Team Coordinator

Role Responsibility

Meadowside in Deal provides overnight residential stays for people with a learning, physical disabilities and/or autism. 

We are looking for a weekend only 16 hours a week Team Coordinator.

Working in an excellent team we are looking for individuals who can be flexible in their approach, are able to work collaboratively and share our commitment to improving outcomes for adults. You will be required to lead shifts and work as a member of a team providing a nurturing and safe environment which promotes the emotional and physical well-being of the adult accessing overnight residential short breaks.

The job requires the ability to co-ordinate shift plans, ensure accurate record keeping (quality assurance), liaise with other professionals, care planning, carry out personal care and provide supervision and support to staff while monitoring standards of care. 

• You will need to hold a level 3 health and social care (or equivalent),
• You will have experience of supporting people with disabilities and complex needs,
• Supervisory management experience,
• Knowledge of safeguarding,
• You will be able to take personal and professional responsibility for your actions and performance.
• The role includes working shifts patterns including evening, weekends, bank holidays and sleep-in/night duties.

Rewards of working for Kent County Council

We value our staff as individuals and aim to help you to achieve your full potential. As part of the employment deal, we offer a competitive salaries and range of benefits and flexible employment conditions to ensure staff make the most of their time working at Kent County Council. We also offer a great annual leave entitlement of 29-day pro rota plus bank holidays,

As an organisation we provide professional occupational health, counselling (Support Line), coaching and mediation services to help you stay physically, emotionally and mentally well. We also have staff groups that provide you with support and development opportunities for members of our diverse workforce.

Learning and development is an area Kent County Council is keen to provide, we want you to be the best you can be. That means investing in your development, so you have the right skills and mind set needed to do an excellent job.  

Other rewards open to you at Kent County Council include the Kent Rewards scheme and provides:

• tax saving schemes for Childcare
• cycle2Work scheme
• discounts at Kent County Council Adult Education classes
• discounted high street reloadable cards and vouchers including discount from over 1,200 national and local retailers
• pensions and financial support

This is role is based in Deal Kent, England.  All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

To be considered for this role, please use the reasons for applying section within the job application to demonstrate your skills and experience relevant to the job description and person specification for the post; applications will be assessed against this.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring 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. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Interviews will take place on the 19th September and may include an exercise to demonstrate your knowledge of the role.

Contact Details

For further details about this role, please contact:

Joanne Neiles - Joanne.Neiles@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

Work that works for you and us - let’s talk flexibility!

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, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, 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.