Day Service Manager – Learning Disability

Job Title: Day Service Manager

Location: Lincoln & Surrounding Area

Contract: Permanent (52 weeks)

Salary: £30,980 (Plus £3000 performance related)

Hours: 36.25 per week

Closing date: 5th November 2026

Company Overview

Linkage Community Trust is a registered charity dedicated to supporting individuals with learning difficulties and disabilities. Established in 1976, we provide essential services including care, specialist education, supported employment, and day services to empower individuals to lead fulfilling lives in their communities.

Benefits of working for Linkage

· Eligibility for a Blue Light Card (£4.99 for 2 years’ membership)

· Linkage Lottery cash prizes

· Recommend a friend bonus

. Generous annual leave

Summary

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Day Services Manager to join and manage our team at Linkage Community Trust. In this role, you will play a vital part in providing high-quality care and support to individuals with learning disabilities, helping them achieve their personal goals and enhance their quality of life.

This position will incorporate the existing service based at Lincoln and also a new service that will be based at Rand Farm.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to individuals with learning disabilities in a person-centered manner.
• Assess the health needs of the people we support and develop tailored care plans and risk assessments where necessary.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive support for the people we support.
• Maintain accurate records of care and achievements of the people we support.
• Ensure that all colleagues build great relationships with the people we support and the people who are important in their lives (families, other staff, and external professionals). Know their skills, interests, qualities, strengths, ways of communicating and aspirations and ensure the individualised service they receive plays to their strengths; helps them overcome barriers and achieve their goals.
• Actively lead the team’s development by coaching and training colleagues in person centered and positive behavior support practices, appraisals and supervision, giving and acting on received feedback; management of risks of the individual(s) they support through understanding what is important to the individual(s), involving their families, wherever possible, and ensuring decisions are accurately recorded.
• Ensuring performance standards are evidenced and quality is upheld in everything that the teams do in complying with relevant CQC, contractual and Linkage standards, outcomes and procedures

Requirements

• Safeguarding qualification at level 3, and a Management qualification at level 5 preferred.
• Experience working with individuals with learning disabilities.
• Strong communication skills to effectively interact with clients, families, and team members.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Compassionate nature with a commitment to promoting independence for clients.

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals with learning disabilities, we invite you to apply today and join our dedicated team at Linkage Community Trust!

Linkage Community Trust is a learning disabilities charity and a values based organisation.

Our values are central to providing high quality, personalised and effective care, support and education to our clients and students.

· Respect

· Independence

· Honesty

· Teamwork

As an employer, we are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer.

We do not hold a sponsorship license, therefore if you are looking for sponsorship we will not be able to accept or process your application.

Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer

You will be joining a 600 plus team of staff and volunteers who are working county wide in the Lincoln, Spilsby, Skegness, Louth, Alford, Mablethorpe, Beverley and Grimsby areas.

All applications for this vacancy are to be submitted online, and strictly no agency calls or agency CV submissions. You can initially apply by CV. Should you do this you will be asked to complete an application form for our safer recruitment process. Communication is undertaken via telephone & email, we advise you check your inbox and junk mail. Should you be offered a role you will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check. We welcome and value applications from all candidates who identify with our values and behaviours.

As an equal opportunities employer, Linkage Community Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Linkage.

Safeguarding is a priority for us. We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and we expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers. Linkage pays full regard to safer recruitment practices and we ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works in the organisation.