Community Assessment Officer

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
The Integrated Discharge Team is responsible for supporting patient discharges for the residents of Salford from Salford Royal Hospital and out of area hospitals. This team is also responsible for supporting patients discharged from the acute settings through the bed based Discharge to Assess program in support of patients returning to their community settings.

**Main duties of the job**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of a multidisciplinary Health & Social Care service. Health and Social Care in Salford is in a period of transformation focused on integration and supporting people to reach their desired outcomes.

As a Community Assessment Officer at the forefront of service delivery, you will need to focus upon enabling and maximising independence for people living in Salford.

Working alongside a large Multi-Disciplinary Team, the role is hospital and community based: collaboratively completing strength-based assessments and reviews that are designed to support people to identify their own individual needs and desired outcomes in supporting them to improve their wellbeing. You will also commission packages of support that complement the person's existing natural support in the community. Support is aimed at building upon a person's own strengths and networks to meet need, build independence and ultimately enable them to achieve their goals and ambitions.

**Working for our organisation**:
Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place with an outstanding reputation. Salford is the place which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Twice rated Outstanding by the CQC, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for delivering a range of community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
We are committed to supporting the recruitment and retention of our Social Work staff. It is recognised by the Trust that many experienced Social Work staff are currently likely to be employed by local government organisations, and to ensure there is clarity over terms and conditions of employment we offer NJC Pay Scales to Social Workers we appoint, rather than NHS pay-scales.

**Person specification**:
**Skills,Kowledge and experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- A general education commensurate with the need to keep sensitive, concise and accurate written records, and ability to communicate complex information appropriately, clearly and concisely both verbally and in written form.
- An understanding of the role of Community & Social Services services and of the relevant legislation in the provision of personal social services.
- An ability to prioritise work, meet objectives and manage an individual caseload.
- An ability to engage with people and work with them towards maximising their independence, and achieving their best possible outcomes.
- An ability to work effectively and appropriately as a member of a Team and within the wider multi-agency framework
- An ability, at all times to be sensitive to the needs of the user/carer and to implement a needs-led approach to services while taking account of financial constraints.
- Ability to identify the range of service user/carer needs, devising care and support plans and re-negotiating as service user/carer needs and circumstances change.
- Awareness of the effects and implications of illness and disability on people and their families/carers.

**Desirable criteria**:

- Relevant training profile.
- Knowledge of welfare rights legislation.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups.
- Appreciation of the particular issues involved in delayed discharge from hospital or intermediate care beds
- Experience in Adult Health and Social Care related post which involves assessment, development and review of care plans.

**Essential & Desirable**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Supporting evidence must demonstrate the essential criteria clearly on your experiences within a social care environment or similar field

**Desirable criteria**:

- Although not essential provide supporting evidence where possible any other experience, training or development you consider relevant to this role

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