Day Centre Officer

Our Day Centre Officers enable our customers to plan, develop and grow to achieve their goals, maximising potential and raising aspirations. Networking with external agencies, including employers, is a crucial part of this role to ensure our customers have both choice and chance in all aspects of learning, independence, volunteering and employment. A key worker, advocate and champion for employment for all is what makes a DCO within the LIVE team. You will promote our service positively, highlighting strengths and outcomes whilst providing guidance and encouragement. Supporting and developing our wider team, including supervising and supporting staff, with equal focus on your personal skill development and training needs is essential, as is contributing to a positive and productive work space for our customers and team to flourish within., You will be supporting our customers to reach their full potential, work towards and achieve their learning, independence, volunteering and employment goals. You will supervise a team of Community Enablement Workers and Community Support Assistants, creating a productive and empowered workplace with our customers at the heart of everything we do.

You will be a confident communicator able to dynamically risk assess. You will champion employment for all with focus on what people can do, creating choice and chance for our customers and demonstrating a strength based approach. Your values will reflect ours and customer focus, efficiency, respect, trust and support will be reflected in all aspects of your approach and delivery. You will be confident with IT and able to undertake administrative elements of the role, which includes risk assessments, and deliver with accuracy and to deadline.

We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.

Our priorities are:

• helping people live active fulfilled lives


• caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities


• enabling a thriving and successful economy


• leading on a green and sustainable environment


• ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live


• providing modern public services


Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.

Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.


• a competitive salary


• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.


• opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council


• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days


• agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.