Home Care Coordinator (Glasgow)

A Home Care Service Coordinator position is available in Glasgow, offering a competitive salary for a permanent, part-time role of 20 hours per week. The successful candidate will manage staff and services, ensuring that care is tailored to individual needs and delivered with respect. Essential qualifications include strong communication skills, experience in health and social care, and proficiency in staff scheduling. The role also requires a valid UK Driver's Licence and a willingness to be on call during emergencies. Applicants must undergo PVG checks and provide two references, including one from their most recent employer.

Home Care Service Coordinator

Location: Glasgow

Salary: Competitive

Contract: Permanent/ Part-time (20 hours)

Are you an experienced Care Coordinator looking for a new challenge?

Would you like to join a team delivering expanding high-quality services?

Care Coordinator will be responsible for promoting, developing & managing staff and services by ensuring services truly reflect individual’s needs, are outcomes focused and treat each person, their families and other carers with respect and dignity always.

Do you have the knowledge and skills to undertake a wide variety of tasks? Including:

• Providing care and support to clients
• Liaising with referral agents and processing referrals
• Assessing individuals’ needs, risks and desired outcomes
• Planning, co-ordinating and ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality support & care
• Providing the leadership and a positive management approach that ensure that both staff for whom s/he is responsible & the services develop in a highly flexible, pro-active, and responsive manner.

Essential experience, knowledge and skills in a similar role include:

· Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and computer skills.

· Experience of and aptitude for staff scheduling and rotas

· Substantial experience of working with individuals in a health & social care setting

· Sound knowledge and experience of the challenges and needs of vulnerable individuals and of risks assessment & risk management

· Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise and organise

· Experience of working in partnership with statutory agencies i.e., Social Work, Health

· Excellent active listening skills and interpersonal skills

· Substantial experience of supervising, or managing staff within a health & social care community setting

· Understanding of Care Inspectorate/SSSC Standards

· A creative approach to problem solving and a good negotiator.

· As travel throughout the designated geographical remit is an expectation of the post the coordinator needs to hold a current UK Driver’s Licence with access to their own car.

· On call during emergencies.

If you have the required skills, knowledge, and experience ‘APPLY’ today.

PVG checks will be required for the successful applicant, as are two references: one being from the most recent employer.