Caring Forever is expanding its Lowestoft team and is looking for a compassionate, organised, and proactive individual to join our team of Community Coordinators.
The Community Coordinator plays a vital role in ensuring that each individual’s needs, preferences, and support are clearly identified, regularly reviewed, and accurately reflected in their care and support plan. This is a hybrid role combining community-based direct care with office-based administration.
As a Community Coordinator, your duties will include:
- Working alongside the Care Manager to support them in the creation and ongoing management of care plans
- Providing care & support in the community (direct care), inc. personal care
- Conducting assessments and reviews
- Managing and updating assigned care plans
- Organising appointments, medication collections and general supporting tasks
- Liaising with local authorities and multi-disciplinary teams (MDT)
- Completing advanced training in specialised care areas
- Attending meetings with Care Manager and other Community Coordinator's
Scheduled community (direct care) and administrative hours will be proportionate to the agreed contracted hours.
The successful candidate will:
- Hold an NVQ level 2 or higher in health & social care
- Have previous experience in health and social care
- Hold a full UK driving license and access to their own vehicle
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Have flexibility within their working pattern, which must include availability to work every other weekend (Saturday & Sunday)
- Have strong communication skills
- Have good IT skills and proficiency with Microsoft Windows & Microsoft 365
What Caring Forever can offer you:
- Guaranteed hours
- Tailored working availability
- Paid travel time!
- Paid training & shadowing
- Employee referral scheme
- Health & Wellbeing Program*
- Enhanced rate for overtime
- Bank Holidays paid at 1.5x hourly rate
- Christmas Day and Boxing Day 2x hourly rate
- Training opportunities, such as NVQ in Health & Social care
* Becoming a part of our team grants access to a health & wellbeing program. You'll receive a range of benefits like health tracking, recipes, and fitness resources. Additionally, you will have 24/7/365 access to UK based advisors offering face-to-face, telephone or online support in areas such as wellbeing, CBT, bereavement support, and legal information on events which may be causing stress in your life.
Community Coordinator Benefits:
- Company laptop
- Office-based administration time
- Ability to work from home/remotely, where practicable
Our teams have been supporting individuals in their own home for more than 12 years. Their experience and skillset ensure Caring Forever provides personalised and adaptable care, enabling individuals to remain at home comfortably and safely for longer.
This job description serves to illustrate the scope and responsibilities of the role and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. You will be expected to perform other job-related tasks requested by management and as necessitated by the development of this role and the development of the business.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £14.88 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Do you have access to your own vehicle?
Experience:
- health & social care: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Full UK Driving Licence (required)
- NVQ level 2 or higher in health & social care (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: On the road
