Careers with Eclipse HomeCare

Caregiver Roles & Qualifications

If you want to pursue a career with formal qualifications in Health & Social Care then you have come to the right company. We run Apprenticeship Schemes for School Leavers and Mature Candidates in all our operational areas.

Immediate vocational opportunities open to you are:

1.  Caregiver

You are fully trained to the latest National Care Certificate (NCC) standard but not an Approved Caregiver until you are ‘signed off’ (when you have completed your probation period).

2.  Approved Caregiver

You are now ‘approved’ having been trained and ‘signed off’ to the latest National Care Certificate (NCC) standard.

3.  Caregiver with additional skills

We will encourage you to develop your skills and apply (and pay you) for additional training in key areas such as Dementia Care, Mental Health, Palliative Care, Apprentice Mentoring, Safeguarding, Epilepsy, Medication, Peg Feeding, and Parkinson’s Disease.

4.  Caregiver with Diploma Level 2

Once you are approved you will be automatically enrolled onto our next stage of professional qualifications and begin studying for a Diploma Level 2 QCF (formerly NVQ) in Health & Social Care.

5.  Caregiver with Diploma Level 3

Having completed your Level 2, you can further advance your professional qualifications through studying for a Diploma Level 3. Our Area Team Leaders are all developed to a minimum of this level.

6.  Caregiver with Diploma Level 5

Having completed your Levels 2 & 3, you can apply to be considered for a Diploma Level 5 (equivalent to degree standard).

Support Roles

We advertise all our ‘office’ vacancies internally; many of our office team have started their careers as caregivers.

1.  Area Team Leader

With full responsibility for liaising with client, family and any professional parties’ liaison (and their satisfaction) and running your own team of caregivers.

2.  Care Coordinator

With full responsibility for production and communication of visit rotas on the companies’ state of the art computerised rostering software, ensuring caregivers are getting the number of hours they prefer and that rotas are efficiently planned.

3.  Accounts Office

Supporting the Accounts Manager with general financial administration, payment of suppliers and caregivers, and collection of cash.
 

4.  Training & Recruitment Administrator

Planning of the company’s training and development programs for all staff and maintenance of paperless personnel files.

5.  Training Manager

With full responsibility for developing and delivering all the companies training needs.

6.  Registered Manager

With full responsibility for all aspects of managing and developing one of our busy care offices – currently operational in Worcester, Bromsgrove, KIdderminster, Teme Valley and Evesham (soon to be launched).