Team Coordinator

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We have an exciting opportunity within Community Services, for a Team Coordinator. 

This post is a 30 hour post.

This position will be primarily based at the Tonbridge Service. However, you will be expected to travel across the locality to support other services within West Kent as required. You will assist in the day-to-day supervision of staff, including the allocation of tasks, ensuring that the service meets the needs and aspirations of people accessing the services. Ensuring individuals are encouraged and supported; promoting social inclusion, including their rights and choices, to enable people with learning disabilities and/or autism to live more independent and fulfilled lives.

Experience of care and support of individuals (this can include voluntary experience and individual experiences as well as paid work), including within the public, private or voluntary sectors in the care of adults, working with people with learning disabilities is essential. You will need to have an awareness of the needs of people with learning disabilities, challenging behaviour, autism, epilepsy, and other disabilities. 

Experience of influencing, monitoring and evaluating the delivery of quality services and supervisory management experience are also essential for this role.

To be eligible for this role, you will need to hold an NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent) or Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care and a willingness to undertake Level 5 Diploma in Leadership of Health and Social Care (or equivalent) in an agreed timescale.

KCC offer some benefits and rewards from Cycle 2 Work Scheme to support groups within the company to help with a range of knowledge and expertise.

Standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service

We are unable to offer sponsorship for candidates living outside of the UK for this role, therefore you must be a UK resident and have the appropriate right to work documentation. 

Contact Details

For more information about the role, please contact:

Cher Morgan - 07971 592034

cher.morgan@kent.gov.uk

About The Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.