Ref:
S11318
Region:
South West
Salary:
£27,400
Closing date:
Sunday 28 September 2025
Interview date:
Thursday 2 October 2025
Job type:
Full time

REF:S11318 | STROKE ASSOCIATION SUPPORT COORDINATOR | HOME-BASED, NORTH SOMERSET.

However, frequent travel will be required as part of this role (to include team meetings or other work-related meetings)
Salary circa £27,400 per annum | 35 hours per week This is a fixed-term contract until October 2026
We’re looking for an innovative, passionate and professional individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our Stroke Recovery Service based in North Somerset This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following a stroke.

The Stroke Association Support Coordinator will:

• Support new stroke survivors and their carers from hospital discharge into the community.
• Provide personalised information, advice and support.
• Support stroke survivors to make informed lifestyle changes which will help them to prevent further strokes.
• Work collaboratively with NHS colleagues and other areas of the community to make a difference in the lives of people affected by stroke.

You will have experience in:

• Experience of providing person centred support to empower vulnerable people or people with a disability or long-term health condition and their carers
• Ability to nurture emotional resilience needed to handle a variety of calls, potentially dealing with complex and challenging situations whilst working in your own home
• Experience in facilitating face to face group work with vulnerable people or people with a disability or long-term health condition.
• Effective listening skills with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a diverse audience including anyone experiencing communication difficulties via a combination of face-to-face visits or meetings, telephone calls, emails or letters, and digital methods (such as video calls)

This role requires extensive travel across the geographical locality to visit people at home and in community settings. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role.
To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Please click here to view the role profile.
To apply email: businesssupport.recruitment@stroke.org.uk
Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement, and in the main body of your email when applying for the role.

Please refer the Job description for details