Service Coordinator

Role Responsibility

Rusthall Short Breaks, Tunbridge Wells, Service Coordinator

We are recruiting to a service coordinator position at one of our five adult short breaks services in Rusthall Kent.  This role is likened to a deputy manager position.

Rusthall is one of our smaller residential services that supports up to 5 people for overnight stays. The people who stay will have an eligible care and support need under the Care Act and may present with a learning disability, physical disabilities, autism, behaviours that challenge or sensory impairments.

As the service coordinator you will be responsible for supporting the registered manager of the service and help lead a staff team with their development and training to enable them to support people to an exceptional person centred standard to achieve their desired outcomes.

The service is Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered and so part of your role will be to work alongside the manager and team to ensure the service is compliant.

To apply for this position, you will have:

• a proven experience of supporting people who present with learning disability, physical disabilities, autism, behaviours that challenge or sensory impairments
• achieved a level 3 diploma in health and social care or equivalent
• hold a level 5 diploma or be willing to work towards this
• the managing in Kent award (previously known as Kent Manager) or willing to complete within two years
• supported teams providing supervision, appraisal
• supported the performance, and capability process
• a sound knowledge of the relevant acts and regulations as listed in the job description, with a keen focus on the Health and Social care Act, Health and Safety Act and Care Act

The position is 37 hours a week, from Monday to Friday, however there may be occasions when you would be required to support shift cover to ensure the service meets the needs of the people staying at the service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact Details

Please contact Liz King (Manager) at liz.king@kent.gov.uk  or call her on 03000 412579 

or

Kelly Field (Services Manager) at kellyanne.field@kent.gov.uk or call her on 03000 415026 if you wish to discuss this exciting opportunity.

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.