Advanced Community Care Worker

We are seeking to recruit an Advanced Community Care Worker to join our team to cover the East Belfast area.  The successful candidate will be required to facilitate and deliver intermediate domiciliary care for clients being discharged from hospital or other intermediate care setting to their own homes.

General Duties

• Adapt practice to changing needs of clients.
• Ensure that issues arising with a care plan or client condition are reported contemporaneously to key service management personnel and multi-disciplinary team
• Adhere to company confidentiality policy
• Complete good quality records in accordance with company standards
• Welcome new staff, lead by example, and promote a team working culture
• Maintain a high level of attendance at work
• Answer calls from your co-ordinator/line manager and respond to messages immediately ensuring you have a working mobile phone at all times
• Maintain a flexible approach to your rota which may require change at short notice
• Follow the out-of-hours on-call procedure appropriately and participate in care worker ‘stand-by’ on an occasional and rotational basis.
• Assist On-Call in an advisory capacity as requested in regard to securing cover for shifts and any other adverse events.
• Develop professional rapport with multi-disciplinary team members involved in service user care.

Shift Patterns

• Day Shift: 7.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. (guaranteed 10.25 hours paid)
• Evening Shift: 6.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. (5 hours paid)

Essential Criteria

• 1 year of paid care experience working in a care setting
• Full driving license and access to a car
• Mobile phone

Benefits

• £150 Joining Bonus – after 3 months in your role
• £13.80 per hour + enhanced holiday rates (Block Pay)
• Guaranteed hours (no zero-hour contract)
• 30p per mileage (paid monthly) 
• Paid training
• Free uniform
• Access to Employee Mental Health Support line 
• No upfront cost for your Access NI
• Daily support from the office team
• Company Pension 

Apply Now 

If you think you’d like this role, please fill in the application form below to apply, or contact our recruitment department for an application form: 

• T: 028 9180 1197
• E: recruitment@optimumcaregroup.co.uk 

We are an equal opportunities employer. 

Please note: Applicants within the last 6 months need not re-apply.