day basis, we would expect the successful candidate to start at about 8.00, do their daily vehicle checks and then begin picking up the members from their home and bring them to the day centre. Then at about 14.45, the driver will arrive at the day centre to start loading up and then take the members home.

Driving & support work - This would be mainly as above, but once the driver has dropped the members at the day centre, instead of going home, they will stay at the day centre. As a support worker, they will support the members to engage in the activities we have on that day (potentially even driving groups to activities outside of the day centre). They will then perform their normal driving duties from 14.45 onwards. To support the successful candidate in their personal growth and development, you will have the opportunity to be enrolled onto a Health & Social Care (Level 2 or 3) course and have access to a range of other training specialist training courses.

Requirements:

• At least 12 months experience driving a range of passenger vehicles ( ideally 9+ seats)

• Ideally at least 12 months experience in a supporting role working with children, vulnerable adults or the elderly.

• Organised, reliable and with a clean driving licence

• Strong communication skills, including good written & verbal English language skills

• Compassionate and caring personality

• Previous experience working in a health & social care setting or with vulnerable people would be an asset

Benefits:

• Salary increase in October 2024

• Annual leave

• Contributory company pension

• Employee Health Cash Plan enabling you to reclaim up to £995/annum for health appointments & products purchases (e.g. dental appointments, glasses)

• Sick pay following successful completion of probation

• Signing bonus - £500 (if 25 hours per week) | £1,000 (if 40 hours per week) - paid in three instalments (month 1, 3 and in the month that probation is passed)

• Safety bonus - from January 2024

• Ability to take the vehicle home each night (at a cost of £2 per day)

• Free snacks for staff at the day centre

• Gift on your birthday

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: £14,846.00-£23,753.60 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress

• Company pension

• Discounted or free food

• Employee discount

• Health & wellbeing programme

• Sick pay

• Store discount

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Safety bonus

• Signing bonus

Application question(s):

• Do you have experience working with vulnerable people?

• Do you have category D or D1 on your Licence? This is required for this role due to the type of vehicle you will be required to drive

• Do you live within 3 miles of route location (Haringey)?

Experience:

• driving large passenger vehicles or buses: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: On the road

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