Job Description

Responsible to:

Child and Family Support Service Lead

Hours:

14 hours per week,

on a 4 week rolling pattern, as follows:

Tuesdays, every week

Administrative Time, 09:00 - 14:00

Wednesdays, weeks 1, 2 & 3 only

Family Support: Parent Carer, 09:00 - 12:00 (week 1)

Family Support: Sibling Support, 16:30 - 19:30 (week 2)

Meeting, 17:00 - 19:30 (week 3)

Thursdays, every week

PALS: Champions, 16:30 - 19:30

Sundays, every week

PALS: Sunday Club, 09:00 - 13:00, (weeks 1, 3 & 4)

Family Support: Early Years, 10:00 - 13:00 (week 2)

Possibility to make this a larger contract by adding additional session hours in the evenings or weekends.

Additional hours available during school holidays if desired.

Rate of Pay:

24,500 pro rata - equivalent to 9,800 per annum

Role Overview

We are a Mid Sussex charity that supports families, providing clubs and activities for people with learning disabilities, including those with complex needs.

With a growing waiting list and an ambition to expand our service by 30%, we're looking for a Child and Family Support Coordinator to join our team. This is a newly available role following the promotion of our previous coordinator into a Service Lead position.

Our members require specialist care and support to meet their diverse support needs (e.g. communication, personal care, behaviour support, emergency medication administration). The post holder will support the Child and Family Support Service Lead to ensure this support is safely, competently and sensitively provided and that the member's views and voices inform decisions that affect them.

Who are we looking for?

We're interested in hiring the right person for this role, so please do not be put off if you do not match all of the criteria. If you're passionate about making a difference and feel you could excel in this role, we would love to hear from you.

Perhaps you're a nursery worker looking to expand your skills, or a recent graduate in education or health and social care. Maybe you're a teaching assistant looking for more varied hours or someone with lived or professional experience of learning disabilities or complex needs.

Main Duties

Support the Child and Family Support Service Lead to create a diverse, safe and enjoyable Family Support programme of activities and opportunities, designed to achieve positive outcomes within financial and other parameters agreed with Senior Management Team Deputise for the Child and Family Support Service Lead during annual leave, including running the PALS (6 - 12 year olds) sessions (this role will regularly run one PALS: Champions and one PALS: Sunday Club session per 4 week pattern) Responsible for delivering some of our Family Support programme to include Early Years, Siblings, Parent Carer & Family Days Develop risk assessments and implement care plans Maintain a warm and caring environment, ensuring safe, creative, and challenging activities chosen by members meet their needs, interests and strengths Build and maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders, including members, parent carers, venue management, activity providers, ensuring suggestions/concerns are responded to clearly and sensitively Ensure all administration is accurate, up to date and completed to relevant standards and legislation. (member care plans, activity plans, registers, accident/incident records, safeguarding records, health and safety checklists, daily debrief records and procedures for administering medical treatment) Be a positive role model, embedding Kangaroos values, demonstrating appropriate professional behaviours and ways of working Fulfil any other duties considered reasonable as directed by the Child and Family Support Service Lead and senior management Actively promote equal opportunities and challenge discrimination

Benefits Package

Annual salary reviews. Our salaries are paid on the last Friday of the month Kangaroos matches employee contributions of 5% to a nest pension Holiday allocation is 25 days plus bank holidays, pro rated
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 24,500.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Enhanced maternity leave Enhanced paternity leave Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Sick pay Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Haywards Heath RH17 7RE