Coventry City Council
Team Leader Day Opportunities

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Our Values
In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled, and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.
Our Values are:
- Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
- Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
- Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
- Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
- Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
- Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.
We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, accepting of all, and free from discrimination and bias.
We have a simple vision and strategy that defines what we are trying to achieve, our purpose, and our approach which underpin the principles of Adult Social Care, and we continue to work in support of this.
In a simple sense, all our work, at whatever level, should continue to support the strategy of: ‘Providing support, in the least intrusive manner possible, based on the assets, resources, and abilities that are available to people’.
What is the job role?
The Younity – Hub at Wilfred Spencer offers a day opportunity for adults with learning disabilities to be involved in activities either center-based or in the local community. Experience of supporting people with a learning disability is required.
We work to maximize the opportunities, choices, and independence for all service users we support with a non-judgemental approach. Our goal is to provide a high standard of care for everyone who accesses the service promoting dignity, respect, and independence always.
You will be a team leader providing line management support to your team. You will hold regular supervision sessions, support, and manage staff absence within the Coventry City Council's enabling attendance procedure. Our approach is all about the people we support; you will design activities planners for the week, oversee the updating and implementation of outcome-focused support plans, complete risk assessments, and positive handling plans, undertake audits and health and safety building checks. You will undertake team meetings and have the skills to liaise with other healthcare professionals, including families' carers and parents. You will need to be motivated and skilled and have a caring nature. Within this role, you will be working together with other staff to develop, run, and deliver plans for meaningful activities, inclusive for all in the local community.
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We are currently recruiting for 1 post.
- This post is 37 hours per week.
- Core hours: 8:00 – 16:00.
- This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such, appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
- All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.
Who are we looking for?
To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone:
- To manage the day-to-day changes, achieve meaningful and memorable days for our service users, this will include planning and reallocation of activities to support staff.
- Ensuring all support needs are met throughout the day.
- A commitment to quality and being the best we can.
- Creating opportunity and choice with dignity and respect.
- Providing a safe environment where service users' rights and wishes are upheld and listened to.
- Promoting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual well-being of the people we support, empowering them to fulfill a meaningful life.
You’ll need:
- A minimum formal qualification of NVQ level 2 or Diploma 2 in health social care is required to apply for this post and be committed to working towards Diploma level 3 in health and social care or equivalent committed to achieving this within the agreed timescales from appointment to the post.
- Experience with working with adults with learning disabilities.
- To work with the support coordinator to ensure all service user's outcomes have been met.
- To work with the support coordinator to develop the service area.
- A willingness to develop, lead, and mentor staff in small groups or alone with service users.
- To be physically able to carry out assessed manual handling, including hoisting, and pushing wheelchairs if necessary.
- To meet the practical and personal care and support needs of individuals we support. This can range from dietary/nutritional to medication needs.


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Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process, please read the attached document on our jobs page labeled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. We recognize that you might use AI tools to help with your application. While these tools can be useful, please make sure that all information you provide about your experience, skills, and qualifications is accurate. What matters most to us is hearing about your experience and the achievements that truly reflect you.
Interview date(s): 18th 20th November 2026. You will need to attend a face-to-face interview followed by a 30-minute exercise.
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative, and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant, and diverse.
At Coventry, we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5,100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together, and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.
If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more, please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies.
Coventry City Council
Attached documents:
- RM-00111495-Team Leader (Day Opportunities)-Job Description.pdf
- Coventry City Council Application Process 2.pdf
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