Senior Support Worker
Responsible to: Board of Trustees via the Registered Manager of ColtonCare and the Independent Life Project.
Responsible for: Community Assistants and Support Workers in conjunction with the Registered Manager
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary Grade: NJC Scale 4 points 18-21
Main Responsibilities of the Post
To work with the Registered Manager to ensure the smooth and professional running of ColtonCare and Independent Life Project Domiciliary Care Agency.
Key Tasks
- To be responsible for managing rotas for Community Assistants and Support Workers
- To be responsible for managing annual leave of staff
- To provide, with the Registered Manager, quarterly supervision of all Community Assistants and Support Workers, carry out Probationary Reviews and Annual Reviews and to hold regular staff meetings
- To support the Registered Manager in ensuring all CQC regulations are met
- To cover for the Registered Manager while on holiday or sick leave
- To carry out initial meetings with customers about their support needs, drawing up and agreeing support plans and reviewing them with the customer on a regular basis
- To carry out risk assessments for customers
- To share the 24 hour duty phone as agreed with the Registered Manager (there is an extra payment for this)
- To deliver, where necessary, care packages where no other option is available
- To work with the newly appointed Administrative officer to ensure time sheets, invoices, payroll and expenses are processed efficiently
- Any other task that is appropriate to this job and the quality of care to be delivered by ColtonCare and Independent Life Project
General
- To work to all policies, procedures and guidelines of mosaic
- To attend staff meetings and line management supervision as required.
- To undertake any other duties requested by the Director and/or the Board of Trustees.
- To work with other staff to promote mosaic and its work
January 2012
Personnel Specification
Essential Criteria
- NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Care or a willingness to train
- Experience of providing personal care to vulnerable adults in a domiciliary care setting
- Clear and concise record keeping/report writing
- Understanding of the requirements of Care Quality Commission, General Social Care Council Code of Conduct, National Occupational Standards.
- Understanding of the Safeguarding Adults Policy
- Ability to work with professionals in other agencies.
- Ability to develop an excellent rapport with customers with a commitment to delivering best practice
- Ability to prioritise work
- Administrative and computer skills
- Flexibility
- Understanding of confidentiality and professional boundaries
Desirable Criteria
- Ability to speak an Asian Language
Updated on 13 January, 2012
Senior Support Worker
A vacancy has arisen in ColtonCare, mosaic Domiciliary Care Agency, for a Senior Support Worker. The main post holder will support the Registered Manager initially in preparing rotas, interviewing new customers, agreeing and reviewing support plans, supervision and support staff. Initially the Senior Support Worker may be carrying out some care. From mid-March there will be an Administrative Officer who will take the main responsibility for rotas and the focus of the post will be about recruiting and supporting new customers.
ColtonCare is a relatively new and growing service within mosaic and this post will be part of the team that will lead that team in a time of changing social care services.
For further information contact Michael Brittain on 07792702299. For a job pack contact shamz on 0116 2318720 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Salary: NJC Scale 4
Hours: 37 hours a week
Closing date: 31 January 2012
Updated on 9 January, 2012
Administrative Assistant
ColtonCare is the name for the community part of our domiciliary care agency. ColtonCare is registered with the Care Quality Commission. Established in April 2009 ColtonCare has expanded and we are now in a position to appoint an Administrative Assistant (20 hours a week but may increase in the future) for ColtonCare to work with Tagtronics, an IT Care Manager package, in order to invoice customers, rota staff, do payroll, calculate annual leave and any other tasks appropriate to the post.
For further information contact Barbara Howard on 07812 804 809 or for a job pack contact Shamz on 0116 231 87 20 or
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Annual Leave: 20 day plus 12 Bank Holidays and Concessionary Days.
Salary: NJC Scale 4 £17161
Updated on 22 December, 2011
Head of Administration
mosaic: shaping disability services (mosaic) has created a new post for Head of Administration. We have recognised that in the changing world of social care we need to develop standardised and efficient administrative and IT systems to take us forward.
For anyone interested, and skilled, in developing new administrative and IT systems mosaic is able to offer an exciting opportunity.
For further information contact Barbara Howard on 07812 804 809 or for a job pack contact Shamz on 0116 231 87 20 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Annual Leave: 22 days plus 12 bank holidays and concessionary days.
Salary: NJC Scale Point 31 (£26,276)
Closing Date is 5pm on 31 January 2012 and the expectation is that interviews will take place in the first week of February.
Updated on 18 January, 2012
Application Form Download: equal_opps_monitoring_form
Support Worker
We have a role for a Support Worker for various groups across Leicester and Leicestershire.
A Job Description is available on request by calling 0116 231 87 20.
Updated on 11 January, 2012
Application Form Download: General_Application_Form2011october
Community Assistants
mosaic is developing its services and we are looking for new staff.
We are always looking to appoint Community Assistants to work in ColtonCare@mosaic and Services to Young People. There is a range of work available, personal and domestic care in people’s homes, Social Support and personal care in the community. We are looking for people with the right attitude. Training is available. For more information contact Michael Britten or download a job description and application form.
Updated on 7 December, 2011
Application Form Download: General_Application_Form2011october
How to Apply
Specific vacancies will be detailed on this page as they occur. We have also provided a general application form and some guidance about applying for work at mosaic:shaping disability services. Please note, some of these downloads are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).
We also advertise personal assistant posts for employers using Direct Payments.
Updated on 7 December, 2011
Application Form Download: General_Application_Form2011october