Adult Support Coordinator

About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join Cambridgeshire County Council as an Adult Community Support Coordinator in our East Cambs (Ely) Adult Community Team.

The role comes with responsibility for completing Care Act assessments and reviews as well as support planning, completing Mental Capacity Assessments and carrying out Safeguarding Adult Enquiries on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council. The role involves working with people to identify their strengths and how these can be used to support them in meeting their assessed needs. This is all in line with the Care Act 2014, as part of strengths-based and person-centred interventions. The post holder will work with vulnerable adults with a range of social care requirements including disabilities.

If you are passionate about social care, confident with updating electronic records and reports and enjoy working with people, we would love to hear from you.

**To find out more or for an informal discussion, please contact Aleesha Lombardo, the Team Manager for East Cambs on 01353 650581.**

What will you be doing?
You will be expected to work in partnership with service users, carers and other professionals within and outside of the council. This will include undertaking duty on a rota basis, visiting people to carry out face-to-face assessments and reviews, and carrying out reviews and assessments over the phone. You will need to show dedication to establishing needs and ensuring that they are met, to empower our service users and facilitate their independence.

You will be carrying out the role of Safeguarding Officer, and reporting to managers during safeguarding enquiries, as well as keeping records accurate and up to date.

About you
You will need to understand Adult Social Care legislation including the Care Act 2014, Safeguarding Adults and Making Safeguarding Personal principles as well as the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

You will be expected to work collaboratively as part of a team and demonstrate commitment to making a difference and building relationships.

You must have the ability to travel to a variety of locations independently.

Please refer to the attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full list of requirements for this role.

About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme