Support Coordinator

Support Coordinator We’re looking for an innovative, passionate and professional individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our Life After Stroke Service based across Cornwall. This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following a stroke. Position: S11376 Stroke Association Support Coordinator Location: Home-based, Mid Cornwall and West Cornwall. However, Frequent travel will be required as part of this role (to include team meetings or other work-related meetings) Hours: Part-time, 24 hours per week x 2 posts available (one is a maternity cover contract) Salary: Circa £19,400 per annum (FTE circa £28,300 per annum) Contract: This is a fixed-term contract until 31 March 2027. Our services are contracted; we currently have funding for these contracts until 31st March 2027 Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available. Closing Date: 14 June 2026 Interview Date: 17 June 2026. Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application. The Role The service aims to identify and provide key worker support to meet the needs of stroke survivors and carers across the stroke pathway. Providing a range of innovative support solutions, supporting them to meet their desired outcomes. 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. About You You will have experience in: Working with people within a caring profession or other caring capacity. Maintaining accurate records using IT skills and database systems. Effective caseload management and using a flexible working approach. Using excellent interpersonal skills to work with a diverse range of people. This role requires extensive travel across Cornwall 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. Applications 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. You will be able to view the role profile when you apply. Stroke Association Finding strength through support The Stroke Association is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. We provide tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke. We’re here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life. It’s only thanks to the generosity of our supporters and donors that we can provide vital support. Stroke Association is driven by our ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means we’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by Our approach to solving inequity in stroke, we are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across our charity. We are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Stroke Association and we are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how we work. We are a Disability Confident employer, and we are making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and a