Caring Forever is expanding it's Lowestoft team of Community Coordinators.
Our teams have been supporting individuals in their own home for more than 10 years. Their experience and skillset ensures Caring Forever provides personalised and adaptable care, enabling individuals to remain home comfortably, safely, and longer.
As a Community Coordinator, your duties will include:
* Working alongside the Care Manager to support them in the creation and ongoing management of care plans
* Providing care in the community (direct care)
* Conducting assessments and reviews in peoples homes
* Maintaining and improving well being
* Managing and updating assigned care plans
* Organising appointments, medication collections and general supporting tasks
* Liaising with local authorities and multi-disciplinary teams (MDT)
* Completing advanced training in specialised care areas
* Attending meetings with Care Manager and other Community Coordinator's
This role comprises of work in the community (direct care) in addition to office-based administrative duties. Community and administrative hours may be proportionate to the agreed contracted hours.
The Community Coordinator is a vital role that ensures key information, characteristics, needs, and overall support are clearly identified and maintained throughout the care & support plan of an individual. Being both a community and office-based role, the Community Coordinator is able to proactively adjust the care & support an individual receives through a combination of direct care, assessment, communicating with community teams and support networks.
The successful candidate will:
* Hold an NVQ level 2 or higher in health & social care
* Be experienced in care
* Be communicative
* Offer support, dignity and respect to others
* Be passionate at helping others and empathetic
* Have good computer skills and be proficient with Microsoft Windows & Microsoft 365 software
Candidates must have availability to work every other weekend (Saturday & Sunday). You must also have the right to work in the UK and hold a valid UK full driving license, with access to their own vehicle.
What Caring Forever can offer you:
* Guaranteed hours
* Tailored working availability
* Paid travel time
* Paid training & shadowing
* Employee referral scheme
* Health & Wellbeing Program*
* Enhanced rate for overtime
* Bank Holidays paid at 1.5x hourly rate
* Christmas Day and Boxing day 2x hourly rate
* Training opportunities, such as NVQ in Health & Social care
* Becoming a part of our team grants access to a health & wellbeing program. You'll receive a range of benefits like health tracking, recipes, and fitness resources. Additionally, you will have 24/7/365 access to UK based advisors offering face-to-face, telephone or online support in areas such as wellbeing, CBT, bereavement support, and legal information on events which may be causing stress in your life.
Community Coordinator Benefits:
* Company laptop
* Office-based administration time
* Ability to work from home/remotely, where practicable
This job description serves to illustrate the scope and responsibilities of the role and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. You will be expected to perform other job-related tasks requested by management and as necessitated by the development of this role and the development of the business.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £14.30 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 24 per week
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Health & wellbeing programme
* Referral programme
* Store discount
Application question(s):
* Do you have access to your own vehicle?
Experience:
* health & social care: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
* Full UK Driving Licence (required)
* NVQ in health & social care (required)
Work Location: On the road