Enablement Coordinator

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Enablement Coordinator
• Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 2nd Floor
• Salary: £31,015 - £33,673 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Fixed Term
• Duration: One Year
• Closing Date: 22/09/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 14782
• This post is not open to job share

Are you passionate about supporting people with mental health needs to build confidence, maintain their accommodation, and live as independently as possible? Then we would love to hear from you!

About the role:

We have two full-time Enablement Coordinator positions available within our Supported Accommodation Service in the Mental Health Social Work Service. These posts are fixed term for 12 months.

The Supported Accommodation Service works with adults with mental health needs who require support to live safely and as independently as possible in their accommodation. The service focuses on building daily living skills, promoting choice and control, supporting tenancy sustainment, and helping people to connect with their community and wider support networks, within a supported living environment. The overall goal of the service is to support people to move into independent housing.

As an Enablement Coordinator, you will provide practical, person-centred support to individuals living in supported accommodation. You will work alongside people to identify their strengths, goals and support needs, helping them to develop the skills and confidence needed to manage day-to-day living, maintain their accommodation, and increase their independence. You will gather and record information clearly and accurately, contribute to support planning, and work collaboratively with colleagues, housing providers, health professionals and community partners to ensure people receive coordinated and effective support.

About you:

In the Supported Accommodation Service, we understand the importance of relationship-based support and the difference this can make to people’s independence, wellbeing and recovery. To join us, you must have:

• a NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care, Community Work, or equivalent qualification, or equivalent Health and Social Care experience
• training related to Health and Social Care

• experience of working with individuals, ideally in a mental health setting, who need support to achieve outcomes, particularly around independent living, wellbeing, housing or tenancy sustainment
• evidence of good interpersonal skills, including the ability to build positive working relationships with people using the service, colleagues and partner agencies

• good IT skills, specifically Microsoft Office and an ability to use and learn in-house systems.

• awareness of the UK benefits system would be desirable.
  
  

Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. Read more about our values on our website.

If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.

About us:

Enchanting Cotswold villages, picturesque countryside backdrops, and a never-ending selection of exciting days out, attractions and events; Gloucestershire really does have something for everyone. Gloucestershire is the perfect place to live and work with a great mix of rural and city locations. Find out more about living and working in Gloucestershire.

Gloucestershire County Council Adult Social Care works with Three Conversation approach, a model that re-emphasises focus on people, their strengths and the networks and community around them. This is known here in Gloucestershire as Make The difference.

Gloucestershire County Council provides the following rewards package in return for your hard work:

• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to training and workshops so you can develop your skills
• Clear career progression pathways, to support you in progressing professionally and personally
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• GCC’s Cycle to Work Salary
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.

• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)

We’re closer than you think:

We are an easy commute from many locations, view our commuting times map to see what we mean.

Applying:

Please write your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Description. This should include examples of why you should be considered and the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.

For an informal discussion, please, contact ASCRecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk

To start your journey with us, click ‘Apply now’ today!

Additional Information:

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:

Enablement Coordinator Job Profile

These positions are subject to an Enhanced Adults DBS with Barred List Check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship for this role. Candidates will need to have the right to work in the UK that enables them to commit to at least six months’ employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.

Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement under the Immigration Act 2016 that anyone appointed to a customer-facing role must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them while balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of remote and office working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

If you are an internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as defined by the Equality Act 2010, please declare this in an email to recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk, as this is not currently covered in the application due to a technical error. By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.

*A disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.