Co-Ordinator

Information

We have an opportunity to appoint a new Co-Ordinator in an exciting person centered service in East Lothian and Edinburgh where we support adults with learning disabilities and young people making positive transitions from childhood to adulthood.  The Co-Ordinator will share responsibility for the management and development of the service and will assume overall responsibility in the absence of the Managing Co-Ordinator. The successful candidate will have a key role in achieving the highest professional standards of social care practice and for ensuring that CrossReach's aims, objectives and quality standards are met and maintained. 

 

We help our service users to lead ordinary lives, participating in their local communities and activities of their choice.  This means creating a safe, secure and supportive environment and empowering them to take charge of their own lives and live life to the full. 

Our staff have come from all walks of life; some have a faith and some don’t.  We don’t want you to be a cog in a wheel.  We want you to bring your skills and experience either from the care sector or gained elsewhere – we know they are transferable.  Your journey won’t stop there though as, using the strengths of a large diverse organisation, we’ll support you to develop new skills and qualifications and give you the opportunities to put them into practice.

We’re all about the people we support.  We want them to achieve the highest quality of life they can and you’ll be more important in that than you know.  You’ll need to be able to discern the person behind the behavior and be able to develop strong supportive relationships with colleagues.

There’s space to be creative and find ways to help the people who use our services achieve their goals so when you see a problem you’ll need to have the heart to fix it.

Main Function

The Co-ordinator will share responsibility for the management and development of the Service and assume overall responsibility in the absence of the Managing Co-ordinator.  They will be responsible for achieving the highest professional standards of social care practice and for ensuring that CrossReach's aims, objectives and quality standards are met and maintained.  Through Christian leadership, and ensure that these services reflect CrossReach's Christian ethos and mission statement.

Main Duties

1. To support the management of the Service and assume overall responsibility in the absence of the Managing Co-ordinator.
2. To assist in the management and deployment of staff, identifying workforce requirements, delegating responsibility for this to senior staff where appropriate.
3. To attend and support the arranging of regular senior staff meetings. To be involved in the recruitment of senior staff for the Service.
4. To be responsible for the recruitment and selection of staff within delegated powers for the Service.
5. To have shared responsibility for direct and regular supervision and appraisal of Senior Support Workers, and to ensure that all other staff receive regular and planned supervision.
6. To ensure that CrossReach's personnel policies are implemented and understood by all staff.
7. To ensure all new staff undertake service based Induction Training and CrossReach's Personal and Professional Development Programme.
8. To contribute to the development and training of all staff at Service level.
9. To share responsibility for all aspects of Health and Safety within the Service, ensuring that CrossReach's Health & Safety Policies and Procedures are implemented and adhered to.
10. To ensure that service user records are maintained in line with CrossReach's policies.
11. To establish and maintain systems to gather, record and store information/data.
12. To contribute to the management and monitoring of the annual operating budget.
13. To contribute to the preparation of the annual budget for the Service.
14. To co-operate with and promote fund raising activities.
15. To ensure that all aspects of risk management are undertaken.
16. To ensure individual service users receive regular care reviews and that care plans reflect the outcome of these reviews.
17. To ensure that service users care plans are adhered to.
18. To liaise with relatives and friends of service users, where appropriate.
19. To ensure that the services offered:-
    • promote equality for all individual service users
    • promote service users' choice
    • contribute to the protection of individuals from abuse
    • contribute to the management of aggressive and abusive behaviour
    • promote communication with service users where there are communication difficulties
    • support service users when they are distressed
    • enable service users to make use of available services and information
    • contribute to the health, safety and security of individuals and their environment
20. To share responsibility for ensuring that all legislative and policy requirements are met.
21. To assist in the review of service provision, ensuring that the highest standards of care are implemented and achieved.
22. To be responsible for the quality of support, having particular regard to:-
    • values of confidentiality, integrity and impartiality which govern the discharge of duties and responsibilities of members of staff
    • the worth, rights and responsibilities of the individual
    • the promotion of independent choice and normal living
    • the protection of people who cannot protect themselves
    • the promotion of equality of opportunity
    • maintaining and improving practice standards
    • the provision of training, support and advice for staff, volunteers and befrienders

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

To contribute to the completion of the annual report, appraising the previous year's work of the Service, and outlining the objectives for the following year, taking account of the needs and aspirations of service users, the local community and purchasers of the services.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. To keep abreast of current developments in the social care field.
2. To attend appropriate meetings, training courses and seminars.
3. To assist in the promotion of the Service within the Local Community.
4. To share specialist knowledge with colleagues and other relevant people.
5. To maintain close working relationships with all relevant professionals involved in the care of service users.

GENERAL

The post holder will be expected to undertake other relevant and reasonable duties as required by senior management.

To demonstrate and share Christian love and support including sharing with others the leading of worship in accordance with CrossReach policy and by ensuring all staff meetings are opened with prayer and Bible reading.

Qualifications

It is essential to have a recognised Social Work, Nursing or other related qualification or SVQ Level 4.

Personal

As we do our work in Christ’s name the job you have applied for requires you to have a Christian faith and be able to work within and uphold our Christian Ethos (this is an ongoing occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010).

You will be required to hold a PVG membership and registered with the SSSC.

Skills and Abilities

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

Essential:

Previous management experience in a Social Care or Learning Disabilities Service.

Desirable:

• Ability to establish open, honest and warm relationships
• Ability to establish relationships based on trust and respect of individual lifestyle choices
• Ability to prioritise tasks
• Creative approach to finding solutions