Coordinator

Northampton, England, United Kingdom

12/20/2024

Job Description

Role: Community Development Coordinator

Salary: £35,000 per annum pro rata

Location: Northamptonshire Hybrid role

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part Time – 20 Hours per week

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.
  
  

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help.  

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.  Last year, we helped more than 688,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.  

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

About The Service

We are looking for a community development coordinator to develop and lead our Service in Northamptonshire. This is a central information hub enabling children with the highest needs and their families to access the right support at the right time by enhancing access to non-residential short breaks for children with complex health and social care needs.

How you'll make a difference:

As community development coordinator you will:

• Set up and manage a volunteer and buddy recruitment scheme to match volunteers to Action for Children led groups and recruit buddies to support young people accessing community services on a one-to-one basis
• Coordinate and manage multi agency panels
• By overseeing the activities between the volunteers and young people, ensuring they are safe, stimulating and fun.
• By demonstrating the benefits of the service to social work teams and commissioners and facilitating ongoing referrals.
• By publicising and promoting volunteering opportunities with individuals, community groups, professionals, and other relevant agencies and to scrutinise applications form potential volunteers.
• By ensuring young people in care are benefitting from supportive and caring relationships with their volunteers that positively impact their wellbeing and life chances.
• By delivering an integrated service that is flexible to meet the changing needs of children and families and delivers earlier intervention through greater choice and access to non-residential activities.
• To support the development of inclusive communities by working with existing organisations in the community.
  
  

What you'll need:

• A minimum Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care or equivalent in a related field (e.g. teaching).
• Experience and /or skills in recruitment, training, and supervision.
• Ability to liaise with a wide range of individuals (e.g., parents, carers, young people plus a range of staff from both the statutory and voluntary sector).
• Excellent writing skills (e.g. to compile quarterly reports to local authorities).
  
  

Good to know.

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Talent Pool

We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.

Contact: Erika Brinkman or email us at  recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk  quoting reference

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles. 

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Management Competency Framework

Action for Children Northern Ireland Booklet