CYP Co-Ordinator

Overview

JOB TITLE: CYP Co-Ordinator – Birmingham

EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Permanent

RESPONSIBLE TO: Children and Young People’s Service Manager and Operations Manager

SALARY: £30,133

HOURS: 37 hours weekly

LOCATION: Birmingham Based, as well as locations across the region over weekends

Are you a warm
, personable
, and highly motivated individual who can empower and drive a team?

Do you have passion for what you do, are a strong communicator
, leader and have good problem-solving skills?

The Co-Ordinator will work alongside an experienced and established team of Co-Ordinators across the West Midlands, including our services in Birmingham, Worcestershire, Coventry and North Warwickshire.

We place a high value upon integrity
, ethical standards
, and a commitment to excellence
.

If you have experience leading and managing a team and experience working with children and young people with complex disabilities, that’s a bonus. But don’t be put off if not. We value transferable skills from other sectors and provide comprehensive training to all our staff.

Midland Mencap is looking to appoint a Co-Ordinator who will work alongside colleagues to turn Midland Mencap’s Children & Young People’s vision and mission into a reality. They will need to lead and facilitate structured sessions and activities based on identified need that meet desired outcomes of our unique children.

Our team of Co-Ordinators manage staffing rotas to ensure all sessions meet required legal ratios and are confident in ensuring staff skills match all children and young people’s needs. As a Co-Ordinator you will provide frontline support and leadership during sessions as and when required; these are weekend based as well as weekdays during school holidays. Coordinators are also responsible for being part of the on-call team to fulfil duties as outlined within the business needs.

As part of our Children and Young People’s Services you as a Co-ordinator will embrace person centred approaches to recruit, lead, manage and support a team of Support Workers which include inductions, supervisions and supporting HR, personnel and training needs. You will also support the marketing & promoting of Midland Mencap services to children, young people, their family’s and potential referral agencies in both the statutory & voluntary sectors.

You will undertake, review and ensure good quality risk assessments and person-centred plans are in place to support the needs of children and young people engaging with the service. You will have an understanding of the barriers facing a child or young person with a range of complex and diverse needs as well as a commitment to maintain and uphold the rights of such individuals.

You will be expected to undertake the initial investigation of the complaints, disciplinary and grievance procedures of support staff.

The ideal candidate will be able to work well within an established and experienced team as well as using their own initiative when communicating with staff, families and professionals. They will have experiences in participating with all CQC, Ofsted and other regulatory inspections.

They will be able to build and maintain good working relationships with multiple agencies such as social workers. They will be organized in planning and managing their working schedules and working towards our referrals and assessment process. They will be able to identify and act upon any safeguarding or child protection issues in relation to multi-agency guidelines, ensuring compliance in relation to the guidelines as well as maintaining all reports and records in a confidential and timely manner, in line with Midland Mencap’s policies and procedures, in line with GDPR and Safeguarding aspects.

They must be enthusiastic, have motivation and have the ability to drive staff recruitment and children’s assessments. They have a willingness to try new things alongside being able to adapt to the needs of Midland Mencap and the children’s services.

• Process and manage new referrals, by conducting face to face assessments and complete children’s files. Liaising with all professionals involved with…