Care Co-ordinator

Are you organised, reliable and a team player? Are you able to cope under pressure? If so, we would like to hear from you!
We are looking to recruit an experienced full time Care Co-ordinator to join our team.
Ideal candidates will have:
• Experience in the care sector
• An awareness of how to use rostering systems within the health and social care sector
• An understanding of the scheduling process within the health and social care sector
• Office administration experience: typing, letter writing and filing
• Good people skills with the ability to provide an exceptional level of service
• The ability to negotiate effectively
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Excellent standard of IT skills such as database management

Duties will include:
• Maintain regular communication with Care Workers to enable them to discuss any matters regarding their scheduled calls and to provide regular support
• Use the rostering system to ensure effective scheduling of staff to deliver care and proactively planning to fill capacity gaps
• Liaise with the recruitment team to ensure adequate capacity
• Ensure annual appraisals are conducted within agreed timescales
• Print and distribute documentation for service users including visit sheets
• Provide reports as requested on care hours delivered and forecast
• Work with colleagues to cover unallocated care calls
• To undertake on call activities as and when required

This is a full time position (37.5 hours per week) and may include some weekend working on occasion.
Applicants must have their own transport and all roles are subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK and DBS check.