About the Role
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Support Coordinator to join our Learning Disability Supported Living service in Barrow-in-Furness on a Temporary-to-Permanent basis.
This role involves leading and coordinating high-quality support for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism, ensuring that each person is empowered to live a fulfilled, independent and meaningful life.
You will oversee day-to-day operations, guide staff practice, and work closely with families and professionals to ensure that support is person-centred, safe and responsive.
Key Responsibilities
Person-Centred Support
- Ensure personalised support that promotes choice, independence, confidence and wellbeing.
- Build and sustain warm, trusting relationships with service users.
- Support access to community activities, education, leisure, work and social opportunities.
- Coach staff on effective, positive approaches to behaviours that challenge.
- Ensure accurate, up-to-date communication passports, support plans and risk assessments.
- Coordinate safe administration of medication, health appointments and wellbeing checks.
Staff Leadership
- Lead, supervise and motivate staff to deliver high-quality, consistent support.
- Manage rotas, delegate tasks and ensure all planned activities and programmes take place.
- Provide supervision, performance management and identify training needs.
- Promote a positive, collaborative and values-driven team culture.
- Participate in recruitment, training and development of staff and students.
Service Quality & Operations
- Ensure compliance with CQC, local authority and organisational standards.
- Maintain strong working relationships with multi-disciplinary professionals and families.
- Support with budgeting, financial records, incident reporting and monitoring processes.
- Promote safeguarding, equality, health & safety and best practice at all times.
- Coordinate housing standards, repairs and tenancy-related responsibilities.
- Take part in the on-call rota.