Plas Hedd Day Centre Assistant Supervisor

Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.

( Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)

For further information about this post please contact Carys Owen ar 01248 354311 neu carysowen2@gwynedd.llyw.cymru

Interview date to be confirmed.

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru

CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, 03/03/2026

The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.
If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.

Recruitment Pack Adults, Health and Well-being Department.pdf

Person Specification

Personal attributes
Essential
An enthusiastic person with the vision and ability to organise a programme of activities for the Centre.

Sensitive, committed with the ability to work in a way that respects the rights of the individual at all times.

Responsible person to ensure the safety of the users, staff and others at the site.

Ability to lead and deal with staff.

Qualifications and relevant training
Essential
Clean Driving Licence

Desirable
NVQ Level 2 in Care

Training in health and safety e.g. moving and handling or first aid

Staff management training

Relevant experience
Essential
Many years' experience of caring for older people in the community or in a residential care home setting.

Experience of all types of administrative work

Experience of drawing up and contributing to care plans.

Skills and specialist knowledge
Essential
Good interpersonal skills.

Good communication skills

Understanding of the needs of older people and the developments in the care field

Creative and skilled

Desirable
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Language requirements
Listening and Speaking - Higher
Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions.Able to give a pre-prepared presentation and respond to any comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.

Reading and Understanding - Higher
Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal.Able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports, articles through the medium of Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.

Writing - Intermediate
Able to write letters for a specific purpose, e-mails and short reports in Welsh and English, using vocabulary and simple phrases that are familiar to the field of work. (They will need to be checked before being sent out).

Job Description

Purpose of the post
• Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.

• To support the day service for older people and manage the service in the Supervisor's absence

Responsibility for functions
• Responsibility for ensuring that the service's buildings and all furniture, equipment and apparatus are in good condition. The Property Section or another agency (appropriate company) should be informed of any faults. In the absence of the Supervisor, need to ensure that the Establishment's staff and finance are managed effectively.

Main duties
General Care for the Clients' Welfare

• To provide meals, warmth, general care, including bathing and hairdressing, helping clients to the toilet, washing personal clothes, as well as companionship and social motivation.

• To participate and contribute to the Day Care service users' formal reviews and prepare plans for their care in the future.

• To organise health promotion events, and prepare varied social programmes - speakers, trips, coffee mornings, crafts, and include local voluntary associations and Churches and Chapels in this.

Administration and Management of the Centre

• To keep, and regularly update individual files on clients, which should include an application form, care plan, risk assessments, review forms and any other information involving the client.

• To be familiar and comply with all the department's policies

• To ensure that the principles included in the Health and Safety at Work booklet are adhered to, recording accidents in the Accidents Book and filling in the appropriate accident forms for the regional Office.

• To ensure that the Time Sheets are completed each week and returned to the relevant office, noting details of any leave and sickness absences.

• To order supplies for afternoon tea, keeping within the annual budget.

• To order furniture and equipment, keeping within the annual budget, in the Supervisor's absence.

• To assist the Supervisor to prepare a list of all furniture and fixtures each year, and contribute towards the preparation of the annual estimates

• To ensure that clients are escorted to and from the Centre when required.

• In an emergency or bad weather, the Supervisor / Assistant Supervisor will have the right to close the Centre and ensure that the clients are transported home.

• When relevant, the Assistant Supervisor will review the administration and safety of the kitchen.

• To ensure that the manager of the Residential and Day Unit is aware of any matters that could affect the quality of the service provided.

• To register with the Care Council in accordance with the national guidelines.

Staff Supervision

• To undertake the duties and responsibilities of managing the Centre's staff by providing guidance and an example in the Supervisor's absence.
• To ensure that the staff receive the relevant supervision and training in the Supervisor's absence.

• To ensure that all members of staff are present on time and carry out their work conscientiously at all times.

• To ensure that the Centre and the kitchen (if relevant) run smoothly, in the interests of the users.

• To ensure familiarity with the Supervisor's administrative duties in order to delegate during annual leave or sickness absences.

• When members of staff are on holiday and/or ill, organise supply staff for the Centre, and when appropriate, the kitchen staff.

• Meals are taken with the clients, and they are provided free of charge, as part of the duty.

• To implement the Council's appraisal scheme in order to ensure staff development.

General

• Responsibility for self-development.

• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.

• Operate within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.

• Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.

• Commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's Carbon Footprint.

• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.

• Responsibility to report any worry or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused

Special circumstances
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