MEAM Co-ordinator
Gloucester
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: MEAM Co-ordinator
- Job Location: Shire Hall, Gloucester
- Salary: £40,476 - £45,718 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Fixed Term
- Duration: Two years
- Closing Date: 28/05/2025
- Job Requisition Number: 11240
Join Our Team as a Making Every Adult Matter Coordinator!
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of people experiencing multiple disadvantage? Gloucestershire has recently been accepted onto the Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) Network for 2024-2026, and we're looking for a dedicated MEAM Coordinator to lead this transformative initiative.
This is a 2-year fixed term contract role based in the Safeguarding Adults Team in Shire Hall, Gloucester. We offer flexible working arrangements, and a lot of your time will be spent working with frontline teams away from the office.
About the role:
As the MEAM Coordinator, you will play a pivotal role in designing and delivering better-coordinated services for individuals facing challenges such as homelessness, substance misuse, and interactions with the criminal justice system. You will model and share best practice, working closely with local agencies to bring about system change across Gloucestershire. Co-producing an innovative approach with people with lived experience is the top priority for this exciting role, which has the potential to transform lives.
The main responsibilities include:
- Work with partners to establish Gloucestershire’s MEAM pilot programme and the first MEAM cohort
- Support the implementation of an effective and robust structure of governance and director-level input across services
- Influence at a strategic level to effect system change
- Test new ways of working and deliver creative options and better outcomes for people
- Support frontline practitioners in implementing the MEAM approach and facilitate training to help system partners embed learning
- Collect, analyse and manage data that contributes to system change and commissioning
- Capture learning from the lived experience of people facing multiple disadvantage through co-production
About us:
The Safeguarding Adults Team is based at Shire Hall in Gloucester where we offer agile working and free off-site car parking.
You will become part of a supportive, dynamic and passionate team, who are forward thinking in their approach to future developments and change.
To find out more about our Safeguarding Team, please watch the video Adult Social Care Safeguarding Team and visit our webpage Meet the Teams
About you:
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience of working with people facing multiple disadvantage and knowledge of their support needs, including homelessness and substance abuse
- Good knowledge and understanding of trauma-informed practice
- Experience of, and commitment to, co-production with people with lived experience and frontline professionals
- Project management experience with an ability to successfully lead and coordinate process and system change
- Experience of using data and IT systems to effect change, monitor outcomes and inform service delivery
- Experience of partnership and collaborative working with an ability to build strong relationships with partners and people with lived experience
- Ability to work in a political context, advising senior officers and partners where required
- Excellent written and verbal skills, including report writing and delivering presentations to a range of audience levels
You must hold a clear and valid driving licence (exceptions under the Equality Act may apply) or have the ability to travel around the county.
What’s in it for you?
You’ll be entitled to our full benefits package, including:
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
- Membership of a Local Government Pension Scheme
- Free offsite car parking
- Safe, supportive and positive working environment
- Regular formal and informal support
- Training and development opportunities
- 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
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
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 Profile (see link below).
Your application should include examples of why you should be considered and cover the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post. Please also include details of your English and Maths GCSE qualifications (or equivalent) in the application form.
To arrange an informal discussion with the Team Manager, please email ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Or apply now!
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:
This Position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.