Senior Community Assessment & Support Officer - INTERNAL

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Kirklees
Adults & Health
Adults Social Care Operation
37
1
Across Kirklees
Permanent
8
£25,481 - £27,041

Internally restricted job. To apply for this job you must be an employee of the Council for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start date. You must also be a substantive employee (or an employee with 12 months continuous service or more) of the Council or an Apprentice. Please note that if you work for an Academy you are not an employee of the Council.

This role will be within the Front door duty team. As a Senior Community Assessment and Support Officer you will support people with assessing their needs and help them to identify the outcomes they wish to achieve. This may include supporting them to determine how these outcomes can best be met. This will be formulated through the completion of a Support Plan. To ensure people continue to achieve their objectives and meet their needs you will also at times undertake reviews of their needs or support the person through discharge from hospital or intermediate care services.

The Role:

  • You will be working closely with Gateway To Care Tier 1 colleagues and Managers, Care Navigators and Social Care Occupational Therapists as well as a range of other teams and services. You will also be a point of support, advice and guidance for GTC Tier 1 colleagues to ensure that referrals are processed to the right place /team appropriately.
  • You will be responsible for dealing with urgent and crisis situations in a timely way and with tasks which mean that the hubs and the All Age Disability Teams are receiving referrals that are in line with their statutory duties.
  • The environment is fast paced and is continuously developing.
  • Change management skills are vital to ensure that changes are embraced positively by everyone in the team, whilst fostering a creative ethos to guarantee vulnerable adults are supported with care that is individual to them. You will adopt an enabling approach and appropriate levels of intervention to facilitate and maximise people’s independence and positive risk taking as far as possible.
  • There is an expectation that the duty team will continue to work in a mobile and agile way, with the expectation that home visits will be undertaken where necessary.

Requirements for this job:

  • Experience of working in a caring environment in a paid or unpaid capacity with a relevant service group.
  • An understanding of legislation, procedures etc. relating to the relevant service user group.
  • You need to be able to work as part of an integrated team which is fast paced, demanding and have an ability to work autonomously
  • Self- allocate cases
  • Have good communication skills
  • Ability to demonstrate literacy, numeracy and computer skills to complete assessments and correspondence, complete financial statements and keep accurate records.
  • IT skills to be able to maintain accurate electronic records.
  • An understanding of the differing physical and emotional needs pertaining to the specific user group.
  • You will receive regular supervision from your line manager and have the support of other team members. As a Senior Community Assessment and Support Officer you will be expected to share learning and provide mentoring to new or less experienced members of the team.

Travel is an essential part of this job and therefore it would be extremely difficult for you to do your job effectively if you did not use a car for all or most of the time. It is essential that you hold a full and valid driving licence and it is expected that you will either use a council vehicle or your own car.

Debbie Ribka is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile.  A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

01 August 2021, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.