Children In Care Co-Ordinator - Admin Support | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Band 3 Children in Care Co-ordinator to provide administrative support within a children's service. Candidates should exhibit strong communication, organizational, and IT skills, with a positive and compassionate approach to patient care. This role offers excellent career development opportunities for self-motivated individuals committed to service improvement. Closing date for applications is November 16, 2025.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Training and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee Assistance Programme discounts

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Good telephone manner and high level communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in a healthcare setting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient and comprehensive administration service.
• Support the clinicians within the teams.
• Maintain accurate record keeping in a busy environment.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Empathy

Education

GCSE level

Administration NVQ or QCF

Tools

Word processing

Excel data entry

Audio typing

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Band 3 Children in Care Co‑ordinator.

We are looking for dynamic individuals with excellent communication, organisational and secretarial skills to support the administration function within our children's service.

Working pattern: must be available full-time Monday, Tuesday and one more weekday 8:00 am – 16:30 pm.

The successful candidates will provide an efficient and comprehensive administration service to support the wide range of clinicians within the teams. We are looking for individuals with a positive and compassionate approach to support patient care.

They will work within a busy integrated and skill‑mixed Admin Team. They will need to be confident and empathetic in dealing with sensitive reports and patient information, with an excellent telephone manner. The ability to work well as part of a team is vital in this role as we rely on each other for support with workload and guidance with sensitive patient queries.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in‑house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

We are looking for individuals with a positive and compassionate approach to supporting patient care. You must be able to build effective working relationships, be approachable and accessible with a flexible approach to work. The essential requirements of this post are good telephone manner, high level communication skills, typing letters, digital dictation and attention to detail. You will have good organisational skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. We have a full electronic patient record system which is central to our work, so accurate record keeping is critical and you must be able to concentrate in a busy working environment.

The successful candidate will be educated to GCSE level with an administration NVQ or QCF or equivalent experience. Excellent IT skills are essential, with experience of Word processing, excel data entry, email and audio typing. Previous experience of working within a health care setting would be desirable.

We are looking for individuals with a positive approach to change who are supportive of regular service improvements. This is an excellent career development opportunity for a self‑motivated and enthusiastic individual who wishes to pursue an administrative career in the NHS.

This advert closes on Sunday 16 Nov 2025