Assessment & Support Co-ordinator

3 weeks ago


Dorchester, United Kingdom Dorset Councils Full time

Organisation
- Dorset Council
- Location
- Dorchester
- Reference
- 61029988
- Occupational group
- Health and Social Care - Adults
- Salary details
- £22,777 to £25,409
- Job term
- Full Time
- Appointment type
- Fixed Term
- Contact
- Fiona Taylor
- Contact telephone
- 01929 557051
- Closing Date
- 14 February 2023 11:00 PM

**Assessment & Support Co-ordinator (Internal)**:
**Full time - fixed term for 12 months**:
**£22,777 to £25,409**:
**Dorchester**:
An exciting opportunity is available for an enthusiastic, committed and creative person to join the Adult Access Team as an Assessment and Support Co-ordinator. The position is fixed term for 12 months.

The Adult Access Team is the 'front door' to adult social care in the Dorset Council area and is based in County Hall, Dorchester. Using a strengths-based approach, we work with our customers to understand the outcomes they are looking to achieve, their strengths and assets and what support they may need to achieve their goals.

**What you will be doing**:
We aim to resolve as many enquiries as we can at the first point of contact by linking people with their local communities, providing information and advice, issuing small pieces of equipment which promote independence, considering what assistive technology may be helpful and if further assessment is required, referring to our colleagues in the locality teams.

**About you**:
**Dorset Council: A great place to work**:
We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at Cifas.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

**Additional Information**:
We are pleased to be able to offer hybrid working (flexibility to work from home or another location as well as in the office at County Hall).

**Closing date 14th February 2023.



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