Support Coordinator

Do you have a passion for supporting vulnerable adults to lead fulfilled lives?

Are you an active part of your local community?

Do you want a career full of new and exciting opportunities, including the opportunity to study to a high level?

Are you keen to develop your leadership skills and become a valued part of a diverse management team?

We are seeking to recruit Supported Living Co-ordinators to lead the onsite operational management of our services, and to join our diverse and dynamic senior staff team in Market Harborough. You must be confident, warm, highly motivated and committed to providing an excellent supported living service. Since April 2017 Creative Support have been selected as a primary provider of supported living services across Market Harborough. As one of only five support providers on Leicestershire County Council's Approved Framework for Supported Living, we are in a fantastic position to offer high quality, person-centred support to residents of Market Harborough. We are also able to establish ourselves within the community as a trusted and reputable not for profit provider of social care services.

You will have previous relevant experience, knowledge and a good understanding of working with people with a learning disability who have complex needs. You will have experience of support planning, person-centred planning and the use of positive behaviour support strategies. You will need to demonstrate a commitment to using person-centred thinking and approaches in your work to achieve great outcomes for the people we support.

You will manage and deploy staff effectively to meet the needs of service users, taking into account their personalised schedules and activity plans. You must be professional and able to act as a role model, leading your team by example to 'go the extra mile' to support service users. You will be patient, professional and well organised with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. You will be able to liaise proactively and effectively with social workers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. You will build warm, trusting relationships with service users and their families.

We do not accept CVs as a form of application, applicants must submit a completed Creative Support application form which can be requested or downloaded via the listed methods. An enhanced DBS check is required for which we pay. Creative Support is not a recruitment sourcing agency; all employees are directly employed by our organisation. We do not accept cold calls or sales/marketing contact from recruitment candidate sourcing/advertising agencies. Upon receipt of your application we will email you a confirmation of receipt. If you do not receive this confirmation email please contact us via telephone or email. Contact information can be found on our company website.