Social Care Coordinator - Advice and Wellbeing Hub

Social Care Coordinator – Advice and Wellbeing Hub

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

• Salary £28,142 to £33,699 Per year
• Contractual hours 37
• Basis Full time
• Region Permanent / Full-Time
• Job category/type Adult Services, Social Services, Social Work/Care

We are currently seeking a dynamic Social Care Coordinator to join our Advice and Wellbeing Hub – Occupational Therapy Team. We represent a Local Authority dedicated to enhancing the well‑being of our community and residents.

We seek an individual with excellent communication abilities, adept at building and fostering relationships with colleagues, service users, healthcare providers, and community networks. In the role of Social Care Coordinator at Reading Borough Council, you will play a crucial role within a friendly and cooperative team. You will collaborate with other Social Care Coordinators, Occupational Therapists, and professionals from the voluntary and community sector.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

We support hybrid working; it’s important that working arrangements are designed to enable employees to excel, and within this role you’ll have the opportunity to work in a way that suits your lifestyle.

The Hub aims to actively promote wellbeing and independence, supporting people to retain or regain their skills and confidence through existing and new support networks, Technology Enabled Care (TEC), equipment and short‑term interventions.

In the role of a Social Care Coordinator in the OT Pathway, your responsibilities will involve making home visits to individuals. You will undertake non‑complex functional assessments of people’s needs and develop and monitor plans in collaboration with service users themselves. The objective is to enhance their independence through a strengths‑based methodology and a person‑centred approach.

• Hold a varied caseload and be expected to work independently and to interpret and analyse varied information or situations to produce solutions.
• Evaluate and suggest basic equipment or TEC, support goal planning, offer short‑term care or enablement, and work closely with care providers, Housing Services, healthcare peers, and the voluntary and community sector.
• Support the team’s Duty function by triaging cases that come into the team with support from Occupational Therapists.
• Work within the legal framework provided by the statute, guidance, policies, and procedures.

• Experience working with people
• Experience working within the Health, Adult Social Care or voluntary sector

We offer excellent support, training, and induction. You will have access to our Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth with opportunities to learn and develop new skills.

• Generous holiday entitlement – 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave.
• A wide range of flexible working opportunities.
• Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading.
• Life Assurance – three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS).
• On‑site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted.
• Season Ticket Loan – a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work.
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.

Closing Date:
Sunday 19th July 2026

Interview Date:
Week commencing 3rd August 2026

Interview Setup:
In person at the Civic Centre, Bridge Street, Reading, RG1 2LU