Recruitment & Assessment Officer - Shared Lives

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**About the vacancy**

**Vacancy ID**:
1120

**Organisation**:

- Carmarthenshire County Council

**Section**:

- Shared Lives

**Number of vacancies**:

- 1

**Contract type**:

- Permanent Full Time

**Location**:

- Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire

**Grade**:

- Grade F

**Salary**:

- £27,711 - £31,586

If part time and/or term time, the full time salary quoted (based on 37hrs) will be pro-rata'd accordingly

**Hourly Rate**:

- £14.36 - £16.37

**Contract Hours**
- 37 Hours

**Come and join our team**

Are you passionate about coproduction, community engagement and making a difference in people's lives?

Shared Lives is a highly successful way of supporting people to live in their communities as part of a family, having choice and control over their care and support, which has a strength-based approach at its very heart. It is based on relationships which make a real difference to the lives of individuals and their Shared Lives carers.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced worker to join the West Wales Shared Lives Team. We are looking for a positive, solution-focused and highly motivated individual who strives for excellence in their work.

You will work as part of a friendly, supportive team who are responsible for the recruitment, assessment, and training of Shared Lives carers. We value collaborative working and empowering individuals to shape the support they receive and the ongoing development of the service.

As an Area Coordinator, you will be responsible for maintaining an agreed caseload of individuals and Shared Lives Carers having overall responsibility for the provision of arrangements, matching individuals requiring support to the most appropriate carers and developing person-centred Personal Plans / Individual agreements for each arrangement. You will undertake assessments and monitoring of Shared Lives Carers for them to retain their approval status whilst liaising with relevant agencies, family members and individuals.

As an Area Coordinator you will also be responsible for the supervision of Shared Lives Support Workers, the allocation of their caseload and the monitoring/review of their work and personal development.

The role is based in our main office in Carmarthen and will include patch-based work in Carmarthenshire. You will have use of our pool cars for travelling.

If you have any previous experience of working in a social or healthcare setting and experience of meaningful community engagement, we are particularly interested in hearing from you.

For an informal discussion please contact:
**DBS level**:
**Welsh language level - Verbal**:

- Level 3 - You will need a good level of conversational Welsh. Reasonable support can be provided on appointment to reach this level

**Closing Date**:
28/01/2025, 23:55

**The Rewards**

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

- Competitive salary
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement with the option of purchasing addition annual leave
- Access to staff health and wellbeing support
- Personal development and career progression
- Staff discount schemes and other benefits e.g., cycle-to-work scheme
- Flexible working and family friendly policies

**Additional Information**

We are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

**Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the essential criteria and are registered on our redeployment pool.**

Please see the ‘How we Recruit’ guidance on the Careers Page for more information on the recruitment process.