Community Assessment and Support Officer

2 weeks ago


Huddersfield, United Kingdom Kirklees Council Full time

**We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.**

**Organisation**
- Kirklees

**Directorate**
- Adults & Health

**Service Area**
- Adults Social Care Operation

**Hours**
- 25.5

**Number of Jobs**
- 1

**Location(s)**
- Huddersfield and surrounding areas

**Position type**
- Permanent

**Grade**
- 7

**Salary**
- £17,511 - £18,501

**Location**:Mixture of working from home and Civic Centre.

**The Team**

There’s a real family feel to our Huddersfield HUB team; we have approachable and supportive managers who have an open door and are willing to listen and, as a team, we all pull together to support each other and share our expertise. Our hub is ‘mobile and agile’, you will have the very best kit to be able to work flexibly across the borough giving you more time to do the job you love in a way that also supports you to achieve the work life balance you need.

The Community Wellbeing Teams undertake initial assessments, reviews and safeguarding enquiries for vulnerable people and their carers in the community. Working with adults over the age of 18 with physical, sensory disabilities and mental health needs. A high-quality strength based, and customer focused approach is expected to assist in minimising the distress experienced by service users to ensure good outcomes are achieved.

The pace of work means you need to be organised and resilient but most of all you will care about the people we are working with.

We are committed to providing our CASO’s with exceptional levels of support, from a comprehensive induction through to continuous personal and professional development. We provide and encourage you to make the most of the high-quality opportunities we offer. We are focused on your own personal and professional development; we will support you to enhance your skills and practice and be the best you can be. We have an established career structure in place to help you get where you want to be in your career.

**The Role**

As a 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 be required to undertake subsequent review(s).

**The Person**

We are looking for a dedicated, hardworking and person-centred individual to join our team, who has experience of working in a caring environment in a paid or unpaid capacity with a relevant service group. A person who is committed and dedicated to delivering a high-quality service to our service users and carers. The pace of work means you need to be organised and resilient but most of all you’ll care about the people we’re working with.

**Requirements for this job**:

- **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 (exceptions may be made for disabled applicants).
- 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.
- 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.
- Ability to identify social care needs of individuals and formulate support plans
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Understanding of other agencies and their contribution to service delivery
- Willingness to continue further personal training and development

You will receive regular supervision from your line manager and have the support of other team members.

We are committed to providing our Community Assessment and Support Officer’s (CASO) with exceptional levels of support, from a comprehensive induction through to continuous personal and professional development. We provide and encourage you to make the most of the high-quality opportunities we offer. We’re focused on your own personal and professional development; we’ll support you to enhance your skills and practice and be the best you can be. We have an established career structure in



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