We are seeking to recruit a Senior Community Carer to join our Belfast team.  Covering the East Belfast & Holywood area, you will report to our Optimum Care office located on the Montgomery Road, Belfast. 

As a Senior Community Carer, you will work with our Belfast office team to monitor and help train our Community Care Workers.  This role is suited to someone looking for a senior role within care and enjoys not only providing care to our clients but supporting and training other staff to a high standard. 

The Role

The job requires someone who is passionate about working in community care and is committed to playing a key role in ensuring the service we provide to our clients is of the highest standard. 

You will help to cover our on-call periods when the office is closed, which includes evenings/mornings (5 pm – 11 pm & 7 am – 9 am) and weekends.  For this, you will receive a generous on-call rate of pay on weekends. 

If you are proactive, take  the initiative and have great time management skills, this is the role for you. 

Main Duties

• Ensure care provision meets all statutory requirements
• Liaise with clients and families and attend client reviews as required.
• Report any client care issue in relation to health and safety and assist with resolution
• Undertake care work duties as incorporated into the weekly schedule
• Assist office duties as and when required and support care staff with the provision of high-quality care, monitoring standards, staff reviews and attending staff meetings
• Attend weekly update meetings with the Co-Ordinator
• Comply with company policies and procedures and legislative guidelines
• Maintain NISCC registration or secure registration within a fixed period of time
• Project a professional image at all times and lead by example
• Embrace the company ethos of confidentiality within all aspects of work
• Flexible approach to working hours
• Rotational on-call for out-of-hours enquiries and service breakdown

Essential Criteria

• Minimum of 1 year of experience working in a care setting
• Full driver’s license and access to a car

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working in Community Care
• NVQ Level 2 in Care
• Supervisory Experience
• NISCC registered

Successful applicants will be encouraged to achieve NVQ Level 3 in Care.

YOUR Benefits: 

• £350 Joining Bonus – £150 paid 1 month, £200 paid after 3 months in your role 
• Excellent pay rate: £13 per hour
• Generous Weekend On-Call Rate: £306.25 per weekend 
• Enhanced Bank Holiday Rate: up to £26 per hour 
• Mileage Allowance:  30p per mile 
• Permanent Contract (no zero-hours) 
• Free uniform
• Company Pension
• Access to our Employee Mental Health Support Line
• Paid and ongoing comprehensive training
• Further education opportunities 
• A mobile phone will be provided for work purposes
• Career progression opportunities 
• Daily support from the office team

About Optimum Care

Optimum Care is a leading Home Care provider in Northern Ireland. We’ve been providing care for our clients since 1993. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do. We take pride in all our carers as they are the backbone of our services. We invest heavily in our training with our in-house team having thorough experience in community care and nursing.

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@domesticcareni.com 

We are an equal opportunities employer.