Health and Social Care Coordinator
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Part time
Advert Start Date:
30/10/2024
Advert End Date:
14/11/2024 22:59
Salary:
£35,235 - £38,626 pro rata, per annum ( Actual salary £17,617 -£19,313 per annum)
Hours per week:
18.5 hours per week
Job Category:
Social Care - Adult Service
Employment Location:
Newcastle upon Tyne
Further Information
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, hardworking and flexible individual to join our team as Health and Social Care Coordinator
We provide a specialist respite and crisis service that supports adults with learning disabilities with additional complex support needs within a building base. The service enables families to have a short break while we support their family member within the service.
The role involves supporting, supervising and co-ordinating members of the staff team .
Maintaining the dignity of people must always be a priority and successful applicants must be able to deliver care and support with sensitivity.
You will need to be able to undertake assessments of the needs of the people accessing the service in order to develop, implement and review care plans.
You will need to evidence that your practice ensures that the needs and aspirations of the individuals we support are met and support people to express themselves, make choices and utilise their own unique forms of communication/expression
In addition, you will receive:
- A dedicated 5-day induction, regular supervision, and comprehensive training.
- Generous annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually.
- Access to Health Assured, Mindfulness sessions and other wellbeing initiatives.
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme.
- Access to a number of schemes including NHS vehicle leasing, Bike to Work scheme, home electronics and Annual Travel Tickets • Uniform allocation
- Access to the NHS benefits scheme.
Being able to work shifts and unsociable hours (including weekends) is essential for all posts and will attract an all-inclusive enhancement.
Any additional information can be obtained by ringing Alayne Dugdale, 0191 2788150.
We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.
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