Application closing date

28/07/2024

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Salary

Grade F £27,803 - £30,296 a year

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Job category/type

Social Care - Adults

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Job description

Directorate: People Services
Hours: 37 hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Council House and hybrid working

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Community Mental Health Service working specifically within the Social Care Mental Health Team.

We are looking to appoint a Community Care Worker with good assessment skills and a demonstrable commitment to placing customers and carers at the heart of the assessment and cost-effective support planning - applying a strength’s-based approach.

You should ideally have experience of working in social care with adults with severe mental ill health/dementia and multidisciplinary working. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills and a good understanding of working with Adults and Carers with a commitment to safeguarding and improving outcomes for Adults. The role will focus on completing robust reviews of existing support packages and arrangements and also supporting safe and effective discharges from hospital.

The role will also involve working as part of a duty team supporting the duty Social Worker on a rotational basis and you will therefore need to work well to complete tasks in a timely and effective manner.

Applicants should already hold a NVQ or equivalent in a relevant field. You will be required to travel around various locations and have your own transport available.

The successful candidate will be part of the Specialist Mental Health Service and will also be required to work closely with partner agencies across the Public, Private, voluntary and Independent Sectors.

Please contact Beverley Wright Service Manager for an informal discussion on 01332 640777 option 3.

Next Steps

The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 28 July 2024. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.

Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/

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