Day Centre Officer

Day Centre Officer (Birmingham City Council – Birmingham, England, UK)

Location: Hockley, Birmingham (2 positions)

Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Grade: Consultation grade – subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working Hours: 36.5 hours per week (x2 full time positions)

Overview

This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals with learning difficulties by promoting inclusive community-based day services. You’ll play a key role in designing and delivering personalised development programmes that foster independence, build social skills and support valued lifestyles. Working collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies you’ll help shape innovative social enterprises, facilitate training and ensure high‑quality placements. If you’re passionate about person‑centred care, equality and empowering others this role offers a dynamic and fulfilling environment to grow and lead change.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver personalised development programmes that foster independence, build social skills and support valued lifestyles. • Collaborate with service users, carers and partner agencies to shape innovative social enterprises and facilitate training. • Ensure high‑quality placements and maintain person‑centred care standards. • Promote inclusive community‑based day services for individuals with learning difficulties.

Application Requirements

Please upload an up‑to‑date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience, and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.

Position Details

  • Required Experience: Unclear Seniority
  • Key Skills: Animation, Arabic Faculty, Import, Logistics
  • Experience: years
  • Vacancy: 1
  • Monthly Salary: £27,254 – £33,699

Legal and Company Statements

  • Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
  • We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.
  • We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
  • A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
  • Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements before any employment offer can be confirmed.
  • We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

Additional Information

We strive to advertise all roles for a minimum of two weeks. However due to high application volumes vacancies may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage you to submit your application without delay to ensure consideration.

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