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Do you want a job with a high level of satisfaction? Are you a caring person? Do you enjoy making people happy and feel safe? Then we have the perfect role for you!

The Home and Its Staff:

Ings Grove House is a modern, 40 bed Care facility located in the village of Mirfield. The home works in partnership with Locala Health Care to support the residents of Kirklees who have been discharged from hospital and require short term rehabilitation care.

Ings Grove House has 4 suites where residents stay (Bluebell, Willow, Blossom and Lavender), all decorated to feel like a home from home, including items such as framed paintings that one of our talented past residents painted specially for us. With fantastic spotless facilities such as lounge areas and dining rooms, a rehab kitchen, a gym, and an onsite GP, our residents feedback tell us that they feel safe, secure, and supported as individuals.

Our staff are skilled and compassionate when supporting residents with their journey back to independence. Our person-centred care plans and rehabilitation program promotes dignity and choice, to optimise their life skills prior to their planned discharge. In the meantime, our team work hard to ensure the residents remain at the centre of all that we do, often going the extra mile to make our residents stay with us as comfortable as possible, providing person centred activities and celebrating special occasions and birthdays.

Testimonial from one of our team:

One of the team members at Ings Grove says, ‘It’s not a job but a vocation, you must love the role, we are a community, and I will be here until I retire.’

The Role

The Team Coordinator is a vital part of the senior team for our residential homes. As part of your role, you will be expected to lead a shift, administer medication, contribute to person centred care plans, and facilitate admissions and discharges for our residents.

Reporting to a Deputy Team Manager and working alongside other Team Coordinators, you will have responsibility for a team of Support Workers to include line management, supervision, and the development of the team. The overall support of your staff team is key to this role, ensuring that both mandatory and individual training and development needs are identified.

A large part of your role will be to work with residents, relatives, and other professionals. You will work with care staff to contribute to and develop personal support plans with residents who may have restricted mobility and/or challenging behaviour, to ensure the highest quality of care and support is provided.

As a positive role model, you will be open to change and show a willingness to get involved by presenting a self-assured image in a variety of situations, through this you will demonstrate your commitment to service priorities. Should you encounter practices or behaviour which does not meet service standards you are expected to challenge this and make the relevant Manager or Deputy Team Managers aware of the actions taken.

As part of your wider duties and responsibilities you are required to promote and actively support the Councils responsibilities towards safeguarding. Safeguarding is about keeping people safe and protecting them from harm, neglect, abuse, and injury. It is about creating safe places, being vigilant and doing something about any concerns you might have. Safeguarding relates to everyone who may be vulnerable, not just the very old and the very young.

What Kirklees can offer:

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  Generous annual leave entitlement
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Ongoing training and career development
• Excellent pension scheme
• A range of family friendly polices
• Flexible working (not all roles)
• We offer a wide range of well-being initiatives including a cycle to work scheme and discounted KAL membership