Field Care Supervisor

Guardian Homecare Limited; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A community care services provider in Blackpool is looking for a Field Care Supervisor to ensure high-quality care delivery. The role involves supporting care worker planning, conducting regular service reviews, and supervising new care workers in the field. Candidates should have experience in care support services and strong supervisory skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering care support services.
• Ability to assess and review individual services.
• Strong supervisory skills.

Responsibilities

• Support care worker rotas planning.
• Conduct regular service reviews.
• Shadow and evaluate new care workers.

Job description

Field Care Supervisor

Guardian Homecare Limited, Blackpool, UK

Job Description

What you'll do

The role of the Field Care Supervisor is to support the delivery of the highest quality care support services by carrying out a range of functions in the field, including the assessment and review of individual services and the practical supervision, instruction and support of care workers.

• Working with Care Coordinators to support the planning of realistic, effective care worker rotas, with due regard for the particular needs of the individual and the particular skills and attributes of the worker.
• Carrying out regular reviews of individual services, including repeated and renewed needs and risk assessments.
• Participate as required in multi-disciplinary review of service users' needs.
• Shadow new care workers in the field to ensure their competence.
• Carry out the on-site observation and evaluation of care worker practice as part of routine supervision, in response to particular performance concerns, or as otherwise directed.

Field Care Supervisors are expected to spend the majority of their working time in the community carrying out their primary functions, but their role will typically also entail a certain amount of office-based administrative work.