Children & Young People Coordinator- Young Carers

Introduction

Young people have many challenges in life, adding a visual impairment can often stop them living to their full potential. Our aim is to support children and Young People to grow up and live independently. Your role will be to help us achieve this and work with Young People and their families to provide support and services that reach these goals. The work will be challenging, but equally rewarding.

Job Specifications

Job Title: Children and Young People’s (CYP) Coordinator

Hours: 14 hours per week (Can be worked flexibly over the week or two full days)

Salary: £10,000-£11,200 (£25,000 – £28,000 FTE) per year dependent on experience

Annual Leave: 10 days (25 days FTE) a year, plus bank holidays

Contract Type: Permanent (6-month probationary period)

Reporting to: Service Delivery Manager

Start date: March/April 2024

Base: Office/home-based with frequent travel across Oxfordshire.

Closing Date:  12noon Wednesday 7th February 2024

Interview Date:  21st February (in person at Bradbury Lodge, Oxford)

Job Purpose:

To support visually impaired children and Young People to live to their full potential, providing activities, sports sessions, confidence building and much more. You’ll be building relationships with children, Young People, and their families to support them through their sight loss journey.

Duties: 

• Regular contact with children, Young People and their families to support their needs
• Organise and run regular activities and events across Oxfordshire aimed at children and Young People with a visual impairment
• Work with partner organisations to support children and Young People to reach their full potential
• Support patients at the John Radcliffe Hospital during their visit to the paediatric low vision clinics
• Provide regular e-news updates aimed at children, Young People and their families
• Develop the service based on feedback from children, Young People, families and partner organisations

Other duties:

• Keep accurate records and provide reports when needed
• Attend and contribute to team meetings
• Attend relevant training and networking events
• Be an ambassador for MyVision and help us to reach out, grow and continue to support visually impaired people across Oxfordshire
• Other reasonable duties set out by your line manager and Chief Executive
• There may, on occasion, be a need to work outside normal hours e.g., weekends and evenings

Person Specification

NOTE: We expect candidates to evidence how they meet the criteria in their covering letter. This can be through work, volunteering, and your personal life.

Essential skills, experience, and knowledge:

1. Experience of working with children and/or Young People
2. Experience of organising events and activities
3. Knowledge of good safeguarding practice
4. Strong administration and organisational skills

Desirable:

1. Lived or learned experience of visual impairment or other disabilities
2. Experience of working with disabled children

Personal Qualities

1. The ability to work under own initiative
2. Good communicator
3. Creative thinker and problem solving
4. A supportive team player

This role may suit someone who has worked or volunteered in an education or youth work setting. It may suit a parent/guardian or carer of a child o young person who has a visual impairment, or a person who has lived experience of sight loss. We also recognise that many skills are transferrable, we’d be open to applications from people from many different backgrounds.