Senior Coordinator - Morecambe, United Kingdom - HOME-START MORECAMBE AND LANCASTER

Description

• To hold responsibility for maintaining an overview of the charity
• To ensure the effective day to day management of the in accordance with the Home-Start Memorandum & Articles of Association, the Home-Start Standards & Methods of Practice, the Home-Start Handbook & Agreement and Quality Assurance Standards.
• To maintain high standards of practice in supporting families within the Home-Start model
• Provide leadership and management to the staff team
• To ensure equality of opportunity, fairness and diversity in all aspects of the organisation's work
• To ensure excellent safeguarding practice in all aspects of the work

• Taking responsibility for the day to day management of the organisation
• Leading the staff team and ensuring that all employees receive effective supervision, direction and opportunities for development
• Supporting the Board of Trustees in the recruitment, selection, induction, management and deployment of coordinators and other paid employees
• Reporting to and supporting the Board of Trustees to ensure the strategic management, development and future funding of the organisation
• Ensuring all Home-Start policies and procedures are implemented and reviewed
• Supporting the trustees with bids or tenders, ensuring they are submitted and adequately costed and risk assessed
• Ensuring effective administration, monitoring and financial systems are in place
• Ensuring that contracts or SLAs are delivered and targets are met
• Managing the operational work and deploying the organisations financial and staffing resources in the most effective way
• Promoting the work of the organisation externally
• Contributing to and supporting the development of the Home-Start network locally, regionally and nationally

• Deliver the volunteer management process
• Ensure the charity recruits and maintains an effective and well supported team of volunteers
• Ensure the charity's policies and procedures are fully implemented in all aspects of work with volunteers, including their recruitment, selection, onboarding, preparation, support and supervision
• Ensure that the Home-Start preparation course is delivered in full and to a high standard to all prospective volunteers

• Maintain an overview of all work with families
• Manage own case load of supported families and volunteers, and model good practice in family support
• Receive referrals and assess whether they meet the referral criteria
• Ensure support to families is of a high standard in accordance with Home-Start's model, policies and procedures
• Undertake Strategic Lead role and designated responsibilities to safeguard and promote children's and vulnerable adult's welfare

• Ensuring appropriate liaison and communication with referrers and other professionals
• Networking appropriately within the community
• Contributing to local policy and community development as appropriate

• Company pension
• Flexitime
• Free parking

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday