Team Standards Co-ordinator - Regulated Homes in Southampton

Team Standards Co-ordinator - Regulated Homes

Help us maintain high standards, strong compliance and outstanding support for children and young people

At Southampton City Council, we are committed to providing safe, high-quality homes and accommodation for children and young people. As our regulated services continue to grow, we are looking for a motivated, organised and detail-focused Team Standards Co-ordinator to join our Regulated Homes Service.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in ensuring our children's homes and post-16 accommodation services operate effectively, remain compliant and are always inspection-ready.

Working at the heart of the service, you will coordinate key compliance processes, maintain performance and quality assurance systems, manage referral and placement information, support safer recruitment activity, oversee service reporting and provide essential coordination across teams. Your work will directly support managers and frontline staff to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

The Team Standards Co-ordinator is responsible for supporting quality assurance, compliance, performance monitoring and operational coordination across our regulated homes and post-16 accommodation services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating referrals, placements and associated documentation.
• Monitoring compliance requirements, including DBS checks, safer recruitment processes and key service deadlines.
• Organising panels, audits, meetings and quality assurance activities.
• Maintaining performance dashboards, trackers and management information.
• Producing reports and analysing data to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Supporting financial administration, purchase orders and expenditure monitoring.
• Assisting managers with inspection readiness and evidence gathering.
• Acting as a central point of contact for enquiries from colleagues, partners and external stakeholders.
• Supporting continuous improvement across the service and helping develop efficient systems and processes.

About You

We are looking for somebody who enjoys bringing structure to complex tasks, has excellent attention to detail and takes pride in delivering high-quality work.

You will have:

• Significant administrative experience, ideally within children's services, social care or another regulated environment.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong attention to detail with experience maintaining accurate records and audit trails.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Experience of maintaining databases, tracking systems and producing reports.
• The ability to analyse information and identify areas of risk, concern or improvement.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A good understanding of confidentiality, safeguarding and data protection requirements.
• A proactive and solution-focused approach to work.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to join an ambitious and supportive team that is committed to delivering high-quality services for children and young people.

You will play an important role in helping our homes maintain excellent standards, supporting service improvement and ensuring we continue to meet our regulatory responsibilities.

In return we offer:

• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Flexible working arrangements where service needs allow.
• Access to learning and development opportunities.
• A supportive and inclusive working environment.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference to children and young people's lives every day.

What we can offer you:

Salary: The salary band for this role is £29,742 - £32,046 per annum. The starting salary is £29,742 with annual progression through the salary bands.

Here at SCC we have a range of different benefits, a few examples can be found below.

• Excellent local government pension with 15.2% employer contribution
• Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
• Generous holiday 25-31 days, based on role and service
• Flexible working options (role-dependent)
• Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
• Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
• Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
• Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
• Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
• Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
• Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
• Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer

Great homes need great standards. Great standards need great people. Join us and help ensure Southampton's regulated homes continue to provide safe, effective and outstanding support for children and young people.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check