Field Care Supervisor (20 Hour Contract)

Field Supervisor – Home Care - £13.60 per hour weekdays £15.60 weekends
20 hours fixed Contract with the potential to work more if desired

Your Role as a Field Care Supervisor
The position will see the successful applicant join our existing care supervisory team who together, jointly cover and oversee the provision of care throughout the Cheltenham and North Cotswolds areas.

Candidates with previous domiciliary care experience are preferred - those with NVQ3 (or equivalent) or higher qualifications are particularly desirable, although this is not essential for the post if you are experienced in the care sector. However, candidates must have a full UK driving licence and be locally based or within a reasonable commuting distance.

Our Field Care Supervisors, provide support to our care staff, ensure new starters are supported out on shadow shifts, carry out spot checks on staff, write and review care plans, liaise with the families of clients, participate with the on-call - one in four weekends and support the care coordinator in any duties required, supporting the management team with auditing and compliance, cover care calls as part of your rota or when sickness and holiday cover is required.

This role will involve using IT systems (for which full training will be provided).
Organisational skills and naturally outgoing are highly desired.

The successful Care Field Supervisor will be someone who can act as a good role model for carers, providing motivation whilst also overseeing the quality of care provided.

Profile:

• Fluent English (both written and spoken)

• Intermediate level or above Microsoft Office skills, including Word and Excel

• Good communication and interpersonal skills

• Good team player

• Excellent telephone manner

• Good attention to detail

• Ability to work under pressure

• Ability to multi-task

• Good organisational skills

• Flexible on hours required to work

• Ability to work to deadlines and take direction

• Ability to prioritise workload effectively

• Right to work in UK

What we can offer you

Four week working pattern:

Week 1
Weekdays - Hybrid role of office and out in the field as emergency backup, assist training, sitting in and assist with job interviews mentor staff, assist with care plans spot checks and community calls if needed
Weekend - Off

Week 2
Weekday - Off
Weekend On-call - Friday 17.00 - Monday 08.00 - home based (May have to cover calls in an emergency over the weekend if no cover can be found)

Week 3
Weekday - You will be out in the community 4/5 days providing services to clients in their homes
Weekend - Off

Week 4
Weekday - You will be out in the community providing services to clients in their homes with 2 days off. You may also be out supporting staff.
Weekend - You will be out in the community providing services to clients in their homes or be out supporting staff.

Field Supervisor – Home Care - £13.60 per hour weekdays £15.60 weekends
20 hours fixed Contract with the potential to work more if desired

Your Role as a Field Care Supervisor
The position will see the successful applicant join our existing care supervisory team who together, jointly cover and oversee the provision of care throughout the Cheltenham and North Cotswolds areas.

Candidates with previous domiciliary care experience are preferred - those with NVQ3 (or equivalent) or higher qualifications are particularly desirable, although this is not essential for the post if you are experienced in the care sector. However, candidates must have a full UK driving licence and be locally based or within a reasonable commuting distance.

Our Field Care Supervisors, provide support to our care staff, ensure new starters are supported out on shadow shifts, carry out spot checks on staff, write and review care plans, liaise with the families of clients, participate with the on-call - one in four weekends and support the care coordinator in any duties required, supporting the management team with auditing and compliance, cover care calls as part of your rota or when sickness and holiday cover is required.

This role will involve using IT systems (for which full training will be provided).
Organisational skills and naturally outgoing are highly desired.

The successful Care Field Supervisor will be someone who can act as a good role model for carers, providing motivation whilst also overseeing the quality of care provided.

Profile:

· Fluent English (both written and spoken)

· Intermediate level or above Microsoft Office skills, including Word and Excel

· Good communication and interpersonal skills

· Good team player

· Excellent telephone manner

· Good attention to detail

· Ability to work under pressure

· Ability to multi-task

· Good organisational skills

· Flexible on hours required to work

· Ability to work to deadlines and take direction

· Ability to prioritise workload effectively

· Right to work in UK

What we can offer you

· 20 hours per week, fixed contract £13.60 - £15.60 per hour, plus mileage on all calls - there could be scope to do more hours if required.

Working Pattern

We operate on a four-week working pattern.

• You will have 2 weekends off out of every 4.

• You will be required to cover on-call duties for 1 weekend in every 4.

• The role involves a mix of clients calls, office-based work, and on-call responsibilities and you will be working with 3 other FCS.

Windrush Care - The Company
We are a family-owned domiciliary care company based in the centre of Cheltenham, covering areas in and around Cheltenham and parts of the North Cotswolds.

At Windrush Care, we aim to make it as simple for those families and individuals that want to make their own choices for care at home and to provide the real personalised care, keeping people in their own homes with our support, for as long as possible.

Windrush Care is committed to the ideals of inclusion and diversity, as well as safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of both our clients and of our staff.

if you are interested in applying for this role, please email our Recruitment Manager directly at
matt@windrushcare.co.uk

• Experience in Care (1 year)

• Driving license and access to vehicle

• Please note: - it is a criminal offence for people whom are barred from working in regulated activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group.