Social Care Officer

6 days ago


Remote, United Kingdom Medway Council Full time

**Social Care Officer**:
**Employer**: Medway Council

**Salary**: Range 4 - £29,793 - £35,410 per annum (effective from the 1 April 2024)

**Location**: Hybrid - Works part in the office (Gun Wharf) and part from home

**Contract**: Permanent

**Working Pattern**: Full Time

**Hours**: 37 hours per week.

**DBS Check**: Enhanced

**Closing Date**: 02/04/2024 at 23:59

**Reference**: REC3047VR

We are currently recruiting for a Social Care Officer who assess the care and support needs of adults, including those with mental health needs, people with physical and learning disabilities, and their carer’s needs within the community. As part of a professional team, you will ensure client and carers’ wishes are central to the decision making and together formulate and implement appropriate care plans which will maximise their independence and help them to remain living in the community for as long as possible or assist them to move seamlessly into more appropriate accommodation.

You will be required to work collaboratively with multi
- disciplinary teams both in the community and or within the hospital setting in facilitating timely and effective care and support plans to maximise independence at home or to return home with ‘own bed is best’ ethos including the development and monitoring of re-enablement programmes.

To ensure vulnerable people are safeguarded and promote safeguarding personal values an ethics through day-to-day work.

**In return we offer you**:

- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Generous local government pension scheme package
- Access to wider training and development qualifications
- Flexible working scheme
- Travel plan discounts
- Car Benefit Scheme from Tusker
- Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
- Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers

**Our organisation**:
Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.

Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.

We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.

Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.

**Important Information-**

**Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile.**

**Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement**:
**For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online**
- We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date._

**How to apply**:
If you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.


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