Field Care Supervisor - Burton & Swadlincote

FIELD CARE SUPERVISOR
 
Location: BURTON ON TRENT
 
£25,500 annually | Paid mileage & Travel time | Expert training 

Bluebird Care – Improving quality of life, everyday!

We’re the best at what we do and it’s all thanks to talented people like you. As the leading Home Care provider, we take pride in our work - and we’re looking for a caring and dedicated person to join our Burton & Swadlincote Team as a Field Care Supervisor, to help us set the standard.

As a Field Care Supervisor, you’ll help our team grow, support our colleagues, and make a real difference every day. If you’re someone who takes pride in their work, values teamwork, and wants to be part of a supportive and growing business that makes a real difference to their customers, then this is where you belong. 

Responsibilities

As a Field Care Supervisor your key responsibilities will include:

• Carry out assessments with customers (and/or their chosen representatives) an assessment of what the customer needs and what they would like to achieve from their care and support, together with a risk assessment.
• Carry out quality reviews at the customers home and work effectively with customers, their families and representatives, other social and health professionals.
• Give Care Assistants guidance to effectively and safely provide care and support as agreed in the care and support plans. 
• Work closely with our coordinator to appropriately match Care Assistants to customers and attend the customers first call to introduce Care Assistant.
• Audit medication and customer care notes to continually remain compliant.
• Take part in the out of hours emergency on call rota. Effectively deal with emergency on call issues. e.g. covering calls when Care Assistants are absent.
• Arrange and manage staff changeovers and briefings for Live in Care assignments.
• Investigate matters relating to the quality of the service and implement improvements.
• Apply Bluebird Care policies and procedures. Make sure care and support is provided in line with regulation.

Benefits

• To work with a dedicated team that is passionate about providing care.
• 28 days annual leave
• Competitive annual salary
• Pension scheme 
• Full training and opportunity to progress
• Quarterly bonus scheme

Requirements

• A warm and friendly personality 
• Previous experience in social care with a minimum NVQ level 2.
• Full valid driving licence and access to a vehicle 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Reliable and conscientious 

Bluebird Care Burton & Swadlincote is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

DBS checking and references will be undertaken in line with government regulations and recruitment best practices.