Carer

JustInTime Healthcare Services Limited; Preston; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Justintime Healthcare is seeking an experienced and reliable Senior Carer to support the safe, person-centred delivery of care across Bradford, Preston, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield. This is a full-time, field-based role supporting care staff, service users, families and the wider Homecare Division.

You will provide senior operational support to care staff, attend visits and spot checks, manage rota coverage, monitor care plans, safeguarding requirements and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Senior care or supervisory experience in homecare settings.
• Strong communication with service users, families and care staff.
• Ability to support a dispersed care team and make sound judgments.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior operational support to care staff and ensure safe, consistent care delivery.
• Carry out service-user visits, spot checks and observations; escalate concerns.
• Support rota coverage, staffing coordination and continuity of care.
• Monitor care plans, risk assessments and safeguarding requirements.
• Support audits, quality assurance and accurate reporting.
• Liaise with service users, families and healthcare professionals.
• Identify and escalate service-delivery, health, safety or safeguarding concerns.
• Maintain accurate, timely and confidential records.
• Travel across Bradford, Preston, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield.
• Complete required training, checks and onboarding.

Skills

Senior care experience

Communication skills

Decision making

Team leadership

Job description

Justintime Healthcare is seeking an experienced and reliable Senior Carer to support the safe, person-centred delivery of care across Bradford, Preston, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield. This is a full-time, field-based role supporting care staff, service users, families and the wider Homecare Division.

What you will do

• Provide senior operational support to care staff and help maintain safe, consistent care delivery.
• Carry out service-user visits, spot checks and observations, escalating concerns promptly.
• Support rota coverage, staffing coordination and continuity of care.
• Monitor care plans, risk assessments, safeguarding requirements and company procedures.
• Support audits, quality assurance activity, incident follow-up and accurate reporting.
• Liaise professionally with service users, families, carers, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders.
• Identify and elevate service-delivery, medication, health and safety, safeguarding or welfare concerns.
• Maintain accurate, timely and confidential records.
• Previous experience in a senior care, care-coordination or supervisory care role.
• Strong understanding of person-centred care, safeguarding and care-plan compliance.
• Confident communication, sound judgement and the ability to support a dispersed care team.
• Ability to travel across Bradford, Preston, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield.
• Commitment to completing required training, checks and onboarding requirements.

We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to safe, reliable and high-quality care.