Carers Representation Service Coordinator
Flexible hours | Home working | Make a real impact
20 Hours per week
Salary: £13,250 per annum
Are you passionate about amplifying the voices of family carers for people with learning disabilities? Do you believe lived experience should shape the future of local services? If you’re articulate, empathetic, and ready to champion change, this is the role for you.
About the Role:
Your mission? To ensure carers’ experiences are heard, valued, and used to improve services across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
This is a commissioned role with flexible hours, including some evenings and occasional weekends, and the opportunity to work from home.
You’ll work closely with the Learning Disability Partnership Board, supporting carers to attend and input their own views at Strategic and Action groups.
What you’ll do:
- Build collaborative relations with family carers to fully understand their priorities and experiences
- Organise a range of opportunities for families to actively participate in co-production, consultation and feedback, including the monthly online Carers Forum
- Support carers to participate in strategic groups like the Learning Disability Partnership Board, Carers Action Group, and Health Action Group
- Advocate for carers by sharing their lived experiences with BCP Council and NHS partners
- Represent carers in wider strategic discussions and ensure their voices shape local services
- Chair meetings, provide reports and meeting minutes
Who we’re looking for:
- A confident communicator who can speak up for others and build strong relationships
- Someone with flexibility to work across the week, including occasional evenings and weekends
- A self-starter who’s passionate about inclusion, advocacy, co-production and community impact
- Experience with carers or learning disabilities is desirable—but drive, and empathy are essential
Why join us?
- Be part of a meaningful mission to improve lives
- Enjoy flexible working arrangements that fit your lifestyle
- Work with a supportive network of professionals and community groups
- Help shape the future of services for carers and those they support
What Benefits can we offer you?
- 25 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays
- Refer-a-Friend scheme worth £750!
- A Celebration Day’s Leave for Your Birthday pro rata
- Death in Service Insurance
- Company Pension
- An easy to access Health Care Scheme
- Cycle to Work
- Free Parking on-site
- Blue Light Card Eligibility
- Furzey Gardens Membership
- Hanger Farm Membership
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
- Company Sick Pay
If you would like to apply for this role download the application form and return the completed form to careers@minsteadtrust.org.uk or fill out the Online Application Form
Our Vision at Minstead Trust is to live in a society where people with learning disabilities enjoy fulfilling lives of their own choosing.As a Trust, our mission is to support people with learning disabilities to fully develop their individual potential by providing opportunities, enhancing life skills, ensuring informed choice, and influencing society.
- We appreciate each person. Everyone is different – we respect and celebrate this
- We’re always learning. We all have something to offer and more to learn.
- We’re always improving. Striving to give our best and to have more impact.
- We push for change. We will challenge society to be fully inclusive.
- We find the joy in everyday life. We have the freedom to be ourselves and enjoy what we do.
To find out more about the Trust, please click here.
We are not licensed to sponsor employees for visas; therefore, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. You need to have, or be able to obtain, right to work in the UK in order to take up this position.
All staff working for, or on behalf of Minstead Trust, understand their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults at risk and know who to escalate concerns to within Minstead Trust.
Due to the nature of this employment sector your application is subject to a successful Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).
No terminology in the advert you have seen is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we will gladly accept applications from all sections of the community.