Children and Young People Co-Ordinator – Coventry

We are seeking a warm, personable and highly motivated individual who can empower and drive a team. We value passion for the work, strong communication, leadership and good problem-solving skills.

The Co-Ordinator will work alongside an experienced and established team of Co-Ordinators across the West Midlands, including our services in Birmingham, Worcestershire, Coventry and North Warwickshire. We place a high value upon integrity, ethical standards and a commitment to excellence.

If you have experience leading and managing a team and experience working with children and young people with complex disabilities, that’s a bonus. But don’t be put off if not. We value transferable skills from other sectors and provide comprehensive training to all our staff.

What does a CYP Co-Ordinator do?

Midland Mencap is looking to appoint a Co-Ordinator who will work alongside colleagues to turn Midland Mencap’s Children & Young People’s vision and mission into a reality. They will need to lead and facilitate structured sessions and activities based on identified needs that meet desired outcomes for our unique children. Our team of Co-Ordinators manages staffing rotas to ensure all sessions meet required legal ratios and are confident in ensuring staff skills match all children and young people’s needs.

As a Co-Ordinator you will provide frontline support and leadership during sessions as required; these are weekend-based as well as weekdays during school holidays. Coordinators are also responsible for being part of the on-call team to fulfil duties as outlined within the business needs.

As part of our Children and Young People’s Services you as a Co-Ordinator will embrace person-centred approaches to recruit, lead, manage and support a team of Support Workers which include inductions, supervisions and supporting HR, personnel and training needs. You will also support the marketing and promotion of Midland Mencap services to children, young people, their families and potential referral agencies in both the statutory and voluntary sectors.

You will undertake, review and ensure good quality risk assessments and person-centred plans are in place to support the needs of children and young people engaging with the service. You will have an understanding of the barriers facing a child or young person with a wide range of complex and diverse needs, as well as a commitment to maintain and uphold the rights of such individuals.

You will be expected to undertake the initial investigation of complaints, disciplinary and grievance procedures of support staff. You will be able to work well within an established and experienced team as well as use your own initiative when communicating with staff, families and professionals.

You will have experience participating in all CQC, Ofsted and other regulatory inspections. You will be able to build and maintain good working relationships with multiple agencies such as social workers. You will be organised in planning and managing your working schedules and in working towards our referrals and assessment process.

You will identify and act upon safeguarding or child protection issues in relation to multi-agency guidelines, ensuring compliance and maintaining all reports and records in a confidential and timely manner in line with Midland Mencap’s policies and procedures, in line with GDPR and safeguarding aspects.

You must be enthusiastic, motivated and able to drive staff recruitment and children’s assessments. You should have a willingness to try new things and be adaptable to the needs of Midland Mencap and the children’s services.

Key Tasks:

• Process and manage new referrals, by conducting face-to-face assessments and completing children’s files. Liaising with all professionals involved with the child to complete these.
• Lead team meetings and ensure that problems are resolved, and strategies created for the management of the service.
• Participate in planned regular meetings with the Children and Young Persons Operational Manager and other colleagues.
• Adhere to and implement organisational policies and procedures.
• Plan, organise and facilitate weekly children’s sessions, working on a rotation of weekends, as well as during school holidays.
• Support implementing and running HAF sessions during school holidays.
• Complete monitoring for Birmingham services and share this with line managers for reporting.
• Communicate effectively with all staff, managers and professionals to ensure collaboration for the child, including regular communication with families and timely sharing of information.
• Attend training courses as required to develop knowledge and skills to improve the quality of service.
• Carry out any other tasks deemed appropriate within your job role and the aims of the organisation.

This is a rolling recruitment process. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place at any time. The post will close once a successful candidate has been appointed, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.