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Job description

NWCare is a family run domiciliary care agency serving the community in healthcare in Northern Ireland for well over 50 years. We are recruiting Area Service Managers/Care Coordinator for our Omagh branch Please note: Criteria for this role is that you apply for an Enhanced AccessNI certificate.

Responsibilities

• To organise and supervise the delivery of home care support services to Service Users in their own homes
• To work in a flexible and reliable manner in response to the needs of the service
• To manage a team of Home Care Assistants
• To reinforce and ensure compliance within the Domiciliary Care Agencies Minimum Standards
• To ensure that a quality care service is delivered to all Service Users
• To work within GDPR legislation

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Good general education to include good numeracy and literacy skills
• Minimum of QCF Level 2 in Health and Social Care
• At least 12 months’ experience in a care setting
• Experience of coordinating rotas
• Experience of managing staff
• NISCC (Northern Ireland Social Care Council) registration completed at training, if not already registered
• Enhanced AccessNI
• Right to work in UK
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral
• Ability to respond to sudden changes in service delivery requirements
• High standard of accuracy
• A working knowledge of MS Office, e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Ability to work cooperatively and effectively as part of a team
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload in a highly organised way
• Flexibility in working hours to respond to business needs
• Car driver with vehicle appropriately insured for business use
• Flexibility to work in other NWCare branches to meet business needs
• Be able to participate in the out of hours on-call rota

Desirable Skills

• QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent or above
• Previous experience as an Area Service Manager/Care Coordinator

Further Information

We offer our staff: Excellent hourly rate Mileage paid Annual leave on a pro rata basis NISCC - Post registration training learning On-line learning Training academies throughout Northern Ireland Practical paid training CPD approved certificate for training QCF Levels 2, 3 and 5 qualifications Internal career progression Mentoring arrangements Uniforms supplied Experienced care company with over 50 years in healthcare Recommend a Friend incentive - any of our staff who recommend someone who comes to work for NWCare will receive a voucher (no limit to number)