Field Care Supervisor

Field Care Supervisor

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.

Responsibilities

• Work with Care Coordinators to support the planning of realistic, effective care worker rotas, considering the needs of the individual and the 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 multidisciplinary review of service users’ needs.
• Shadow new care workers in the field to ensure their competence.
• Carry out on-site observation and evaluation of care worker practice as part of routine supervision, in response to particular performance concerns, or as otherwise directed.
• Spend the majority of working time in the community carrying out primary functions, while also handling certain office-based administrative work.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in carrying out initial risk and needs assessments of individual service users in their homes or other settings such as hospitals or residential/nursing homes.
• Ability to work in partnership with service users, their family, carers, advocates, healthcare professionals and others to ensure seamless delivery of holistic packages of individual care support.

Training & Development

We offer thorough training and the opportunity to develop through self-directed learning, coaching conversations, e-learning modules and access to further qualifications and courses.

Benefits

• 22 Days 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 (subject to terms and conditions and qualifying period).
• Wellbeing resources, financial advice and up to 14% discount at over 40 retailers including Tesco, John Lewis and many more.

Equal Opportunities

Homelife Carers is an Equal Opportunities Employer and part of the City and County Healthcare Group.

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