Deputy Coordinator Review

As a deputy coordinator of a day centre for adults with disabilities, I am the assistant manager and help with the daily tasks of running the centre. This includes the management of the staff team, the activities throughout the day, managing money and completing admin tasks such as end of month amendments.

Yes, I have learnt a lot about social care legislation and all about the national policies and procedures. I have developed a stronger set of communication skills and also gained knowledge on leadership skills and partnership working. I have also gained knowledge surrounding care quality commission key lines of enquiry and person centred practice.

I am enjoying my program. I find the units interesting and the information relevant to my work. I enjoy the 1:1 aspect of the tutorials and the ease of using Bud to access my work, reviews and lessons. The only feedback I have is that I wish I could learn at my own pace as I feel I could accomplish more work in the time i’m given between lessons if I could work at my own pace.

My programme is structured well. You are given units once a month and assignments related to each unit. My tutor works around my schedule and offers me a variety or time slots for my lessons. He has cancelled or had to postpone a lesson before, but other then that it has been organised.

My employer has supported me thoroughly throughout my program. They are responding to my reviews and checking in with me regularly about how I am doing. They allow me the time to work on my units throughout my work day by letting me have my meetings with my tutor via Teams.

I receive a lot of support from my trainee. He has accommodated for me when due to personal circumstances I was not able to study for a small period of time. He makes sure I understand the content and provides me with regular feeeback following the submission of my assignments.

I feel that my qualification has already provided me with a wealth of knowledge that has improved my performance in my role. It has provided me with strategies and tools that I can implement on a daily basis not only for the people I support but also with my staff team.

Yes, my work tries to plan regular social evenings for the larger team and the management team throughout the year. We also access network events to gain new referrals for our day centre so that we can liase with other provisions. We also meet up monthly as a management team via Zoom.

Yes

The qualification and facilitation of the work has been done well. The tutorials are easy to follow and the information is shared both with spoken word wns visual aids ( powerpoint) My trainer has been supportive and provides me with regular feedback which helps me improve with each unit. I would recommend them.

I would tell them to go for it. We can always learn more even if you’ve worked in your field for a long time. Legislation and the care sector are constantly changing and the standards for provisions will only get better over time. It is always best to learn when you can.