Job Description

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Responsibilities

Report to The Registered Manager & The Head of Compliance.

It will be your responsibility to ensure that Care Plans are fully completed and compliant in line with the company policies, procedures and protocols along with the CQC standards. Carrying out a thorough outcome based initial assessment of clients needs and formulate a care plan that is person centred and aims to promote independence and achieve agreed outcomes, identifying the clients needs, wishes and preferences, ensuring any risks are identified and risk assessed appropriately.

Ensuring the client is at the centre of the assessment process and significant others e.g. family members, social workers, OT's and GPs are involved and consulted as required or requested by the service user and conducting and recording risk assessments in line with the Lotus Home Care policies.

The Care Plan Assessor will be responsible for all new care package referrals, from the Local Authority, Commissioning Care Group (CCG), private referrals or any referrals from any third parties.

The Care Plan Assessor will be responsible for all care plan reviews including 12 months and ad-hoc assessments that are required within the branch. The Care Plan Assessor will actively monitor and record all care plans and reviews as per Lotus Home Care policy and procedures.

Skills, experiences and qualifications

Excellent organisational, administration and dairy management skills Excellent communication skills Strong IT skills including Excel, Word and good typing speed Proven background in delivering high quality customer care/services Experience in writing care plans Experience in detailed risk assessments Ability to work independently Ideally previous carer/care industry experience Ideally qualified to NVQ level 2 or higher in a relevant health and social care discipline You must have good IT, communication and office skills

Hours of work

The usual hours of work will be Monday to Friday. This role will require you to be flexible for 8 hours per day, the usual hours of operation can vary and we require flexibility within our hours of operation.

Personal specification

Professional, friendly and confident

Genuine "happy to help" attitude

Have a natural caring character where you want to make a real difference to our service users lives

Must be able to work as part of a Team

You must demonstrate commitment to working within a team, have a flexible approach to working hours and experience within the Care industry.

Please note the above is not an exhaustive list and can change from time to time depending on the needs of the service. Therefore there is an expectation that you will be able to be flexible to meet any changes to business needs.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 27,800.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension
Application question(s):

Do you require sponsorship? Do you have experience in care plans? How many years of care experience do you have? Are you a driver with your own car?
Work Location: In person