Home Care Coordinator

Fife Council, Eastfield, Fife

Home Care Coordinator

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Fife Council, Eastfield, Fife

  • Part time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 16 Aug | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

Job ref: 34570a5a333c445db1effe43d06fcf30

Location ref: Eastfield, Fife

Full Job Description

To provide a Care at Home/Falls Response Service to vulnerable people in the community. You will work as a Home Care Coordinator within the Home Care Associated Services Team, which is part of Fife Health and Social Care Partnership. The role will include managing team performance, organising supervision, 6 monthly direct observations and direct observation of the people in your team. Coordinate response/service to Community Alarm activations, out of hours social work teams, short terms support and Fife Falls. Responsible for Fife Council Care at Home out with office hours, supporting staff, service users, external providers and staff. Ensuring staff have the appropriate training and skills to deliver quality and safe care, providing support on site with training, demonstration and advice. Providing guidance and instruction to enable staff to practice safely and effectively. Manage staff absence as per local procedures. Working with Health and Social Care Partnership colleagues and colleagues within partnership agencies. The job pack for this vacancy is attached at the bottom of the page. It provides more detailed information about the job and the type of person we are looking for. The Person SVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or willing to work towards. Ability to undertake shift working. Previous Care at Home experience. Awareness of the Health and Social Care Standards. Leadership skills. Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme. As this role requires SSSC registration, you will have three months to apply for registration. If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible so you're registered within the required six months. If you need to achieve a qualification to maintain your SSSC membership, information will be provided if you are appointed. You must ensure you complete the qualification within the specified timeframe. More details are included in the role profile. Further Information

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About this company

We employ approximately 18,000 employees who provide 900 different services to over 365,000 people yet we have one of the highest overall customer satisfaction ratings for a Council in the UK. The services we provide range from education, social work, housing, and community services to transportation, looking after the environment and developing the economy. We are a large organisation and have a wide range of job roles from teachers, social care workers, community education workers, and planners, to support roles, like accountancy, IT and HR, not to mention communications and marketing, and law. Fife Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and we encourage applications from all sectors of the community. In addition, we are a Disability Confident employer and as users of the scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. If you're looking for a real career challenge, you'll find it here in Fife!