Support Coordinator

Location: Worcestershire

Support Coordinator
We’re looking for an innovative, passionate, and professional individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to join the Stroke Recovery Service delivering in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to provide stroke recovery support following a stroke.
Position: (phone number removed) Stroke Support Coordinator

Location:

Home-based Herefordshire and Worcestershire. However, extensive travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings)

Hours:

Part-time, 28 hours per week
Salary:
Circa £22,600 per annum (FTE circa £28,300 per annum)

Contract:

Fixed term. Services are contracted and there is currently funding for this contract until 31 March 2027
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Health Cash Plan, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 12 July 2026
Interview Date: 20 and 22 July 2026. Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role
The service aims to identify and address the needs of stroke survivors and carers across the stroke pathway, by providing a range of innovative support solutions, supporting them to meet their desired outcomes. A key part of the role will be to support service users and the delivery of the service.
Reporting to the Stroke Service Delivery Coach, the Stroke Support Coordinator will:
 
* Support new stroke survivors and their carers from hospital discharge into the community.
 
* Take a person centred approach to goal setting and support to enable stroke survivors and their carers to improve communication
 
* Provide personalised information, advice and support.
 
* Support stroke survivors to make informed lifestyle changes which will help them to prevent further strokes.
 
* Work collaboratively with NHS colleagues and other areas of the community to make a difference in the lives of people affected by stroke.
About You

You will have:

* Experience/background in a caring profession, ideally supporting people with disabilities
 
* Excellent IT skills and an ability to maintain accurate records.
 
* An affinity with the values of the Stroke Association.
 
* A flexible approach and an ability to effectively manage a caseload.
This role requires extensive travel across a large geographical locality;
Herefordshire and Worcestershire, to visit people at home and in community settings. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role
To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Applications
You will be asked to submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement, and in the main body of your email when applying for the role.
You will be able to view the role profile when you apply.
Finding strength through support
The organisation is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. Providing tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.
They are here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.
It’s only thanks to the generosity of supporters and donors that they…