At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure high-quality care through assessments, audits, and continuous improvement.
- Company: Join a dedicated care group focused on delivering impactful services.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, hybrid working, and paid birthday leave.
- Other info: Ongoing training, supportive team culture, and career progression opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience in care assessment and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 27000 - 27000 £ per year.
Location: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Hybrid – field & office-based)
Hours: Monday–Friday | 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Salary: £27,000 per annum
This role includes participation in an out of hours on-call schedule to support service delivery as required.
Are you passionate about ensuring people receive the right care, at the right time, delivered in the right way? We are looking for a detail-focused and compassionate Assessment Review Officer to join our team in Oldham. This is a key role within our domiciliary care service, responsible for ensuring that care packages are accurately assessed, regularly reviewed, and continuously improved to deliver safe, high quality, person-centred care. If you enjoy balancing compliance with meaningful impact, building relationships, and making a real difference to people’s lives, we’d love to hear from you.
What you’ll be doing:
- Carrying out regular care plan and medication audits, ensuring all documentation is accurate, compliant, and up to date
- Completing new care assessments and setting up care packages, including Person-Centred Plans (PCP), Personal Medication Plans (PMP), and Risk Assessments (RA)
- Reviewing and updating Medication Recording Charts (MRCs) and responding to changes in prescriptions or care needs
- Completing 6–8-week reviews and annual care plan reviews to ensure care reflects current needs
- Responding promptly to changes in service user needs and updating plans and risk assessments accordingly
- Conducting competency assessments with care staff (e.g. medication and moving & handling)
- Undertaking spot checks and quality assurance reviews to maintain high standards
- Supporting investigations, audits, and continuous quality improvement activity
- Working flexibly across the field and office in line with service needs
- Participating in an on-call schedule to support service continuity outside of standard hours
What we’re looking for:
- Experience in domiciliary care, particularly within assessment, review, or quality roles (or transferable experience)
- Good understanding of medication management and care documentation standards
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Confident communicator with a professional and empathetic approach
- Ability to manage workload independently and prioritise effectively
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (Essential)
Hybrid working – a balance of field based and office based work
Training & development – ongoing learning opportunities
Supportive team culture focused on quality and improvement
Employee wellbeing support including EAP and benefits platform
Career progression opportunities within a growing organisation
£500 Refer a friend scheme
Paid Birthday leave!
About us: We are part of a wider care group dedicated to delivering outcome focused care across the UK. Working closely with local authorities, healthcare professionals, and families, we support individuals to live safely, independently, and with dignity in their own homes and communities.
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Assessment and Review Officer (ARO) in Huddersfield employer: Optimo Care Group
Join our dedicated team in Huddersfield as an Assessment and Review Officer, where you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care. We pride ourselves on a supportive work culture that fosters employee growth through ongoing training and development opportunities, alongside unique benefits such as paid birthday leave and a £500 refer-a-friend scheme. With a hybrid working model and a focus on employee wellbeing, we are committed to making a meaningful impact in the lives of those we serve.
