Young Adult Carers Support Officer
- Employer
- Coventry City Council
- Location
- Coventry
- Salary
- £21000 - £23500
- Closing date
- 2 Mar 2021
- Reference
- coventrycc/TP/186/1429
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- Sector
- Health & Social Care / Work
- Job Type
- Youth work
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term Contract
- Working Pattern
- Standard
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
We are currently working with our partner organisation Carers Trust, Heart Of England to recruit a Young Adult Carers Support Officer to join their Coventry team, on an initial 18 month fixed term contract basis.
Carers Trust Heart of England’s aim is to support carers and their families by providing the highest possible quality services, including, information, advice & support and enabling carers to have a life alongside their caring role.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic and busy team supporting young adult carers across Coventry.
The role
Carers Trust Heart of England aims to improve the identification and support of carers in the community across Coventry. Statutory agencies in Health and Social Care, Education and Employment Services are ideally positioned to play a collaborative role in identifying and initiating support for carers and their families.
We are looking for a Young Adult Carer Support Officer to develop and deliver this work in partnership with our Young Carers Service based within our Wellbeing Services. The Young Carers Service is an exciting, Coventry wide programme, led by Carers Trust Heart of England, making it as easy as possible for young adult carers to access the support they need.
You will have a working knowledge of the Health and Social Care, employment and benefits systems, and the challenges faced by young adult carers. You will be key in supporting young adult carers who need support to access employment, education and training on top of managing their caring role. Young adult carers often experience a completely unique set of challenges and have often fallen out of the education/employment system due to the strains of their caring role.
You will have experience and knowledge of supporting young people between the ages of 16- and 25-years old who are not in education, employment or training (NEETS), skills development and developing networks of peer support.
Company
About Coventry City Council
At Coventry City Council we never want to hear the words – ‘but that’s the way we’ve always done it!” We are a Council that’s looking for new ways of working to tackle new – and old – challenges. We have had great success already and made great strides in changing the way we deliver services and in the way we work with colleagues. We have brought in a new flexible approach to working – giving staff the power, skills and tools to work from the best place at the best time to get the job done. We have a new Customer Service Centre, more online services for residents, a new Council office building, and a city that is changing to meet a new age of driverless cars and superfast broadband. There’s never been a more exciting time to be a part of Coventry.
The City
Coventry is a city that is changing fast – and we are looking for candidates with the right skills and personality to join our team and help take us into a bright new future. We are a city that is going places - with an inspiring, world-famous history and exciting times ahead. We are UK City of Culture 2021; home to award-winning universities, top level sport and concerts and famous brands such as Jaguar Land Rover and Severn Trent. We are a part of the ‘Midlands-Engine’, the home of the UK motor industry and a proud multicultural city. Major developments are taking shape around the city, including a new-look shopping centre, a water park, new business quarter, restaurants and a modernised rail station. More and more firms and families are relocating to our city as they see what we have to offer. Coventry is a great place to live and work, and it’s getting even better!
The Council
Our city is changing – and the Council is changing too. Headed by Chief Executive, Martin Reeves – who has assisted in bringing in the new WMCA - the Council is committed to improving the quality of life for residents – and its workforce. The Council is bringing in new, streamlined ways of working and making more use of technology to deliver services in new ways – helping residents to do more for themselves online and to do business with us when and how they want.
Coventry City Council is a modern council for a new age, embracing technology and flexible working to continue to rise to new challenges. It’s a council that’s not afraid to try something new!
- Website
- http://www.coventry.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 02476 97 5500
- Location
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One Friargate, Coventry
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 2GN
United Kingdom
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