Part-Time Care Manager - Local Area Support & Plans

NHS Jobs; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 27,000 - 45,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Care allowance £150/month

Job summary

Your Life Your Way is seeking a compassionate Care Manager to support adults and children with social and health needs. This part-time role (22.5 hours/week) involves managing local care packages, creating care plans, and ensuring high standards within timescales, with travel across service areas.

You will work closely with clients, families, social workers and health professionals to uphold rights, dignity and person-centred care. Includes on-call duties and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in health and social care.
• Level 5 Leadership & Management qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
• Experience writing and completing person-centred plans, care assessments and risk assessments.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, whistleblowing, medication administration and regulatory audit requirements.
• Supervisory experience with the ability to develop staff.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, planning, organisational and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Line manage Personal Assistants, including observations, team meetings and return-to-work discussions.
• Create and maintain care plans, risk assessments and person-centred records.
• Support onboarding by helping develop the right staff team to meet each client's care and support needs.
• Formulate initial rotas before passing them to Scheduling Department.
• Promote open communication with clients, families, representatives and professionals, ensuring feedback and complaints are captured appropriately.
• Monitor care delivery, safeguarding, whistleblowing, budgets, KPIs and regulatory requirements, including participation in inspections.
• Use internal IT systems and take part in a 24-hour on-call rota to support clients and staff outside office hours.

Skills

Care planning

Supervisory experience

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Driving licence

DBS clearance

Education

Level 5 Leadership & Management

Job description

Your Life Your Way is seeking a compassionate Care Manager to support adults and children with social and health needs. This part-time role (22.5 hours/week) involves managing local care packages, creating care plans, and ensuring high standards within timescales, with travel across service areas.

You will work closely with clients, families, social workers and health professionals to uphold rights, dignity and person-centred care. Includes on-call duties and ongoing professional development.