Community Care Co-ordinator – EAY08818 Full Time

Job Description

To maintain and support the management and coordination of staff, to provide and adapt packages of care for vulnerable adults. Planning, coordinating and implementation of new care packages as commissioned via the Area Lead Officers. To promote and support a coordinated approach to enablement performance in relation to delayed discharges. In order to assist with the promotion, delivery and integration of the key objectives in relation to those identified within the Health & Social Care Partnership Plan and the Community Plan.

Requirements

The duties of the post involve Regulated Work with children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.  Successful applicants for such posts will be required to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member in respect of Regulated Work with either or both of these groups as appropriate, or if they are already a Scheme member, be subject to a PVG Scheme Record Update, before any formal offer of employment can be made by East Ayrshire Council.

Please note:- PVG members’ records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises.  Any information that is disclosed on a PVG Scheme Record or Scheme Record Update, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant prior to any formal offer of employment being made.

Employment References

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”.  With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer.  It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.

Additional Information

These are full-time permanent post based within the Care at Home Localities team.

Hours of work will be 35 per week to be worked on a shift pattern of 1 week day shift, 1 week back shift – working every 3rd weekend.

Annual salary – £26,900 – £29,156 plus 12.5% shift allowance.

The workstyle for this post is ‘Flexible’ – 50-79% of time is office based. Able to work at different/ multiple work locations. Occasionally works at home, or another location 1-2 days per week, or directly home to external appointments.

The admin base for two of these posts will be Rothesay House, Cumnock and one post will be based in the Johnnie Walker Bond, Kilmarnock.  Due to the nature of the post you may be require to work across the authority.

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