Senior Care Assistant

Sentimex Care Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Sentimex Care Ltd in Derbyshire and surrounding areas is seeking a Senior Care Coordinator to join its management team. You will lead and support a field-based team delivering domiciliary care to a growing client base, ensuring person-centred, needs-led services and high-quality care.

Experience in care is essential, with a focus on leadership, on-call support, health and safety compliance, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Genuine, caring personality and patient disposition.
• Excellent communication skills with service users, families and staff.
• Basic IT literacy for documentation and scheduling.
• Awareness of working with people from diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide a needs-led service to service users by allocating Care Support Workers with a person-centred approach.
• Offer support and guidance to team members and service users, including on-call duties.
• Follow Sentimex Care Ltd policies and ensure CQC standards are met for service users.
• Provide leadership, support and guidance to your team.
• Allocate and check the work of your team, considering individual abilities and preferences.
• Participate in meetings to support the growth of the company.
• Ensure health and safety requirements are adhered to.
• Support customer service and resolve problems.
• Lead and manage the team to uphold company values.

Skills

Caring personality

Communication skills

IT literacy

Diversity awareness

Education

Level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care or Equivalent

Job description

Sentimex Care Ltd is offering an exciting opportunity to join its management team as a Senior Care Coordinator.

The successful applicant will support a growing and established team that provides a range of home care services to people living in Derbyshire and surrounding areas.

With a growing number of clients and a widening service user base, Sentimex Care are looking to recruit a motivated and driven individual with the ability to lead and support a team of care support workers delivering domiciliary care. Experience in care is essential as you will be offering on-going support and guidance to Care Workers working in the field.

Summary Role

• To provide a needs-led service to service users by allocating Care Support Workers and adopting a person-centred approach that gives each person the strongest voice with regards to decision making and lifestyle choices.
• To offer support and guidance to team members and service users, both in the working day and as part of “On-call” duties.
• To follow and uphold Sentimex Care Ltd policies and procedures and ensure Care Quality Commission standards are met for Service Users.
• To provide leadership, support and guidance to your team
• To allocate and check the work of your team, taking into account individual abilities and preferences.
• Participate in meetings to support the growth of the company
• Ensure health and safety requirements are always adhered to
• Support customer service and resolve problems
• Lead and manage the team to ensure that the companies’s values are being upheld

Sentimex Care’s team of Care Workers are the driving force behind the company's success, and they are supported by a dedicated management team who strive to be the best at what they do. This is an opportunity to join that management team.

• Working in the care sector providing an epitome of a service knowing you have made a difference in the lives of those that need your support a little easier and more comfortable. The role is office based but the successful applicant will be involved in direct care delivery supervising a group of care workers

• The Care Coordinator role is varied and involves helping vulnerable adults to live independently and safely in their own homes by allocating work and supporting staff to fulfil their duties. It is a challenging role which will also require the successful applicant to work in the community to cover care calls and supervise

Attributes :

• A genuine, caring personality.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A good understanding of ICT systems
• The ability to work with a wide range of people from all backgrounds and abilities
• Level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care or Equivalent is Essential
• Flexible and able to deal with a changing work environment
• Have access to your own vehicle is desirable but not essential