Family Carers Coordinator
Home/hybrid Working | Make a Real Impact
Hours: 37.5 including occasional evening and weekend work
Salary: £29,152.50
Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP)
Advert closing date: 29th June 2026
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
There are two distinct parts to this role.
Enable family carers to have their voices heard, valued, and used to improve council services across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. You’ll work closely with the BCP Learning Disability Partnership Board, supporting carers to attend and input their own views at BCP Strategic and Action groups.
You will also coordinate the family carer work that Minstead Trust offers to families of the people we support across the Trust in Portsmouth, New Forest and BCP.
What You’ll Do
- Build collaborative relations with family carers to fully understand their priorities and experiences.
- Organise a range of opportunities (online and in person) for families to actively participate in co-production, consultation and feedback, including the monthly online BCP Carers Forum and support the Minstead Trust Online Carers Communities.
- Support carers to participate in BCP strategic groups like the BCP Learning Disability Partnership Board, Big Plan implementation, and Day Opportunity working groups.
- Co-ordinate communications with Minstead Trust families and support Minstead Trust services in how they work with families
- Represent carers in wider strategic discussions in BCP and Minstead Trust and ensure their voices shape local services
- Chair meetings, provide reports and meeting minutes.
Who We’re Looking For
- A confident communicator who can listen and support people to speak up for themselves and build strong relationships.
- A self-starter who’s passionate about inclusion, co-production and community impact
- Someone who can pull together information and activity from different places, make connections and keep on top of developments.
- Experience with adult social care and health structures and with carers is desirable—but drive, and empathy are essential
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a meaningful mission to improve lives
- Work with a supportive network of professionals and community groups
- Help families shape services for adults with learning disabilities, and the families that support them in BCP
- Drive change in how Minstead Trust works with the families of the people we support
What Benefits can we offer you?
- 33 Days’ Holiday (Pro Rata)
- £250 welcome bonus for those with an adult social care DBS on the update service (paid after successful probation completion)
- Refer-a-Friend scheme worth £750!
- A Celebration Day’s Leave for Your Birthday
- Death in Service Insurance
- Company Pension
- An easy access health and wellbeing Scheme
- Cycle to Work
- Blue Light Card Eligibility
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
- Company Sick Pay
Our Vision:
Every neuro-disabled person can get support that enables them to live life their way.
We are not licenced 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.
Pay: £29,152.50 per year
Work Location: In person
