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Assessor
2 months ago
Tameside Council
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Contract Type: Permanent
Salary:
Grade G SCP 23 £16,03- SCP 28 £18,324 part time, actual salary
Hours:18 Hours per Week
Base Location:
Crickets Lane Clinic
Closing Date:13th March 2024
Assessment Date:
To be arranged
- This is an exciting opportunity to come and work for Tameside Adult's Services. We are looking for driven social care Assessors to join us during an exciting period of transformation and innovation.
- About us
- Tameside is a place that is passionate and committed to improving outcomes and creating a positive experience for individuals and families.
- Tameside adopts a positive working culture; we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We are committed to staff development and provide a wide range of training opportunities in a supportive working environment.
- Tameside is proud to offer our assessors:
- Ongoing training and development
- Opportunities to invest in your on development and career progression from Assessor, to Social Worker to Senior leadership
- Thorough induction and ongoing supervision and support
- Manageable caseloads and a supportive team
- Employees are encouraged to be involved in the ongoing development of practice
- Flexible working
- We currently have positions in our Integrated Urgent Care Team and also our Integrated Urgent Care hub, soon to be part of our new assessment centre. It is an exciting time to come and work for us as you will be joining the team at a time of transformation and great investment into services for adults and social work practice.
- Assessors within the Integrated Urgent Care Team will take the lead on supporting adults to live well at home. You will be part of a friendly and supportive team and your work will include managing a caseload, responding to urgent request for Care Act Assessments, working closely with our health colleagues to get the best outcomes for service users. You will also be responsible for completing Support Plans, Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest Decisions and signposting to internal and external services where necessary to enhance wellbeing and independence.
- Assessors within the Integrated Care hub will be responsible for completing triages of need either in person or on the phone with service users at the beginning of their social care journey. Triages are completed on behalf of health and social care within our integrated team. Empowerment and prevention are key as we support adults in Tameside to live at home for longer as well as completing necessary signposting to internal and external services where required to enhance wellbeing and independence. You will have excellent communication skills and have the ability to build effective professional relationships with other disciplines within our integrated team and also with other local health and social care services to enable a coordinated response to individuals and families. As part of the integrated Urgent Care hub you will be expected to work as part of a shift rota which covers weekends and evening shifts. Cover is required between 7:30am until 10pm each day and split into Early and late shifts. This Includes bank holidays.
- Here is what one of our current staff members says about working in our Service;
- Adult Social Care staff member;
- If you are committed and would like to be part of our journey, we really want to hear from you.
- Experience of working with adults and previous employment in a similar position would be desirable.
- It is essential that you hold a current valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work use.
This post will require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
- This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.
- For an informal discussion about the roles, please do not hesitate to contact;
- Leah Grey
- Nicole Swindells
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Job Description & Person
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