Community Care Officer Adult Placement
About The Position
This fixed-term post will provide additional capacity while the service continues to grow and develop. You will work closely with Shared Lives carers, citizens, families and social work colleagues to review placements, update support plans, respond to issues, and help ensure people receive safe, personalised support. Be part of a supportive service where relationships, good matching and person-centred practice are at the heart of what we do. Shared Lives provides family-based care for citizens with a range of needs. The team assesses and supports carers, oversees placements, and works with colleagues across adult social care to help people achieve positive outcomes.
Requirements
- Experience or understanding of adult social care and working with people who have a range of care and support needs.
- Well-organised and motivated person who can manage their workload and communicate clearly.
- Uses initiative, works well with others and can respond calmly and creatively to challenges.
- Experience working with adults in a social care/health/voluntary sector setting.
- Experience developing and reviewing personalised care or support plans.
- Ability to keep clear, accurate records and evidence decisions appropriately.
- Confidence managing a caseload, prioritising tasks and working independently.
- Ability to build positive working relationships with carers, colleagues and partner agencies.
- Ability to speak fluent English (essential requirement).
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
Responsibilities
- Review placements
- Update support plans
- Respond to issues
- Ensure people receive safe, personalised support
- Assess and support carers
- Oversee placements
- Work with colleagues across adult social care to help people achieve positive outcomes
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Great leave entitlement
- Access to a generous pension scheme
- Innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
