Care Planner

Package Description

We offer:

• A competitive salary
• Yearly bonus dependant on Branch achieving targets set in place and company profits
• 28 days annual leave increasing every year by 1 to the maximum of 33 days over 5 years service
• Work Place Pension
• Supportive working environment with ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• A friendly, agile and flexible working culture.
• An environment where learning and training is encouraged
• Employee assistance programme (EAP) – confidential phone line and online support and resources available to you and your loved ones 24/7

Job Introduction

Care Planner - Shrewsbury

Salary range: £21,000- £24,000pa - based on experience

Hours: Full time-35 hours per week - Monday to Friday - 9.00am to 5.00pm

Contract: Permanent

We want to make life better for more people. If you are as passionate about quality as we are and you want a role where your skills will make a real difference, this is a great opportunity to grow and develop.  We are an exciting business that puts people front and centre of everything we do.

Prestige Nursing & Care, part of the Sodexo Group, has provided home care for over 75 years and we have 35 local offices in England and Scotland. Our aim is to lead the care industry by providing high quality, personalised and specialist services to our clients.

The role of Care Planner is to promote Prestige Nursing & Care as well as ensuring that the utilisation of nursing and care resources is both maximised and aligned with client requirements within defined quality, compliance and safety standards.

We are looking for a dynamic Care Planner with solid planning and rostering experience that is matched to a flexible, enthusiastic and can-do attitude to join our Shrewsbury Branch. 

You will be assisting and supporting your Branch Manager in ensuring that key business and compliance targets are met.

Looking to take on an exciting new career challenge in a fast-paced environment? Apply online today and we will be in touch to start your journey with Prestige Nursing & Care.

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Main Responsibilities

Reporting to the Registered Branch Manager your role will include:

• Member utilisation targets are met
• To assess branch performance against weekly and monthly targets
• Identify trends to predict future requirements
• Maintain agreed schedules within agreed targets
• Maintain accurate records
• Ensure all members receive comprehensive schedule information
• Identify absence trends and concerns
• Drive improved satisfaction levels and rates
• Maintaining great relationships with existing clients and carers
• Maintain effective relationships with Branch Manager in resolving schedule conflicts
• Identify new business opportunities
• Ensure the effective placement of staff to meet client needs
• Prepare ad hoc reports as and when required
• On call duties as arranged locally

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for:

• A superior organiser
• Flexibility to support the needs of the business
• An excellent communicator with the ability to engage and influence
• A strong decision maker
• Able to demonstrate empathy and professional maturity
• Confident in promoting a branch
• Self-motivated
• Computer literate
• A passion for driving excellence
• Excellent organisational skills
• Driving license (Preferred but not essential)
• A commitment to equal opportunities and diversity
• Symmetry between personal and organisational values

About The Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing & Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process