Job Introduction
The First Contact Team, engages with residents of Staffordshire, carrying out strengths based, outcome focused assessments via the telephone and other virtual means.
We are looking for a Social Care Assessor who shares our values and commitment and are passionate about improving the lives of our residents.
Main Responsibility
You will play a key role in assessing and reviewing the social care needs of adults with a focus to provide a holistic, personalised service to residents over the age of 18 who have physical disabilities and older people with mental health disabilities.
We would like to hear from people who are passionate about delivering the best services to our service users.
Your duties will include:
- undertaking assessments of individual and carers needs and risks to encourage independence, provide support and prevent harm.
- working in partnership with adults service users and carers using a person-centred approach, with the aim of maximising independence, wellbeing and choice.
The Ideal Candidate
You will have social care experience together with analytical assessment skills and be able to identify, assess and manage risks.
If you are committed to enabling people to live their best life and believe you have what we are looking for, we want to hear from you!
For further information about this role please contact Tammy Drinkwater. tammy.drinkwater@staffordshire.gov.uk
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Silver Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
