Care Co-ordinator

Care CoOrdinator

Covering Edinburgh & West Lothian Services

Offering a salary of 29039.40 per annum

Driving is essential for this role!

This is not your typical Monday to Friday 95 role! The successful Care CoOrdinator will be working 5 days over 7 with variable shift pattern (to be confirmed amongst the team).

Are you a Care CoOrdinator who is open to new opportunities ambitious can solve problems and happy to help others Mears Care are searching for a Care CoOrdinator to join their dedicated team.

We aim to work in partnership with commissioners and others to develop and deliver highquality care in the community to vulnerable people. Our goal is to provide housing with care based on an enabling approach with an outcome focused support planning process.

As a large provider of social care services Mears works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to address challenges in the social care marketplace.

About the Role:

As a Care Coordinator you will be an exceptional leader the mark of your success is to make a positive difference to peoples lives. You will spend each day assisting in the daytoday operation of the Support Services business and participate as required in multidisciplinary assessment of service user needs.

The successful Care CoOrdinator will be responsible for ensuring all care plans are reviewed on a 6 monthly basis spot checks are completed on a 3 monthly basis staff are reviewed quarterly and staff annual appraisals are completed.

This is an officebased role in Alva and you will be required to commute to services in and around Edinburgh and West Lothian. You will be able to claim millage when out completing any reviews at 25p per mile from office to service user and back to the office.

We are Mears Supported Living Ltd providing a range of care and support services to people out in the community and in their own homes.

Role Criteria:

• Direct line management for a team of Support Workers including the management of their weekly workload

• Defining special care needs based upon identification of specific clinical problems and to monitor and review as appropriate

• Liaising with external organisations in respect of developing a total package of care for a service users

• Reporting to a Branch Manager on a weekly basis on activity levels and outcomes for service users

• Providing written reports of all complaints accidents incidents and untoward events in accordance with written policies

• Undertaking on call duties as required by the branch to ensure a 24/7 service is provided. This will be on a rota basis 1 week at a time 1 out of every 3 weeks.

Experience working within the care sector and holding a completed SVQ 3 is essential for this role. Experience as a Care CoOrdinator would be preferred it would also be strongly desired to have excellent IT skills and competency in Microsoft Office.

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Benefits:

• Cost of PVG covered

• Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.

• Care Worker of the Month financial award

• Refer a friend scheme (total award up to 1000

• Excellent training

• Pension scheme

• Cycle to work scheme

• Eye test vouchers

• Mears Fun Day Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work! Previous years include Alton Towers Drayton Manor etc.

• Staff perks with Mears Rewards discounts of up to 10 on coffee weekly groceries holidays the list is endless.

• Volunteering Leave Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community in support of our social value commitment.

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At Mears Group we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive we are a Disability Confident employer valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all. We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers. In our continued effort to promote social mobility we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.