Field Care Supervisor

We’re creating brighter days. Fresh challenges. Exciting opportunities. Plenty of ups, downs and curveballs. With a career as a Field Care Supervisor at MiHomecare every day will be different to the next. Each will offer you the opportunity to do meaningful and rewarding work that makes a real difference to our clients lives and your career. The role of the Field Care Supervisor is to support the delivery of the highest quality care support services by carrying out a range of functions in the field, including the assessment and review of individual services and the practical supervision, instruction and support of care workers. This is a great chance to be part of one of the UK’s most exciting business’s within Domiciliary Care, who are going from strength to strength focusing on their growth and quality of care.

Responsibilities

Support the delivery of the highest quality care support services by carrying out a range of functions in the field, including the assessment and review of individual services and the practical supervision, instruction and support of care workers; Working with Care Coordinators to support the planning of realistic, effective care worker rotas, with due regard for the particular needs of the individual and the particular skills and attributes of the worker; Carrying out regular reviews of individual services, including repeated and renewed needs and risk assessments; Participate as required in multi-disciplinary review of service users’ needs; Shadow new care workers in the field to ensure their competence; Carry out the on-site observation and evaluation of care worker practice as part of routine supervision, in response to particular performance concerns, or as otherwise directed; Spend the majority of working time in the community carrying out primary functions, with some office-based administrative work.

Requirements

Experience in carrying out initial risk and needs assessments in respect of individual service users, either in the service user’s home or, where required, in other settings such as hospitals or residential/nursing homes; Work in partnership with service users, their family, carers, advocates, healthcare professionals and others to ensure the seamless delivery of holistic packages of individual care support.

Nice to have

Bengali speaking preferred

Benefits

22 Days Holiday (increasing to 25 days after 3 years’ service) plus bank holidays; Occupational Maternity Pay & Adoption Pay; Occupational Paternity Pay; Death in Service Payment; Occupational Sick Pay; Wellbeing resources; Financial advice; Up to 14% discount at over 40 retailers including Tesco, John Lewis; Thorough training and development opportunities through self-directed learning, coaching conversations, e-learning modules and access to further qualifications and courses