Senior Disabled Children’s Early Help Coordinator

2 weeks ago


Huntingdon, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire County Council Full time

What will you be doing?

You will support the 0-25 Disability Social Care Service in the delivery of the Short Break Local Offer. This will involve the recruitment, induction, supervision, and appraisal of the teams Early Help Coordinators.

You will ensure that vital support services are delivered to children and families as part of the statutory obligations of the Local Authority by overseeing the completion of Assessments and CSDPA plans, home visits and attendance at a variety of multi-agency, internal and external meetings. 

You will both support and challenge families and other professionals in a constructive manner to ensure best outcomes for our children and young people. You will work with large amounts of information, prioritise need, identify risk and communicate these effectively in both a written and verbal format.

It will be important to ensure that the child is at the centre of any plan and that the family and their network is engaged in achieving positive outcomes. As such, you will support the Early Help Coordinators to create individualised plans and may require you thinking outside the box to arrive at bespoke solutions. 

As a member of the Disabled Childrens Referral & Access Team you will be working alongside the Children with Disabilities Team and the Young Adults Team. You will also work closely with our in house providers of short breaks, health and education professionals and a range of private and voluntary organisations.

About you

You will be an enthusiastic, organised and highly motivated person ready to work in our busy team. You will be passionate about providing quality services to children with disabilities and their families within a strengths based practice framework, helping children to increase their skills and independence and building resilience within families. 

Experience of working with children in the disabilities sector and strong administration skills are essential. We recognise the importance of transferable skills and we provide a focused induction, however previous experience of working within an assessment or disability team is desirable. Experience of partnership working and networking will also be beneficial.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

Flexible working Flexible Bank Holidays A comprehensive wellbeing package Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts A comprehensive pension scheme. IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network. Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed An employee recognition scheme

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