Service Coordinator

Location

Gloucestershire | United Kingdom

Job description

Action for Children

Role: Children's Service Coordinator

Location: Gloucestershire

Contract/Hours: Permanent, full-time (working 37 hours a week)

Salary: £37,100

Benefits:

• Basic annual leave of 29 days PLUS bank holidays  
• Up to 5 more days leave for continuous service PLUS the option to buy another 5 days every year! 
• Gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities. 
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages. 
• Up to 7% employer pension contribution. Staff discount portal with your favourite brands. 
• Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers. 
• See full list of employee benefits on attachment.

We're offering a highly competitive rewards package, plus a comprehensive supervision and development programme to continue your professional development.

Why Action for Children?

At Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood. Last year, we helped more than 671,275 children and families across the UK. Residential care is one of our key growth areas - we have an expanding nationwide network of small, family-style homes.

Through innovative care and support, we provide a safe, nurturing environment for disadvantaged children.

A bit about the role:

Rowan Tree House is a solo placement home in a beautiful setting in Gloucestershire, the home is for a young person with complex needs.  Rowan Tree House will provide the young person who lives there with a home for life. Giving the young person stability, consistency, and appropriate, care, and support, while supporting them to integrate into the community as much as possible and achieve supported independence as they transition into adulthood.

You will provide support to the Registered Manager to help launch and run a newly established team, in a brand-new solo home in Gloucestershire.

How you will help to create brighter futures .  

Our vision is that every child and young person in the country has a safe and happy childhood. To help us achieve this, you will: 

• Manage and lead a team of professional social care staff.
• Create a strong and high achieving team.  
• Liaise with our key Stakeholders within and outside Action for Children.
• Support the Registered Manager in data collection and analysis.

Let's talk about you.

Our job description at the bottom of the advert outlines the requirements of the role but the 'must-haves' are:  

• Passionate about making a positive difference in children's lives.
• Experience of supervising and supporting a staff team
• To hold a qualification relevant to the work or extensive experience and ongoing professional development.
• Knowledge and experience of quality assurance approach to children's services.
• Experience of analysing data and management information to support continual service improvement and development. 

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Salary

£37.1k per annum