Support Coordinator

**Andover**, **SP10 2EG***

**Part-time** **Permanent**

**£**16000 - £16000 per year**

**a day ago**

**About the Role**

**We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Support Coordinator on a part time, permanent basis, based within The Wellington Centre in Andover. In return you will receive a competitive salary of c. £16,000 (depending on experience)**

**This is a new role that will schedule visits for the people we support across our supported living contracts.**

**Job Opportunity**

**Key responsibilities of the Support Coordinator**:
**We aren’t exaggerating when we say that communication is a massive part of this role On a day-to-day basis you will be responsible for communicating with the people we support, our Support Worker teams, our Team Managers and members of the Leadership Team. You will be a role model of “what good looks like” when it comes to communication and you will ensure that everyone is kept up to date of any changes or developments as they occur.**

**You’ll play an important role in ensuring that our Support Workers are appropriately allocated to deliver excellent support that is on time, safe and person centred for the people we support. To help you do this you will work with our experienced Support Coordinator to become an expert of our rostering system and will make sure that it is kept up to date.**

**You’ll make sure that our Team Managers have all the information they need at their fingertips to enable them to deliver a fantastic on call service. You will also use our systems to provide reports for our management teams on a regular basis.**

**Company Benefits**
- ** Eligibility for a Blue Light Card giving access to a wide range of discounts.**:

- ** Company Sick Pay Scheme**:

- ** NEST pension (where eligibility requirements are met)**:

- ** 24 hour support via our Employee Assistance Programme**:

- ** 30 days holiday (including Bank Holiday entitlement) which increases with length of service.**:

- ** Enhanced weekend and waking night rates of pay (from £12.74 - £12.97 depending on experience/qualifications)**

**Essential Skills**

**What we’re looking for in our Support Coordinator**:
**We’re looking for someone with a positive approach that will support us to ensure the people we support receive excellent, person centred support.**

**To be successful in this role you’ll need to**:

- **Have excellent communication skills and be able to adapt your communication style when necessary**:

- **Have good IT skills and an ability to pick up new systems with ease**:

- **Be able to think creatively to solve problems**:

- **Have a keen eye for detail**

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**About us**

**Purple Oak Support have been serving the communities of Andover and the surrounding areas for over 55 years. What started out as a concerned group of parents whose children has a learning disability, has now turned into a charity which provides supported living services, domiciliary care, community support and children’s respite.**

**We are continuously building on our successes and developing our services to support the people in our community. We put the needs and wishes of the people we support at the heart of what we do and always strive to grow and excel, raising awareness of, and changing attitudes surrounding learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health within our community.**

**We are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care**

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**Creating an Inclusive Environment**

**Purple Oak Support is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment for our colleagues and provide equal opportunities in all aspects of employment including recruitment.