Job summary
oin Our Team as a Support Coordinator at Carrswood Day Service!
Are you ready to make a real impact on the lives of adults with learning disabilities? We're thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity at Carrswood Day Service, located in the heart of Twerton, Bath. As a Support Coordinator, you'll play a vital role in providing person-centered support to our service users with complex health needs.
About Us
At Carrswood, we're not just a day service we're a vibrant community that fosters growth, independence, and well-being for adults with learning disabilities. Our dedicated team is passionate about creating a supportive environment that empowers our service users to thrive.
The Role
As a Support Coordinator, you'll be the driving force behind our service's success. Your dynamic role includes supervising and supporting our talented team, engaging directly with service users, and facilitating inspiring group activities. With your energy and enthusiasm, you'll contribute to our mission of enhancing communication skills, promoting independent living, nurturing social connections, and addressing sensory needs.
Main duties of the job
Your role as a Support Coordinator will keep you on your toes and your heart full. You will:
- Be the first point of contact for daily queries and issues, using your problem-solving skills.
- Collaborate with team members to create effective Care & Support Plans and Risk Assessments.
- Craft daily rotas, ensuring the safety of the service and accommodating staff needs.
- Provide guidance and supervision to support workers and assistants.
- Contribute to the planning, execution, and evaluation of our dynamic day service.
- Participate in group activities, meal times, and personal care support.
- Maintain meticulous records and prepare insightful reports.
- Champion specific projects that enhance our service's offerings.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
Qualifications and Attributes
To excel in this role, you'll need:
- Around two years' experience in social care, particularly with adults with learning disabilities.
- Enthusiasm, proactivity, and a strong desire to create positive change.
- A person-centered approach that prioritizes individual well-being.
- Collaboration skills, both within a team and when working autonomously.
- NVQ/Diploma Level 3 in Social Care (or willingness to undertake).
- Good record-keeping abilities aligned with our policies.
- Knowledge of learning disabilities, including epilepsy management and communication needs.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Extra Perks
While not required, the following would set you apart:
- Familiarity with Mental Capacity Act, Valuing People, and Care Act 2014.
- Knowledge of NICE guidelines and other social care legislation.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Join Us Today!
Embrace a role that goes beyond the ordinary become a Support Coordinator at Carrswood Day Service. Together, we'll empower individuals, create lasting memories, and shape a brighter future.
If you're ready to make a difference, apply now and let your passion shine through in our vibrant community. Your journey starts here!
You will feel valued as aSupport Coordinatorwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A salary of £24,000 with access to our group pension
- Free tea and coffee at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Job description
Job responsibilities
Qualifications and Attributes
To excel in this role, you'll need:
- Around two years' experience in social care, particularly with adults with learning disabilities.
- Enthusiasm, proactivity, and a strong desire to create positive change.
- A person-centered approach that prioritizes individual well-being.
- Collaboration skills, both within a team and when working autonomously.
- NVQ/Diploma Level 3 in Social Care (or willingness to undertake).
- Good record-keeping abilities aligned with our policies.
- Knowledge of learning disabilities, including epilepsy management and communication needs.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Extra Perks
While not required, the following would set you apart:
- Familiarity with Mental Capacity Act, Valuing People, and Care Act 2014.
- Knowledge of NICE guidelines and other social care legislation.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Join Us Today!
Embrace a role that goes beyond the ordinary become a Support Coordinator at Carrswood Day Service. Together, we'll empower individuals, create lasting memories, and shape a brighter future.
If you're ready to make a difference, apply now and let your passion shine through in our vibrant community. Your journey starts here!
You will feel valued as aSupport Coordinatorwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A salary of £24,000 with access to our group pension
- Free tea and coffee at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
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Desirable
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
