HASWELL AND DISTRICT MENCAP  Salary

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LISA DIXON CENTRE, BURT CLOSE HASWELL DURHAM DH6 2DA
TIN: 05484495
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HASWELL AND DISTRICT MENCAP is looking for employees for positions:

care coordinator

  • care coordinator

Working hours

  • full-time | Permanent

Requirements

  • excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to a person-centred and professional approach
  • flexibility of approach, with effective problem-solving skills and excellent organisational ability
  • minimum of 2 years working with people with autism and behavioural challenges
  • have had previous line management/supervisory experience
  • ability to support service users with all required moving and handling tasks in the building and community
  • A willingness to drive own and company vehicles in the carrying out of the duties specified in the job description
  • have gained or be working towards at least a Level 3 NVQ/Diploma in Health and Social Care/equivalent and demonstrate a willingness to gain other qualifications, such as in leadership and management, if not already holding these

Responsibility

  • manage/assist with allocated service user focused activities, in order to continually review and improve services e.g. consultations, forums, projects and developments
  • coordinate service user outcomes monitoring and recording of progression of goals, development and benefits of service provision
  • to ensure all Support plans are completed and reviewed in a timely manner, delegating to Key Workers as needed; balancing the need to respond quickly to changes in need with the requirement for a regular, planned reviewing schedule
  • recording all actions taken and resolution
  • ensuring support plans are followed fully and competently by staff, including appropriate activities, communication, use of specific individual aids/equipment, cultural and diversity needs, professional boundaries and relationships etc
  • attending multi-disciplinary meetings and reviews for service users. Liaising with service users, parent/carers and other professionals, to ensure that service user needs are met, and issues resolved effectively as needed
  • lead on creation of service rotas, in line with service user support needs, health and safety and continually upskilling the team to support across the services, by scheduling shadowing, competency assessments and development opportunities for staff
  • signposting and referrals to professional services for support, including safeguarding referrals