Family Engagement Coordinator

Within the role of family engagement coordinator, you will be expected to coordinate and deliver stimulating and engaging short breaks services for children and young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and complex needs and their families through events, outings and activities. · As a coordinator, the day-to-day tasks that you will be required to complete can include: · Co-ordinate and support the development and delivery of family activities and events · Create and plan empowering and engaging sessions · Implement alternative communication tools within sessions · Manage the promotion, communications and branding of the events · Ensure processes are in place to collate stakeholder feedback · Evaluate the effectiveness of the services through observations and implement any changes as necessary · Encourage communication between staff team, families and young people to identify areas of development · Support to allocate staff to schemes in reflection of their skills and needs of the young people · Keep clear, accurate and up to date records · Ensure detailed risk assessments are completed · Implement budgets, invoicing and logistics · Attending community events to network and identify potential opportunities and providers., Any offer would be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks, which we will complete on your behalf if you don't already have one, and satisfactory employment references. We will consider job share and part time arrangements for all posts in line with the needs of the charity.

We are looking for friendly, hard-working people with a fun spirit and a good sense of humour to join our team of support staff. Whether you have years of care experience or no experience at all, if you are a caring person, passionate about empowering others and ready to learn new skills we think you could be a great fit at Aspens!, Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

At Aspens, we have over 100 years of experience in supporting people with learning disabilities and on the autism spectrum as well as children, young people and adults with a range of disabilities or complex needs. We are here to provide practical and emotional support at all levels of independence, in everyday environments and in the community so that each member of our extended family is empowered to live the way they choose. In fact, our most powerful advances come from the people we support, because they tell us how it should be.

• Fantastic paid training and career progression opportunities (including recognised qualifications in health and social care)
• Paid DBS (we will recover the cost should your employment terminate for any reason, other than redundancy, before passing your probation)
• Flexible work arrangements with opportunities to take on additional bank shifts too
• 30 Days Annual Leave (including Bank Holidays) / Pro rata dependent on hours.
• Annual leave entitlement increases with length of service
• Nest Pension and Death in Service Benefit
• Dedicated Employee Assistance Programme and Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Hardship loans and advance (subject to conditions)
• Enhanced family leave pay
• Travel season tickets (interest free loans for those wishing to purchase a travel season ticket)
• Aspens High Street Stores - 20% discount on all items for Aspens' staff
• Blue Light Card and access to high-street discounts