Community Support Worker

4 days ago

Colchester, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time

**This is a 12 month fixed term contract.**

Working to support adults, and their families, who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity, you'll maximise their potential to live independently.

You will assess social care needs using a person centred and strengths-based approach and contribute to the development of care and support plans. The role will require you to manage a caseload, including assessment of risk through direct work, within aquality assurance process. A focus of the role will be to ensure vulnerable people are safeguarded in line with ECC's statutory obligations.

North Essex covers our offices in Colchester and Clacton. It is a diverse area to work in encompassing rural, coastal and urban communities all with their own unique challenges. Essex County Council work closely with their partners in North Essex, thosejoining teams in this area are uniquely positioned to be increasingly involved in partnership projects across local authorities and the NHS.

**The Role**

The role will be aligned to one of the neighbourhood teams within Colchester or Tendring and you will be expected to cover all the neighbourhoods within either locality.

You will be working closely with Urgent Community Response Service to support their role in delivering admission avoidance across North East Essex. You will be expected to undertake Care Act Assessments and commission appropriate services to meet long termneeds where reablement services are not appropriate. You will need to work closely with Essex County Council Occupational Therapist hub and have a good understanding of Assistive Technology and be approve assessor trained or have an interest in acquiring thisknowledge. You will need to work closely with all the neighbourhood teams within your area as well as Discharge to Assess and the Transfer of Care Hub at Colchester Hospital.

The role should support to build and provide a collaborative approach to community services through building on the strengths of the community which will include professionals from non-social care services and care givers such as community pharmacists, carers,housing officers, dementia support teams. You will ensure that those that are not eligible for ASC commissioned services are supported to manage their own social care needs and that prevention is key to the intervention.

You will develop trusted working relationships that support successful joint support planning with other professionals, adults and their families to avoid duplication and reduce the time that someone is waiting for an outcome and move to a position wherebythe team can confidently decide who is the correct professional to lead and coordinate case management.

Please see further information regarding our Adult Social Care team here.

**About Us**

**Essex County Council has been awarded Social Work Employer of the Year in the 2021 Social Worker of the Year Awards.**

With us, you can achieve more - for yourself as well as the vulnerable adults you work to support. We're always looking for new ways to deliver even better services, Community Support Workers play an integral role in supporting our Social Workers and OccupationalTherapist. We encourage our multi-disciplinary teams to share their ideas and experience. We work together to get things done. Bring your positive, proactive attitude, and we'll empower you to make the most of your experience as a Community Support Workerwithin Essex County Council (ECC) Adult Social Care services.

**About You**

You'll bring a strong ability to build effective relationships with adults and their families in times of challenge and crisis. You will have the drive and passion to want to make a difference, and a willingness to learn. Ideally you will have some experienceof activity-based work with adults in a social care setting and some knowledge of legislative and policy guidance applicable within social care settings. You will ideally have knowledge of the local communities.

This role involves travelling around Essex. A driving licence and car - or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means - is essential.

**What we offer in return**

We'll support you to be to your best, with the resources, training and development to empower you. With a range of opportunities offered by our award-winning Essex Social Care Academy. And, with flexible working options and other lifestyle benefits, we'llenable you to make the most of your life outside work, too.

Whatever you want to achieve in your social care career, you can do it here.

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