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Field Care Manager

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Job Introduction

At Prestige Nursing + Care we are leading the care industry to raise standards by providing high quality, personalised and specialist services that ensure people receive the highest quality of care.
 
With over 35 branches in England and Scotland and 75 years of experience in providing homecare to the community we are committed to be the best in our industry.

This is an exciting time to be joining Prestige Nursing + Care, part of the Sodexo Group. A rare opportunity has arisen to join our established Norwich branch as a Field Care Manager.
 

The role of Field Care Manager is to working under the direction of the Branch Manager, implement systems to ensure that a domiciliary care service is delivered meeting and exceeding legislative standards, and in accordance with company equal opportunities and health & safety policy

 

We are looking for a dynamic and independent professional with solid care and people management experience and a flexible, enthusiastic and can-do attitude to join our team. 

Role Responsibility

The main duties of the role will include

  • To undertake domiciliary care risk and manual handling assessments on new clients/service users prior to the provision of a domiciliary care service (or within 2 working days in exceptional circumstances) with regard to the potential risks to service users and workers associated with delivering the package of care, and to ensure that the assessment is updated annually or following any significant change, whichever is sooner. For individuals who are self-funding, undertake a care needs assessment appropriate to the level of support requested including risk and manual handling assessment.
  • To maintain an effective system in consultation with the Care Planner and Branch Manager for quality assurance management based on the outcomes for service users, in which standards and indicators to be achieved are clearly defined and monitored on a continuous basis, ensuring that all service users and their carers are consulted about the care service including:

- At least one quality monitoring telephone call to all service users quarterly to monitor the performance of care workers.

- At least 4 spot checks annually on care workers attending client/service user domiciliary care assignments to monitor the performance of the care workers and the outcome of the care service.

- Attend Social Services client reviews as required within service specifications.

  • To meet domiciliary care workers formally on a one to one basis for the purposes of direct supervision at least quarterly and keep written records on the content and outcome of each meeting. With the consent of a service user, at least one of these meetings to incorporate direct observation of the care worker providing care to the service user with whom they regularly work.
  • To meet domiciliary care workers annually to conduct an overall appraisal of their standard of performance identifying training and development needs and keeping written records of the content and outcome of each appraisal.
  • To facilitate quarterly team meetings for care workers and to prepare an agenda and maintain minutes from the meetings.
  • To manage a Team of Field Care Supervisors with daily duties
  • To assist the Care Planner and Branch Manager with the delivery of a carer assistants development and training programme to ensure members are able to fulfil and meet the changing needs of clients and service users.
  • To assist the Care Planner and Branch Manager within a recruitment programme to build capacity and ensure contingency within the service.
  • To participate in an on-call roster providing and co-coordinating cover for unplanned absence to maintain the service.
  • Act appropriately in emergency situations, reporting incidents whilst respecting client/service user’s sensitivity, privacy and confidentiality and respond to crisis situations effectively by summoning appropriate assistance e.g. GP/District Nurse/Emergency Services.
  • To apply good practice and report any/all suspicion of abuse of any kind in accordance with procedure and to understand and respect confidentiality and data protection policy within delivery of services.
  • To meet weekly compliance targets agreed with the Care Planner and Branch Manager and produce a weekly log of compliance activity.
  • Assist with the on-going review of service provision and change working methods in accordance with agreed strategy.
  • To undertake duties appropriate to the scope of the position as may be required from time to time.

The Ideal Candidate

Key skills and attributes that we are looking for are-

  • Experience of supervising/ managing others
  • Smart and professional appearance.
  • Articulate with the ability to put across ideas succinctly and clearly (good communication skills)
  • Excellent assessment skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative - self starter, able to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively.
  • Good team player
  • Willingness to embrace change
  • A commitment to equal opportunities and diversity
  • Symmetry between personal and organisational values
  • Full UK Driving license
  • Enhanced DBS

Package Description

What we offer in return

  • A competitive salary- (Above the national average)
  • Yearly bonus up to 7.5% of salary dependant on Branch achieving targets set in place and company profits
  • 28 days annual leave increasing every year by 1 to the maximum of 33 days over 5 years service
  • Work Place Pension
  • Access to “Your Prestige” Employee benefits scheme
  • Supportive working environment with ongoing learning and development opportunities.
  • A friendly, agile and flexible working culture.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

 

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