Care Co Ordinator
Care Co Ordinator
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Care Coordinator
South Yorkshire
Target Housing is a charity dedicated to making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society. Over the past 30 years we have shown that stable accommodation and support can help transform lives and empower people to achieve independence.
If youd like a real sense of job satisfaction great career prospects and a competitive benefits package you could be who were looking for!
The Role
The Care Coordinator will work within our domiciliary care environment. They will coordinate the delivery of a safe and wellplanned domiciliary care service that is service user focused and personcentered way.
Hours: Monday Friday plus weekend on call as part of a rota.
The successful person will produce staff rotas and be capable of dealing with rota issues to ensure all support is delivered in all instances as well as providing Support Workers with the necessary information relating to the people using the service to enable them to deliver the best service.
You will call each person once every month to discuss their support. Care being delivered must be checked on an ongoing basis throughout every day to make sure any gaps are covered and the Support Workers have attended their allocated sessions. Knowledge of the local area isessentialas the Care Coordinator will be responsible for creating runs that minimise travel and maximise staff time.
You will proactively liaise with external agencies such as Hospitals GPs and Social Services CMHTs as well as family members and advocates in order to assess people for the service and review existing users.
A full drivers licence and access to a vehicle is essential for this role along with good IT skills excellent communication skills and the ability to work within a fast paced and ever changing environment.
This role is ideal for you if you have the ability to work on your own initiative and prioritise your workloadgood listening and communication skills display the ability to understand and follow policies and procedures as well asgood writing skills to complete assessments risk assessments care plans and onward referrals as necessary.
Responsibilities
- Ensuring that people are supported with social and physical activities as well as basics such as meal preparation and prompting to maintain selfesteem and dignity
Ensuring people are assisted to get ready on a morning go to work or University do household tasks such as cleaning and cooking budgeting do social activities and attend appointments
- Monitoring individuals support to manage their health conditions compliance with medications
- Supporting the weekend on call rota to ensure the continuation of care and support on weekends
- Investigating and responding to complaints accidents incidents and safeguarding concerns.
- Completing quality checks to ensure the service is delivered in keeping with the key lines of Enquiry.
- Ensuring staff supervision training and development.
Skills and experience
Your induction will include necessarytrainingsuch as health and safety first aid medications and moving and handling. We also offer additional specific training around autism awareness mental health conditions communication skills and working with people who have experienced trauma.
Good English and number skills such as GCSE in English and maths along with a social care qualification are beneficial but are not a barrier and we can support you to achieve these during your employment.
At least 2 years experience of managing staff and working with vulnerable adults.
Opportunities
When in your role you could do avocational qualificationor acontinuing professional developmentqualification. As a rapidly growing charity the opportunity to grow with us and begin a worthwhile and fulfilling career is here with #teamtarget
Qualifications / Requirements:
- A valid UK driving license and access to own vehicle. Business insurance will be required.
- Enhanced DBS Check.
There are many great reasons to join our team!
- Great opportunities for career development
- Mileage Compensation
- Free Parking
- Paid for Enhanced DBS check
- Paid induction and training
- A supportive culture where staff feedback is highly valued and regular supervisions with line managers are conducted
Our Ethos
As an Equal Opportunities employer we have an Equality and Diversity Action plan in place showing our commitment in ensuring continuous improvement in creating an inclusive culture. We also have a committed group of Inclusion & Diversity champions who meet monthly to ensure progress is being made. We invite applications from people from all backgrounds and cultures especially minority groups that are underrepresented in the workplace. We also welcome applications from those with lived experience. We embrace flexibility and are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
If you have any special access requirements or other support needs throughout the application process (including interview) please contact us so that we can let you know how we can support you.
Please note: We reserve the right to close our vacancies early if sufficient applications are received. We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible!
Get in touch
If you have any questions about the role please get in touch with
Amanda Fields
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
