Service Coordinator

3 weeks ago

Downpatrick, United Kingdom Action for Children Full time

Action for Children
**Role: Service Coordinator**

**Salary: Circa £35,000 per annum**

**Location: Downpatrick**

**Contract/Hours: Fixed Term Contract until 28**th** February 2025, full-time (working 37 hours a week) Monday to Friday - Secondments will be considered.**

**Closing date Friday 31**st** May**

**Interviews will be Wednesday 19**th** June 2024 at Action for Children Loughshore House, Heron Road, Belfast BT3 9LE.**

**Benefits**:Annual leave of 29 days (pro-rata) PLUS public holidays, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, up to 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, check out more on our careers portal. Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.

**Vulnerable children in the UK need your help.**

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK. Last year, we helped more than 671,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

**Why Action for Children?**

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a dramatic difference to bring lasting.

**A bit about the role**

Ballymote Family Project and Ballymote Sure Start are well established services in the Downpatrick Community, providing support to children and families covering the Southeastern Trust area.

The service offers a number of supports to Families referred from the South Eastern Trust Family Support Hub and South Eastern Trust Children's Services. We offer families advice and support, as well as offering parents the opportunity to develop their skills to carry out daily tasks in bringing up a family.

Please note that this role is based on-site, and you will need a car to be able to get to the service due to the remote location.

**How you'll help to create brighter futures**

We are looking for a driven and passionate Service Coordinator who'll manage and lead a team and work together to provide a wide range of services to children, young people, and families by:

- Managing the Family Support Service.
- Managing the Sure Start Service.
- Managing a small caseload of your own.
- Delivering group parenting programmes.
- Supervising the staff teams.

**Let's talk about you.**
- A degree in Social Work.
- Registration with NISCC.
- Experience of managing a community-based service for families and children.
- Experience of providing regular staff supervision.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills.
- Experience of planning, setting up and delivering group work programmes.

Interviews will be held in Belfast - the details can change in special circumstances, but we do our best to stick to this.

**Good to know.**

**Application Process**: There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

**Talent Pool**: We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

**Diversity, equality, and inclusion**

**Don't meet every single requirement?**

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