Care Co-ordinator

Annual salary: up to £24,000.00

Are you somebody who is open to new opportunities, has an eye for detail, who can solve problems and is happy to help others? Our care-coordinator role based in Dalkeith could be for you

Mears Supported Living Limited is one of the UK’s leading care and housing providers to both the public and private sector, with over 6,500 employees, working with clients to help develop, fund and implement their place making ambitions.

As a Care Co-ordinator within Mears Supported Living you will be an exceptional leader, the mark of your success is to make a positive difference to people's lives. You will spend each day assisting in the day-to-day operation of the care services business and participate as required in multi-disciplinary assessment of service user needs.

**So what does the day of a Care Coordinator look like?**
- Direct line management for a team of Care Workers, including the management of their weekly workload
- Defining special care needs based upon identification of specific clinical problems and to monitor and review as appropriate
- Liaising with external organisations in respect of developing a total package of care for a service user
- Reporting to a Branch Manager on a weekly basis on activity levels and outcomes for service users
- Providing written reports of all complaints, accidents, incidents and untoward events in accordance with written policies
- Ensuring day-to-day care services are operated in accordance with health and safety legislation
- Undertaking on call duties as required by the branch to ensure a 24/7 service is provided
- Looking after quality elements of the branch e.g. care plans, risk assessments etc.

**What's in for you?**

**Your Benefits and rewards**
- Cost of PVG covered
- Care Worker of the Month financial award
- Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)
- Excellent training
- Pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Share saver scheme
- Eye test vouchers
- Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
- Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
- Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blairdrummond Safari Park, M&Ds Themepark, fully paid for including lunch
- Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £24,000.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Dalkeith, EH22 3NU: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Reference ID: REQ0024046