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JOB TITLE: Care Co-ordinator

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Manager

AIM: To organise the team of community care assistants, ensuring a high quality of service and continuity of care is delivered. Ensuring the service meets the Essential Standards of Quality and Safety in Domiciliary Care.

 

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The key duties of the post are:

  1. To provide a service of care to service user’s enabling them to lead as independent a lifestyle as possible and ensuring that privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.

    Through personal example, display and promote the values and behaviours that underpin the organisational strategy of Leda Homecare.

    To help ensure that a person-centred focus, which reflects the needs of users and carers, is maintained in the planning and delivery of services.

  2. To direct, plan and co-ordinate the effective deployment of community care assistants as a continuous process to ensure their work programmes provide the best match of skill and time available to service users and their carers.

  3. To manage and participate in the out of hours on call rota across the team, as necessary, to provide emergency support to staff and service users, and to respond in person if necessary.

  4. To provide cover for absent colleagues in an emergency, to ensure the smooth operation of the service across the area.

  5. The Co-ordinator will report and discuss any significant changes in the service user’s situation with the Manager.

  6. The Co-ordinator may be required to organise, attend and provide review reports to the Manager, participating in formal reviews of service users and staff.

  7. The Co-ordinator will develop his/her skills and knowledge by attending supervision, training and meetings as requested.

  8. To assist in providing leadership within the area on equality issues to ensure equality, fairness and dignity to service delivery and employment.

  9. The Co-ordinator will be responsible to and managed by the Registered Manager.

This job description indicates the main duties and responsibilities of the post. It is not intended as an exhaustive list.

Leda Homecare reserves the right to amend this Job Description from time to time, according to business needs. Please note that you share with Leda Homecare the responsibility for making suggestions to alter the scope of your duties and improve the effectiveness of your post.

 

 
JOB POSITION: CARE CO-ORDINATOR

ELEMENT

QUALITY

Ref:

ITEM

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

CONTRA INDICATORS

A

 Educational standards NVQ level 2 in Care

Good command of written & spoken English

 NVQ Level 3 in Care  

B

 Professional qualifications      

C

 In-service training certificates   First Aid / Food Hygiene / Moving & Handling / Health & Safety/ Medication/ POVA/ Infection Control  

D

 Relevant job experience Previous experience in a care setting Previous experience as a care co-ordinator and provider of care in an appropriate setting  

E

 Specialist knowledge

    1. Appropriate to client group

    2. Care Quality Commission

   

F

 Specialist skills & aptitudes Communication / Interpersonal skills

Excellent telephone manner

Good Computer skills

    

G

 Organisational abilities Leadership skills

Ability to formulate work rosters for care workers.

Manage day to day changes in care packages and rosters.

Manage on call rota

    

H

 Physical condition  

Low sickness record in previous employment

  

 

  

Poor medical record which could compromise requirements

I

 Attitude & disposition Cheerful disposition/

tolerant / patient / sensitive/ discreet

    

J

 Other

    1. Full UK driving licence

    2. Transport

    3. Appropriate insurance for vehicle business purposes

    
 

 

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