The Private Care Company is a private, award winning and fully independent home care agency. We pride ourselves on our excellent reputation to provide high quality home care services which support our clients to remain independently living in their own homes for as long as possible.
We are currently looking to recruit a full-time Field Care Supervisor to join our friendly team covering the Brighton & Hove area. In return for your skills, experience and commitment we offer excellent working conditions and benefits including:
- A highly competitive salary + paid holiday
- Enhanced rate of pay on Bank Holidays
- Fully funded Health and Social Care Diplomas (Levels 4 or 5)
- Excellent career progression and training opportunities to Registered Manager
- A friendly and supportive management team
- Regular communication including newsletters and recognition awards
- Free counselling and wellbeing support
Key Accountabilities
- To provide support to the Care Manager with staff supervisions, training, risk assessments, client reviews and assessments and to offer ongoing support to the care team
- To cover care shifts supporting clients with a variety of personal and practical care tasks
- To provide on call and duty manager cover (duty phone and alternate weekend cover
- To liaise with other professionals such as district nurses, doctors, pharmacists, occupational therapists etc, to ensure that clients receive a high standard of care
- To support with recruitment of care assistants including calling prospective candidates, interviews and subsequent administration
- To provide office and administrative support including answering the phone, paperwork and general office administration
- To ensure that all care management and general administration related policies and procedures of The Private Care Company are adhered to
- To manage and monitor the use of The Private Care Company’s Care Management System
Skills / Experience / Knowledge:
- The Care Certificate
- Significant prior experience as a Care Assistant, ideally in a senior role
- Experienced in delivering more complex care
- Experienced in multi-skilled care delivery
- Good working knowledge of IT systems such as Office, Excel, Word, Outlook and the ability to learn and use computer software
- Extremely well organised and professional
- Very good written and oral communication skills
- A full clean UK driving licence and own call essential
Person Profile:
- Ambitious individual who wishes to progress within the care industry
- Prepared to take responsibility
- Output and outcome focused
- Solution driven
- Proactive
- Ability to think on feet
- Ability to make decisions
- Kind, patient and able to manage conflict and difficult situations
- Reliable
- Flexible
- Team player
- Lives in the Brighton & Hove area
Working Hours:
- 0700 – 1900hrs - 4 days per week, rolling two week pattern (alternate weekends working)
- On call phone 1-2 eves a week (additional on call payment)
- Week 1 = Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- Week 2 = Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £30,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Experience:
- providing care: 1 year (required)
- supervisory: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence and own car (required)
- NVQ or equivalent in Health & Social Care (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
