Care Co Ordinator / Administrator

MPA recruitment welcome suitable applicants for Care Co-Ordinator position within a well established Community Care group in Omagh.

Aim:

To provide assistance to the Office Manager in managing the co-ordination of care in the Fermanagh & Tyrone communities. Build rapport with our excellent carer network and development/implementation of care plans to assist elderly people living in their own homes.

The various tasks to be performed by the Care Co-ordinator may cover all or some of the following, according to the individual needs of the business.

Specification Care Management

• Maintenance and updating of the "Care Free" database.
• Matching Carers to Clients and communication of care arrangements to both parities and to Social workers.
• Building and co-ordination of rotas for assigned areas.
• Maintenance of carer's annual and sick leave.

Personnel

• Maintenance of Carer employment records with due regard to data protection.
• Where necessary, to set up and maintain efficient and easily accessed filing systems, avoiding duplication of record keeping and ensuring that filing is kept up to date at all times.

General Administrative and other duties

• To update training database and paper based training files.
• To update rotas on a regular basis.
• Answer telephone and deal efficiently with queries.
• Schedule training dates.
• Photocopying.
• Archiving & filing of documentation.
• To ensure all relevant information is available to meet monthly reporting deadlines.
• In all aspects of employment to have due regard for computer security, network management and maintenance.
• Provide on-call care co-ordination on a rota basis for which an additional allowance will be paid.
• To carry out all other reasonable duties as deemed appropriate by the Managers and Quality Assurance Officer.

Essential Criteria

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Experience in Microsoft Office package including Word/Excel. Training will be given on the job for internal IT systems.
• Previous experience in a caring environment is preferred (not essential).
• Experience in compliance eg Access NI and NISCC.