Out of Hours CARE COORDINATOR

Elevate Care - Milton Keynes
  • Title Out of Hours CARE COORDINATOR
  • Setting Clients Home
  • Role Care Coordinator / Administrator
  • Salary
  • Hours Part Time
  • Location Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Job Summary

Date posted: 22 February 2025
  • Job Reference: 0003

The purpose of this role is to organise our daily rota, and to provide our Home Care Worker with line management support, ensuring that they are providing a high-quality service in accordance with policies and procedures. 

The role is vital to supporting the Branch in the delivery of a high-quality care service with responsibility for the deployment and management of care workers during out of office hours, 365 days a year. 

Key responsabilities include:

Responsible for manning the out of hours telephone line

*Responsible for responding to queries from Service Users, Care Workers, family members and 3rd party professionals

*Responsible for sourcing suitable cover for care calls at short notice when Care Workers are unable to work

*Responsible for ensuring Care Workers are allocated additional work with adequate travelling time between care calls

*Responsible for communicating to Care Workers any changes to their rotas

*Responsibility for ensuring all Service Users' files are kept fully up to date on any Care Worker changes,

*Responding appropriately to emergencies and being able to adequately resolve them

*Monitor Call Monitoring System alerts to ensure Care Workers are attending to care visits within a reasonable time

*Develop a commercial relationship with Out of hours service managers, social workers and brokerage team

*Ensure the Out of Hours handoveris completed daily,and notes updated on Coldharbour.

*If the Out of Hours service is not busy, ensure that all Service Users are contacted via a monitoring telephone call and recorded on Coldharbour

*Ensure that all complaints and concerns are reported through "Events", recorded on Coldharbour also the record is followed up and notified to the Registered Manager/Care Manager

   -  To undertake any other related or special tasks applicable to the post as required by the Registered Manager.

*Be fully aware of contractual requirements as detailed in Agreements with relevant local authorities/private clients.

*Ensure all Service Users are assigned the necessary PINs to move them into ECM systems promptly and care workers use the electronic monitoring (contract specific)

*Complete care calls with the community, if required

*To provide evening, weekend and bank holiday out of hours support facility on an agreed basis or as required. 

Benefits include:

  • A competitive salary
  • Mileage @ 35p per mile
  • Pension scheme
  • Free Blue Light Card
  • Ongoing training and development plus fully funded NVQ's
  • Fantastic career progression opportunities in a growing business
  • Performance related cash rewards and bonuses
  • Free 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
  • To be part of a fun team and to know you are making a huge difference to clients in their own homes!

Requirements for the role:

  • Full driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
  • Excellent customer service skills.
  • Ability to communicate in a professional and friendly manner.

Skills / Qualifications:

  • Good communication skills
  • Proactive
  • Caring atitude
  • Patient
  • A good listener
  • Flexible
  • Respectful