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This is an exciting opportunity to work with Kent County Council's Shared Lives Service, providing high-quality support to vulnerable adults in their homes.
As a Shared Lives Officer, you will be responsible for assessing, monitoring, and developing Carers to ensure they provide excellent support to adults in their care.
You will work within a dedicated team to ensure that Shared Lives Carers meet Care Quality Commission (CQC) and in-house performance standards.
Key responsibilities include:
- Assessing and monitoring Carers to ensure they meet the needs of adults in their care.
- Developing and implementing care plans to support adults in leading independent and fulfilling lives.
- Working with the Referrals Officer to coordinate new placements and ensure a robust matching process.
- Supervising Shared Lives Assistant Officers and Shared Lives Workers.
Requirements:
- Degree in Social Work or equivalent in a related discipline.
- Experience of working with people with assessed social care needs.
- Knowledge of relevant Social Care legislation.
- Good computer literacy and report writing skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and mediation and negotiation skills.
- Registration with the Health Care Professionals Council.
Kent County Council offers an attractive benefits package, a commitment to work-life balance, and opportunities for flexible working arrangements.
Annual leave is 29 days rising to 30 after 5 years of service, Bank holidays, and an annual concessionary day around Christmas.
There are additional benefits that can be accessed via our social care academy.
This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position, and the Council has a statutory duty to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and a relevant professional qualification as well as up to date registration with the appropriate professional body.
