Care Coordinator - Safeguarding

Job description

Job responsibilities

About This Exciting Opportunity

We're seeking a dedicated Care Coordinator to join our Personalised Care Team, specialising in safeguarding support for children, young people, families, and vulnerable adults. This role is integral to our mission of providing coordinated, patient-centred care whilst ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our most vulnerable patients.

What Makes This Role Special

As our Care Coordinator (Safeguarding), you'll be at the heart of ensuring our most vulnerable patients receive timely, coordinated care. You'll work across our seven GP practices, collaborating with an established multidisciplinary team to implement evidence-based safeguarding plans and improve patient journeys through primary and secondary care.

Your Key Responsibilities

Care Planning and Coordination You'll be actively involved in introducing, developing, and reviewing safeguarding care plans, ensuring they're discussed with relevant professionals and outcomes are appropriately recorded. You'll ensure these plans are communicated effectively to GPs and uploaded to relevant online care records using appropriate coding systems.

Administrative Excellence A crucial aspect of your role involves completing initial patient note reviews and preparing the first draft of child protection reports for safeguarding meetings. You'll work closely with safeguarding lead GPs who will provide final oversight and sign-off on these important documents.

Communication and Relationship Building You'll establish and maintain effective communication networks with clinicians, team members, families, and external agencies. Working closely with our Young People and Families Coordinator and Social Prescribing Link Workers, you'll ensure seamless coordination of support services.

Training and Development Support You'll play a key role in developing and coordinating safeguarding training needs across our practices, maintaining accurate training records, and helping disseminate important updates from the ICB team regarding policy changes and training opportunities.

Quality Improvement You'll identify delays in care delivery, map processes to identify bottlenecks, and work with all stakeholders to establish good working relationships that improve patient journey coordination.

Working Environment and Support

You'll be supported by a named clinical point of contact and work within our established governance frameworks. Regular attendance at quarterly safeguarding leads meetings will keep you connected with the wider safeguarding community and ensure you're up-to-date with best practices.

Professional Development

We're committed to your professional growth. You'll undertake continual personal and professional development, participate in annual performance reviews, and have opportunities to contribute to service improvement initiatives. Training in MS Office and web-based services will be provided as needed.

What We Offer

• Permanent contract with 37.5 hours per week
• Comprehensive induction and ongoing support
• Professional development opportunities
• Collaborative team environment
• Opportunity to make a real difference to vulnerable patients' lives

Our Commitment to You

We're committed to safe and fair recruitment, with robust vetting procedures including DBS checks and character references. All staff receive high-quality training and supervision to ensure you can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Location & Travel Requirements

While based at Easingwold Health Centre, you'll be required to travel flexibly across all seven of our GP practices (Pickering, Kirkbymoorside, Helmsley, Terrington, Stillington, Tollerton, and Millfield) to deliver services and support patients in their local communities. This role therefore requires a current full driving licence and sole use of your own vehicle.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• - Experience of working in health, social care, or support roles in direct contact with people, families, or carers (paid or voluntary capacity)
• - Experience supporting people, families, and carers in a related role
• - Experience working with vulnerable people, complying with best practice and relevant legislation
• - Proficiency in MS Office and web-based services (training will be provided if needed)

Desirable

• - Experience working directly in a care coordinator role, adult health and social care, learning support, or public health/health improvement
• - Experience working within multiprofessional team environments
• - Experience in personalised care and support planning
• - Experience of data collection and using tools to measure service impact

Qualifications

Essential

• - NVQ Level 3 in adult care (advanced level) or equivalent qualifications, or willingness to work towards this qualification
• - Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development

Desirable

• - Training or qualification in personalised care and support planning as outlined in the Personalised Care Institute core curriculum
• - Additional relevant healthcare or social care qualifications

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

South Hambleton and Ryedale Primary Care Network

Address

Easingwold Health Centre

Crabmill Lane

Easingwold

YO61 3BU

Employer's website

https://sharpcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)