Community Care Officer

1
1 February 2021
Permanent
Full Time
Welbeck House, Sherwood Energy Village. Darwin Drive, New Ollerton, NG22 9FF
Adult Social Care and Health
£23,541 - £27,041 per annum

The Maximising Independence Service (North) are seeking to recruit a dynamic individual to join our forward thinking, friendly team, which covers the area of Newark & Bassetlaw.

The aim of the service is to help people to maximise independence as much as possible by providing information, advice and guidance, setting short-term goals and identifying support to achieve those goals. This could include: 

  • Enablement 
  • Reablement 
  • Benefits advice 
  • Signposting to community support 
  • Equipment and minor adaptations 
  • Carers support and advice 
  • i-work 

We aim to provide people with the right help, at the right time at the point of referral and the post will involve a combination of responses to referrals including home visits. You will need to be creative and enthusiastic in your approach with a 'can-do' attitude. 

The main objectives of the service are to:

  • Support people to increase their independence and confidence 
  • Ensure people have access to the right information and are getting the right support at the right time 
  • Increase the number of people accessing prevention, enablement and reablement services   
  • Support people to return home from hospital without delay and avoid readmission 
  • Prevent, delay or reduce ongoing care and support 

 This will be done by: 

  • Having a strengths-based, therapy-led approach  
  • Delivering an efficient, effective and timely service with minimal hand-offs  
  • Aligning with partner organisations to avoid or reduce duplication 

If you feel that you would be well suited to this type of work and have the relevant experience and skills to meet the job description, we would like to hear from you. In return, you will receive ongoing training and coaching, regular supervision, annual development appraisals alongside the support of a highly skilled team. You will be provided with appropriate technology and access to work remotely. 

Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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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