RESPITE SERVICES COORDINATOR

Date: 29 May 2025
Job Location:Gloucester

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Respite Services Coordinator
• Job Location: Cathedral View
• Salary: £29,093 - £31,586
• Hours per Week: 30.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 09/06/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 11054
• This post is not open to job share

Watching someone achieve the remarkable. Giving someone quality time and support.

ABOUT US

Join us, and you’ll have a great opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives. Meanwhile, we’ll thank you with a range of excellent benefits and give you the training and support to develop your career. We genuinely care about our colleagues and support their wellbeing.

You’ll be entitled to our full benefits package, including:

• 25.5 days annual leave (rising to 30.5 after 5 years), plus bank holidays.
• Enhanced payment for working weekends, evenings and bank holidays.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Access to training and workshops so you can develop your skills.
• Continuous professional development and clear career progression.
• Staff discounts at major high street retailers and supermarkets.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for confidential support.
• Access to employee networks like Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network.
• Cycle-to-Work and Green Car schemes available.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you a Senior Support Worker, Senior HCA or Senior Carer looking for your next move?
We have one Respite Services Coordinator vacancy, 30 hours a week, at our respite centre in Gloucester.
As a Respite Services Coordinator, you’ll be part of a dedicated team at one of our short break units. The service is designed for adults with learning disabilities and other complex needs, who may display behaviours that challenge. Each unit provides 24-hour care for planned, unplanned and emergency stays. In this highly rewarding role, you’ll create a positive, caring and stimulating environment that meets every guest’s needs.
The goal is to make sure guests enjoy fulfilling and dignified lives – and you’ll play a big part in that. Guided by care plans and risk assessments, you’ll help them with personal care and medication, leading shifts as the Shift Lead if required. Our guests will be relying on you to give your best, so we’ll make sure you get expert support and training.
We value the contributions of our staff and recognise this in offering competitive pay rates plus enhanced pay for working weekends, evenings and bank holidays and a sleep-in allowance:

YOU’LL JOIN US ON A SHIFT BASIS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE EVERY OTHER WEEKEND AND SLEEP IN DUTIES AS REQUIRED. PLEASE NOTE, THAT YOU WILL BE BASED AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS BUT YOU MUST BE FLEXIBLE TO HELP OUT AT OTHER LOCATIONS WHEN REQUIRED.

• Gloucester: Cathedral View, Archdeacon Street, Gloucester, GL1 2QX
• Cheltenham: The Vicarage, 59 Andover Road, Tivoli, Cheltenham, GL50 2TS
• Stroud: Longhouse, 6 Whitehouse Park, Stroud, GL5 4LD
  Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. Read more about our values on our website.
  If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.