Practice Co-ordinator – Wellbeing In Schools Hubs (WiSH)

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is an exciting and fulfilling place to work. Our key focus in Children’s Services is to ensure we provide excellent services for all our children, young people, and their families.

We have launched pioneering wellbeing hubs in eight of our secondary schools and we are now opening a hub in a ninth school. Our hubs give children of all backgrounds access to vital support for their wellbeing by addressing the root causes of persistent absence and non-attendance in school, especially where there are unmet emotional needs, caring responsibilities, or emerging contextual safeguarding concerns. The hubs act as a bridge between school, home and wider partnership agencies/services, and work directly with the young person, as well as providing comprehensive and intensive support to their wider family to ensure positive change is sustained.

The Role

The role of Practice Coordinator is a varied one. You will provide comprehensive administrative support and general assistance across the staff team in our 9 hubs, enabling them to perform their duties effectively and efficiently.

This includes coordinating meetings and staff diaries for meetings and training sessions and minuting the Strategic Board meetings. You will also coordinate data collection and collation to support our report writing.

In addition, you will work alongside the Service and Practice Leaders to develop, maintain and regularly update internal systems, both manual and IT, that enable and enhance the delivery of the service.

Whilst this role does not involve any direct work with children and their families, the coordinator will be the first point of contact for professionals from partnership agencies and where appropriate, the parents/carers of children and young people.

You will have:

• Relevant qualifications or demonstrable experience in delivering high-quality administrative, office support and team coordination at both operational and strategic levels.
• High-level of computer literacy and knowledge of a variety of software packages, including Google & Microsoft Office, especially use of spreadsheets and databases.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability and confidence to influence and manage a range of relationships including the ability to deal with complex issues in a sensitive and appropriate manner.

Working for Royal Greenwich

Royal Greenwich is a great place to live and work. Benefiting from excellent transport links ranging from Crossrail to the Elizabeth line to the Uber boat, we’re one of the easiest boroughs to get to and navigate your way around.

You will find we pride ourselves on having an innovative learning culture dedicated to improving outcomes for children, young people, care leavers and their families.

With excellent training and great benefits, Royal Greenwich is the ideal place to progress your career. Our generous benefits package includes:

• Excellent pension scheme
• Innovative and supportive working culture with emphasis on professional development and staff wellbeing.
• Generous annual leave allowance starting at 29 days per year plus Bank Holidays
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements with good IT equipment.
• Ongoing professional development
• Vibrant staff networks and staff groups including Tackling Structural Racism, Future of Work or Equality Diversity and Inclusion
• Reduced rate gym membership
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• GreenwichCard entitling you to discounts at local businesses.

Make a difference to our children’s futures, your future and ours. Apply today.

Please read the attached documents - please detail how you meet the Person Specification requirements within the Supporting Statement section of your application form.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Claire Burns; claire.burns@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.