Community Coordinator

East Renfrewshire Council; Barrhead; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is offering a permanent opportunity in their Care At Home team. This exciting role allows you to lead and support a team of reablement homecare support workers, making a positive impact on people's lives. You will manage a community-based team, ensuring they receive essential training and development. The position involves reviewing care plans and delivering high-quality service while adhering to Health and Social Care Standards. If you possess strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, this role is perfect for you to nurture staff and maintain professional standards.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of resource management in social care settings.
• Ability to implement solutions for care delivery challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of homecare support workers.
• Review and monitor care plans to ensure service delivery.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Team Working

Resource Management

Motivational Skills

Integrity

Education

SSSC Registration

Job description

Salary: £29,745 - £31,954 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

Advert

We have permanent opportunities in our Care At Home team in an exciting new role, where you will lead and support a team of reablement homecare support workers. This role gives you the chance to make a real and positive impact on people’s lives and is vital in ensuring the delivery of a high standard of care to the people who use our service.

You will get the chance to directly line manage and mentor a community based team within the East Renfrewshire area and ensuring staff are supported to undertake regular training and development essential to their roles and SSSC registration.

A key element of this role will also include the reviewing and monitoring of care plans, ensuring an appropriate level of service delivery meets all individual assessed needs. This includes taking a person centred approach and being outcomes focused, reflecting the Health and Social Care Standards, My Support, My life.

We need someone who has a good knowledge and understanding of resource management within social care setting, including an awareness of the current challenges and pressures, whilst being able to effectively identify and implement solutions and positive outcomes relating to delivery of care.

You will need to be resilient and will get the chance to demonstrate your integrity, positive leadership, good communication, problem solving and motivational skills as well as your ability to harness effective team working, nurture your staff and maintain confidentiality and professional standards.

SSSC registration is required for this post and should be undertaken within the first 3 months of employment.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with protected adults. In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check.

Please note – all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences.

Please note East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.