Social Care Coordinator

Job description

We are looking to appoint a Social Care Coordinator to work in our Discharge to Assess Hospital Team to work alongside Social Workers and Occupational Therapists. Our aim is to help people meet their needs and achieve the outcomes that matter to them in their lives, involving the person and supporting them to have choice and control over what matters to them.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

We support hybrid working, it’s important to us that working arrangements are designed to enable our employees to excel and within this role you’ll have the opportunity to work in a way that suits your lifestyle.

**About the role**:
The Discharge to Assess Hospital Team is a multidisciplinary team who work in collaboration with our health colleagues to promote timely discharges from hospital promoting the home first agenda.

The Social Care Coordinator role will entail working with our duty team, reviewing and analysing referrals, problem solving and visiting individuals that have been discharged from hospital to ensure their care act eligible needs are being met in a strength-based way.

You must be able to demonstrate:

- excellent communication skills
- ability to gather and analyse information
- ability to identify and prioritise risks
- ability to identify and prioritise safeguarding issues
- excellent organisational skills and flexibility
- excellent IT and typing skills
- excellent teamwork skills

You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.

Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
**Work Together as one team -**work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do
**Drive Efficiency -**show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential
**Be Ambitious -**be demanding of our own performance - striving to be even better - and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way
**Make a Difference to Reading -**maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed

**Our offer**:
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

- Generous holiday entitlement - starting from 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - with the option to buy additional leave
- Maternity, adoption, parental and sick pay
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
- Cycle salary sacrifice scheme
- Salary sacrifice scheme for Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) to help you save for your retirement
- 'Your Reading Passport' scheme - competitive rates for local gyms
- Excellent comprehensive staff induction, training, supervision and support packages
- Laptop and mobile supplied

Closing date: Sunday 24th August 2025
Interview date: TBC