Job | Full Time

Service Co-ordinator

Action for Children, Northern Ireland

Other
Circa £29, 300 per annum
37.00
How we work: Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children in the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of 370,000 children, young people and families.

Waterside Surestart is funded by the Department of Education to provide a range of play and early learning, family support and health services to children from pre-birth up to four years old and their families.

As Surestart Co-ordinator, your role will be to lead a multi-disciplinary team of early years practitioners, family support workers, speech and language therapist and midwifery services. By managing, leading and supervising your large staff team, you will ensure that Waterside Surestart delivers a high quality, customer focused services to the children and families that attend the service.

 

How you'll make a difference:

You will make a difference

By providing a high quality, customer focused service to children and families

By developing effective working relationships with colleagues and partner agencies including commissioners

By applying Action for Children's professional practice standards

By establishing relationships and links within the community to assist children and their families.

 

What you'll need:

 

 

A third level qualification in Early years, Nursing or Social work or related qualification

Relevant and recent experience working within a Family Support setting

Excellent communication skills, including IT

Ability to work unsupervised, using your own initiative to problem solve

Flexible working arrangements

Registered with NISCC or willing to register

 

The job requires the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.

Please contact Bernie Tierney Children's Services Manager for more information on this opportunity. Tel 07730672420

 

Interviews to take place week beginning 26th March.

 

Reference: RS102618

Closing Date

Monday / 19 March 2018
11:59pm

Contact Details

Emma Goodwin

Waterside Surestart
Ebrington Business Centre, Glandermott Road
Derry
BT47 6BG
United Kingdom