Field Care Supervisor

Posted Thu, 02 Feb 2023

**Reference**:
008/01/23

**Location**:
Carno

**Salary**:
£10,701.60 - 10,701.60 per Annum + Benefits + Pension

**Job type**:
Permanent

**Field Care Supervisor - Newtown - Carno (Wales)**:
**Carno**:
Covering the Newtown, Carno and Caersws area

Part Time 20 Hours

About Us

City & County Healthcare Group is a family of care companies delivering domiciliary care, extra care, complex care, and live-in care services across the UK. As an industry leader, we’re bound by a common set of values and principles in providing flexible, community-based care support of the highest standard that actively promotes the independence, dignity and choice for our clients and customers while promoting staff support and development.

The Role

The role of the field care supervisor is to support the delivery of the highest quality care support services by carrying out a range of functions in the field, including the assessment and review of individual services and the practical supervision, instruction, and support of care workers. Covering the Newtown, Carno and Caersws area.

Field care supervisors are expected to spend most of their working time in the community carrying out their primary functions, but their role will typically also entail a certain amount of office-based administrative work.

This is a great chance to be part of one of the UK’s most exciting businesses within Domiciliary Care, who are going from strength to strength focusing on their growth and quality of care.

Due to the field-based elements of the role you must be a driver with your own vehicle

As a Field care Supervisor your role will include the following duties:

- Carry out initial risk and needs assessments in respect of individual service users, either in the service user’s home or, where required, in other settings such as hospitals or residential/nursing homes
- Work in partnership with service users, their family, carers, advocates, healthcare professionals and others to ensure the seamless delivery of holistic packages of individual care support
- Work with care coordinators to support the planning of realistic, effective care worker rotas, with due regard for the needs of the individual and the particular skills and attributes of the worker
- Carry out regular reviews of individual services, including repeated and renewed needs and risk assessments
- Participate as required in multi-disciplinary review of service users’ needs.
- Shadow new care workers in the field to ensure their competence
- Carry out the on-site observation and evaluation of care worker practice as part of routine supervision, in response to performance concerns, or as otherwise directed
- Provide ad hoc support and instruction to care workers in the field, including in an emergency.
- Promote a safe working environment and safe systems of work in respect of care workers in the field and those that might be affected by their activities
- Understand and follow hazard and accident reporting procedures
- Be alert to any changes in service users’ condition and circumstances and act appropriately when these change

We will offer you:

- 22 Days (Pro Rata) Holiday increasing to 25 days after 3 years service, plus bank holidays
- Occupational Maternity Pay & Adoption Pay
- Occupational Paternity Pay*
- Death in Service Payment*
- Occupational Sick Pay
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Lifeworks Reward Scheme

This is a full-time permanent position, with a fantastic company who promote within and encourage their staff to reach their full potential. Continuous training and support will be provided.

Aba care is part of City and County Healthcare Group is an equal opportunities employer