Support Coordinator in Middlesbrough

Location: Middlesbrough
Salary: £55.00 per hour
Recruiter: Home Group
Job Hours: Part-time

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Support Coordinator -(241108)

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Support Coordinator

Middlesbrough Young Persons Services

Permanent part time (30 hours per week)

Plus, one sleepover per week (each sleepover is additional pay - £55 per sleepover this – that’s an additional £2860 per year if you work one per week)!

Pay £12.61 per hour (£24,664 per annum) (pro rata) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

Want to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customer’s life for the better? As our support co-ordinator, you’ll be at the heart of supporting our young customers who have complex needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community. You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!

Typical day as a Lead Support Worker (known by us as Coordinator)

  • Creating support plans with your customers and coordinating a small team of Support Workers working with the plans.
  • Working with our young customers who will be looked after children or children in need, ensuring that Ofsted Supported Housing needs are met in our service.
  • Helping customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.
  • Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.
  • Cuppas, chats and catch ups with your customer but also plenty of time to collaborate with colleagues too.
  • Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, we're in the top 10 for Great Places to Work in the UK!

    You bring

  • Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working collaboratively with an eye for detail.
  • Experience of creating person-centred support plans and supporting colleagues in working to work to the plans.
  • Experience of coordinating and assessing customer referrals.
  • The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach
  • Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review.

    Our team

    You’ll join John our Ofsted registered manager and Nicola our Senior Client Service manager alongside our Middlesbrough team of support co-ordinators and support workers. We’re super passionate about what we do! We’re a supportive bunch and ensure a work/ life balance! This is a new service for Home Group so you will be part of the core that embeds quality into the service right from the beginning! Don’t worry though; you will be given a full induction to Home Group and you will receive continuous training on your job role.

    Job details

  • Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
  • You will work as part of a rota involving some early starts and some late finishes. Our shifts run from 8am – 10pm. Some sleep ins may be required with this role.
  • Although lone work at times, we do get together regularly for training and team meetings.
  • It is preferred that you are able to use technology for creating and updating support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
  • You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
  • A place where you belong

    Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

    What’s in it for you?

  • 34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too! 
  • Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
  • Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
  • We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
  • Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
  • Learn more aboutour benefits on our website.
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