However, this role will require extensive travel across the delivery area. Travel will also be required for team meetings and other work-related meetings
Salary circa £22,600 per annum (inner London weighting £3,160 per annum or outer London weighting £1,965.60 per annum may be applied in accordance with where you live) | 28 hours per week | This is a fixed-term contract until March 2027
Our services are contracted; we currently have funding for this contract until 31 March 2027
We’re looking for an innovative, compassionate and professional person with strong communication and organisational skills to join our Stroke Recovery Service in Croydon.
In this role, you’ll support stroke survivors and their families as they adjust to life after stroke. You’ll help identify their needs, provide personalised information, advice and support, and work with them to achieve the outcomes that matter most to them. This support may be delivered across a variety of settings including at home, in the community and hospital settings.
Reporting to the Stroke Association Service Delivery Coach, the Stroke Association Support Coordinator will:
- Organise and facilitate effective service communication for the benefit of stroke survivors and carers in understanding and achieving their goals.
- Ensure that timely, confidential and accurate records are kept on our CRM data base and all data is in line with our retention policy and GDPR compliant.
- Develop and manage service volunteers to support service delivery for stroke survivors and carers as required.
You will have:
- Experience of providing person centred support to empower vulnerable people or people with a disability or long-term health condition and their carers
- The 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
- 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 a large geographical locality to visit people at home and in community settings. Including a ward-based visit at least once a week at Croydon Hospital. 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 please click here. 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 when applying for the role.
Closing Date: Sunday 6 September 2026 | First Interview Date: Monday 14 September 2026
Please note all roles close at midnight
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
