Families Together Suffolk are looking for a Group Support Coordinator to join our team in Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds. This is a part-time position, covering maternity leave until the end of November 2025, working 16 hours per week (worked over 3 days) with 5 hours dedicated to each group and an additional hour for prep. The successful candidate will earn a competitive salary of GBP26,835 pro rata.
About us
We are a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with young children and have been operating in Suffolk since 1983. Families and communities are at the heart of everything we do. Our friendly team of staff, trustees, and volunteers are spread throughout the county working in an outreach capacity with a shared base when required.
You will have access to our office in Eye; however, the majority of the work will be undertaken in the community with other work based at home.
About the Group Support Coordinator role
Our Group Support Coordinators help families who have a child or children up to the age of 5 navigate the challenges of early parenthood. Support is provided through regular parent and child sessions offering early learning activities. Individual needs are at the heart of the work we do, and sessions are planned to be fun and to engage both children and parents in learning and development appropriate to them.
Key Responsibilities as our Group Support Coordinator include:
1. Plan and deliver 3 weekly family groups on a regular basis supporting parents and children.
2. Keep all records up to date for those groups and ensure a fun, safe environment for all.
3. Encourage confidence, self-esteem, and wider support networks with parents.
4. Maintain a high standard of practice and promote Families Together Suffolk and its ethos within the county.
5. Safeguard the welfare of children and follow policy and procedure.
You will need:
1. An understanding of the needs of children and families.
2. Experience of parenting or caring for children.
3. Experience of group work and planning for this.
4. To hold a relevant childcare qualification at NVQ Level 3 or above.
5. Experience of employment or voluntary work in family support.
6. Ability to work on own initiative, responding to families' needs and providing feedback and support to families to achieve their goals.
7. A proven ability to enhance and develop partnership working.
8. Work well as part of a team and overcome the issues of remote working in the community and working from home.
9. A full, current driving licence and access to a car due to the nature of the job and the rural area.
10. To undertake an Enhanced DBS which will be arranged by us.
We will offer you:
1. Working from home.
2. Access to a collaborative office space.
3. 7.2 weeks holiday per year.
4. 5% employer's pension when 3% employee contributions are made.
5. Support and training for the role including full induction.
6. Mileage paid at 45p per mile less commute.
Closing date: 11.59pm, 20 January 2025
If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this Group Support Coordinator role, even if you don’t meet all the requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.
Families Together Suffolk is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this post, for which Families Together will meet the cost.
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