Domiciliary Care Coordinator

Job Title: Domiciliary Care Coordinator

Location: Blackheath

Salary: £14.97 per hour

Job Type: Permanent – Full time

Our most valuable resource are the people within Morden College; they provide the supportive, caring and inclusive environment both for colleagues and for our Residents. Our culture encourages and supports creativity, celebrates our differences and the similarities that draw us together as a community and promote the highest standards of individual behaviour and accountability in everything we do.
Our Charity’s Community Services are provided in the Almshouse accommodation at Blackheath and at Ralph Perring Court in Beckenham, through the vibrant communal space in the John Morden Centre and the case management approach that proactively identifies, assesses, and supports the most vulnerable in our community. Our residential care home, Cullum Welch Court (“CWC”), provides personal nursing and dementia care 24/7. With 32 beds, it is small enough to maintain a personalised service to its residents, yet large enough to provide the facilities required to meet their range of needs.

Morden College is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). This post is subject to an Enhanced with Barred List DBS check.

JOB PURPOSE

• To lead a Domiciliary Care Team that support people to live the ‘Good Life’ in independence by promoting dignity, choice, independence, and fulfilment within a policy of managed risk taking. To implement and coordinate an efficient and effective domiciliary care service. Maintaining a person-centred approach to the development of personal plans that promote independence, safety, and high-quality care.
• To ensure the Domiciliary Care Team work flexibly to meet people’s fluctuating requirements for care and support, enabling the flexible use of resources. To provide practical support to the Domiciliary Care Team, assisting our residents with personal care, domestic help, and other general tasks such as shopping and medication when required.
  

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES AND DUTIES

• To implement a Domiciliary Care Service for people living in independence through timely interventions and a coordinated approach
• Work with individuals to make sure that their personal plans promote wellbeing and enable them to be as independent as possible, managing risks by thinking creatively about options for safe solutions
• Implement an efficient and effective domiciliary care coordination system for people living in independence to ensure their individual needs are met through timely interventions, by care workers who have the right skills, knowledge, and attitude to enable individuals to live in independence for as long as is possible
• Proactively support the Case Management system for residents who are admitted to hospital, ensure their needs are met on discharge, through care coordination and advocacy for care options that promote independence, safety, and high-quality care
• Implement and embed a system that ensures outcomes for residents are monitored and documented and the impact of the service is recorded through accurate statistics and a range of user engagement activities.
• Be a visible leader, creating a culture that promotes the inclusion of people living with a cognitive impairment in all social and occupational activities
• Facilitate excellent partnership working between the Health and Wellbeing Team, Cullum Welch Court and Clover General Practice being supportive and inclusive and encouraging a culture of mutual respect
• Raise awareness and educate others on how to apply the principles of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) to protect people who lack capacity and maximise their ability to participate in decision-making
• Work together with the Health and Wellbeing Team and Clover Primary Care Service to ensure that where there are changes in a person’s health, that impacts on their wellbeing and or care and support needs this information is shared appropriately, and action taken to ensure timely interventions that enable the individual to continue to live safely in independence for as long as is possible

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Care Certificate
• QCF Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
• Ability to use Microsoft office applications and digital care plan software systems
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a healthcare setting or other experience of supporting older people
• Experience of managing/supervising staff
• Experience of managing rotas and covering staff absence
• Knowledge of current legislation and codes of practice when providing services for older people
• Understanding of mental capacity and depravation of liberty safeguards
• Experience of assessing the needs and risks of people living in their own homes

BENEFITS

We will provide you with Enhanced Annual Leave; CPD opportunities through a generous learning and development budget; Career Development Opportunities; Online Wellness Hub; Health Assessments; Free Perks and Discounts; Employee Assistance Programme; Discounts on food and drinks in our Café; Enhanced Pension; Life Assurance; Employee Referral Scheme; EV charging points available; Free on-site parking.