Community Care Officer
Job Description
Job title: Community Care Officer
Company: Nottinghamshire County Council
Job description: Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL & Mansfield Community Hospital, Stockwell Gate, Mansfield, NG18 5QJ.
Department 1
Adult Social Care and Health
Interview date 1
19/03/2024
Salary 1
£27,803 – £31,364 per annum
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We have an exciting opportunity for 2 permanent Community Care Officers to join the Mid Notts Discharge to Assess Team. We would like to recruit enthusiastic, well organised, and highly motivated individuals with commitment to promoting independence and a strengths-based approach within their practice.
The team works as part of an integrated multidisciplinary (MDT) transfer of care hub based at Kings Mill Hospital to plan supported discharges from Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust (Kings Mill, Mansfield and Newark Hospitals). The role would require you to work within the integrated hub approximately two days a month alongside an advanced social work practitioner and service adviser to triage referrals and arrange short term social care support as required. This provides an excellent opportunity to work with a range of other organisations and develop your multidisciplinary working skills. The Hub MDT have a home first approach and focus on supporting people to return to their own homes on discharge from hospital where possible.
The key function of your role would be to undertake social care assessments – using the three conversations approach – with people following their discharge from hospital. This includes identifying opportunities to promote independence, for example, using reablement and enablement services and coordinating and commissioning ongoing support where needed. There will also be a requirement to complete other assessments as needed, for example, Mental Capacity Act Assessments, Best Interests Assessments, Carers Assessments and to take part in Continuing Healthcare Assessments. An understanding of relevant Adult Social Care legislation is required, including the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005. There will also be a requirement to participate in a duty rota which is completed on site at Mansfield Community Hospital.
You will receive regular formal and informal supervision, induction, relevant training and have access to mobile working technology and the flexibility of hybrid working. There will be a requirement to work some Saturdays on a rota basis which is currently 1 Saturday in 8 and there will be enhanced pay for weekend working.
For further information about this post please contact Claire Atkinson or Yasmin Raza
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Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Job Description / Person Specification 1
Competency Framework
Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.
Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.
Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.
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Expected salary: £27803 – 31364 per year
Location: Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
