Advanced Community Care Worker

Optimum Care; Ballymena; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A care service provider in Northern Ireland is seeking an Advanced Community Care Worker to facilitate care for clients discharged from hospital. Candidates should have at least 1 year of care experience and a full driving license. The position offers a part-time role with a £150 joining bonus after 3 months and includes a company-branded vehicle for service delivery.

Benefits

£150 joining bonus

Company car

Qualifications

• 1 year of paid care experience working in a care setting.
• Full driving license and access to a car & car insurance in connection with business.
• NISCC registered.

Responsibilities

• Adapt practice to changing needs of clients.
• Ensure issues with care plans are reported to management.
• Adhere to company confidentiality policy.

Skills

Care experience

Full driving license

Access to mobile phone

Job description

We are seeking to recruit an Advanced Community Care Worker to join our team to cover the Ballymena & Antrim area. The successful candidate will be required to facilitate and deliver intermediate domiciliary care for clients being discharged from hospital or other intermediate care setting to their own homes.Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

• Adapt practice to changing needs of clients
• Ensure that issues arising with a care plan or client condition are reported contemporaneously to key service management personnel and multi-disciplinary team
• Adhere to company confidentiality policy
• Complete good quality records in accordance with company standards
• Welcome new staff, lead by example, and promote a team working culture
• Maintain a high level of attendance at work
• Answer calls from your co-ordinator/line manager and respond to messages immediately ensuring you have a working mobile phone at all times
• Maintain a flexible approach to your rota which may require change at short notice
• Follow the out-of-hours on-call procedure appropriately and participate in care worker ‘stand-by’ on an occasional and rotational basis
• Assist On-Call in an advisory capacity as requested in regard to securing cover for shifts and any other adverse events
• Develop professional rapport with multi-disciplinary team members involved in service user care

Skills and Qualifications

• 1 year of paid care experience working in a care setting
• Full driving license and access to a car & car insurance in connection with business
• Access to mobile phone
• NISCC registered

Further Information

We have part time positions available. £150 joining bonus paid after 3 months in the role.Company car. For this role, we provide a company-branded vehicle to deliver this service. This will have no impact on your salary or your financial circumstances outside of the role.