Care Coordinator

Oakgar Recruitment; Northampton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Career Progression

Further Qualifications and Training

Attractive Benefits Package

Company Pension Scheme

Job summary

Oakgar Recruitment is seeking a Care Coordinator in Northampton to oversee a domiciliary service for the elderly and individuals with Alzheimer's/dementia. This Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm role focuses on leadership, care quality and service improvement, with progression opportunities within a growing organisation.

You will manage rostering, support plans and staff deployment, ensuring compliance with CQC standards and delivering person-centred care that aligns with service user needs.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Experience delivering training, coaching and supervision to teams.

Responsibilities

• Motivate and lead teams to deliver high-quality care.
• Oversee rostering, support plans and staff deployment within the service.
• Monitor budgets and liaise with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure compliant service delivery.
• Ensure records and reports are up-to-date in the care management system.
• Cover on-call requirements and conduct regular home visits and supervision.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

People management

Training & coaching

Job description

Are you looking for an opportunity as a Care Coordinator where you can obtain clear progression while making a difference to the lives of others?

We have an exciting opportunity with a leading care specialist who are looking for a Care Coordinator to oversee their domiciliary service in Northampton and the surrounding areas. The service specialises in supporting the elderly, and people with Alzheimer's and dementia so experience within this client group is essential. This is a Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm position. In return, they will offer you an opportunity to represent an ever-growing organisation who offer excellent career progression and benefits.

Job Purpose of a Care Coordinator:

• Motivate and inspire your teams to provide outstanding support through effective training, coaching and leadership by example.
• Acting as a role model and leader in the delivery of active support, you will empower the people you support to have active and fulfilling lives aligned with their needs and aspirations.
• Working collaboratively with the other members of the service leadership team you will help to oversee and manage the smooth running of this service including rostering, support plans, staff deployment and managing budgets.
• Encourage a model of self-care and service user rehabilitation.
• Work in co-operation with members of multi-disciplinary health and social teams to maximise opportunity for service user care.
• Help to organise implementation of relevant policies and procedures.
• Help to implement and maintain the standards required by legislation related to service delivery.

Responsibilities of a Care Coordinator:

• Being an empathetic, compassionate, and patient individual by providing in person-centred approaches for those who you support and leading your team to success.
• Being an effective communicator with the ability to influence others and to ensure you get the best from your team. You will possess excellent leadership and team management skills to ensure you and your team work collaboratively and effectively.
• Being an effective coach and mentor for your team and possess good IT skills.
• Ability to think on your feet and making the commitment to see things through and get the best outcomes for the people you support.
• Undertaking introductory live-in care visits and accompanying Live-In Social Care Workers during their first visit to service users' homes and ensuring that they receive adequate hand-over.
• Carrying out risk assessments, individual needs assessment and updating these, as required, as part of quality compliance and risk management system.
• Covering unassigned calls to live-in service users when needed.
• Being on call for live-in care, in case of emergency.
• Liaising with the Head of Operations to participate in recruitment, allocation of Live-In Social Care workers.
• Monitoring, supervising and mentoring Live-in Social Care Workers and carrying out regular home visits, spot checks and supervisions.
• Evaluating live-in care plans against needs and ensuring that they are reviewed appropriately and updated.
• Ensuring all records and reports are up to date on the Birdie data system, including electronic care logs and case forms.

Requirements:

• Having a strong understanding of best practice in delivering support to people with different needs and a passion for doing so.
• You will have excellent communication and people management skills and have knowledge and a good understanding of current CQC regulations and compliance within the new framework with a proven track record of quality assurance and service improvement.

What they offer you:

• £26,000 - £27,500
• Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
• Excellent Career Progression
• Further Qualifications and Training
• Attractive Benefits Package
• Company Pension Scheme