Care Coordinator

Are you passionate about care? Do you want a role that is rewarding and makes a real difference to others daily lives? Working as a Care Coordinator may be the career for you! At Leaf Care Services we pride ourselves at delivering exceptional care to our service users. We are passionate about creating a safe and comfortable environment so our services users can remain independent at home for as long as possible.

Requirements:

• Have Level 3 Diploma in health and social care. Experience in care work minimum of 2 years.
• Fully flexible working patterns must be driver with own car, work both Am and PM which includes weekends, short notice periods to cover for emergencies when required.
• In return we offer set working pattern full support and training given.

Duties include:

• To be responsible to the Registered Manager for the day-to-day provisions. To keep area Manager up to date with information of any outcomes or issues that have been identified
• be aware of CQC standards and support Leaf to keep up to standards, health and safety will be included.
• Meeting Deadlines and completing tasks in line with the requirements asked of you.
• Carrying out supervisions of your staff
• Ensuring your team is completing their training and updating files accordingly
• Carrying out personal development plans with staff.
• Senior level training including risk assessments, medication, end of life, dementia, Train the trainer in moving and handling.

Reporting and dealing with:

• Social Services
• Occupational Therapists
• District Nurses
• Pharmacies
• GPs
• Sometimes maybe required to attend welfare meetings such as care plan reviews.
• Hospital discharges to ensure service users come home safely and care plans/risk assessments are up to date.

Rapid response duties:

• To cover for staff sickness across the board.
• Every other weekend rapid response if not on round if required.
• complete overdue and due tasks be out in the community supporting staff,
• care plan reviews – ensuring these match with care tasks and service user outcomes.
• Management of events to be dealt with and organisation of your work load to complete deadlines within your rapid duties.
• Spot checks completed with feedback any changes are correctly updated inline with service users’ requirements and health and safety.
• Ensuring tasks match the tasks carers are completing and ensuring the tasks meet the service users needs.