What is the job role?
In Coventry, we are passionate about providing inclusive services that enable children and young people to reach their full potentials. This is a fantastic opportunity to join us, to provide and develop short breaks activities for children who have disabilities.
This is an exciting opportunity to support children and young people with disabilities to have fun, play, and experience enjoyable activities, achieving positive outcomes as well as giving parents/carers the opportunity to have a short break.
The role involves being responsible for managing some of the Short Break support workers as well as leading and, arranging activities for children and young people with disabilities aged 5 - 18 years within Coventry in a group setting and on a one-to-one bas.
This is a city-wide service via both building-based and outdoor-based activities from venues such as Broad Park House, Family Hubs, and assorted sports centres.
Working hours are 18.5 hours per week in line with service needs, which will cover evenings, weekends and school holidays. The rota will be provided on a termly basis.
If you share our values and vision and have a recognised childcare qualification along with significant experience of working with children and families then we would encourage you to apply
All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Who are we looking for?
In order to shape and deliver our services in an effective way, we want to ensure that we have employees from a range of different backgrounds, identities and different lived experiences so that we are able to meet the needs of all the communities that we serve.
We are looking for an inclusive leader who values diversity and promotes a culture of respect, collaboration and continuous improvement.
You will have knowledge and experience of children with disabilities and have good leadership skills.
If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our to see how we can assist you.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
1. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
2. Are currently in care or have previously been in care
3. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date: Friday 21st November
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.