Social Care Assessor (Band 11)

Job Description

Job Category: Social Care – Qualified
Location: White Rose House, Northallerton, DL6 2NA, North Yorkshire County Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 08:30
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £15.36

Job Requirements:
• All candidates must have had the Covid-19 vaccination prior to being submitted to this order.
• Be responsible for the development and co-ordination of reablement plans
• Directly commission packages of support for adults with care and support needs or carers to achieve identified outcomes.
• Undertake assessments of need with Deaf, deafened and deafblind people as allocated by your line manager and where indicated, to undertake assessments of need with carers.
• Provide social work services to Deaf, deafened and deafblind people or people with vision loss, including:
• Community work to help support, develop and stimulate local Deaf communities.
• Providing targeted interventions to people requiring help, including safeguarding, in mental health settings and in overcoming everyday barriers to social participation.
• Acting as ‘Best Interests Assessor’ for the whole of Sensory Services following appropriate training.
• You will facilitate 1:1 and group sessions with North Yorkshire County Council staff and other professionals working with members of the Deaf community to promote awareness and understanding of Deaf culture.
• The post holder will work with the Team Manager to contribute to the development of communities to enable the empowerment of Deaf, deafened and deafblind people.
• Liaising with local, universal and other services to promote vulnerable people’s access to them.

Knowledge:
• Good working knowledge, understanding and application of the Care Act and regulations.
• Knowledge and understand of other relevant legislation for adult social care, for example the Mental Capacity Act.
• Knowledge and understanding of social care policy developments and good practice at a local and national level.
• Knowledge of statutory requirements, including requirements in respect of carers, equality and anti-discrimination legislation, maintaining a safe working environment, data protection and confidentiality.
• Knowledge and understanding of how Equality & Diversity, Dignity & Respect and Human Rights will apply to this role.

Experience:
• Demonstrable experience of undertaking assessment of health or social care needs in a community setting. (Newly Qualified workers only)
• Demonstrable experience of contributing to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults. (Newly Qualified workers only)
• Experience of undertaking assessment of health or social care needs in a community setting.
• Experience of inter-agency collaboration practice.
• Demonstrable experience of undertaking complex assessment of health or social care needs in a community setting.
• Demonstrable experience of initiating the appropriate statutory and other actions required to undertake adult protection investigations.
• Experience of working positively in a changing environment.
• Relevant community experience for nursing qualified applicants

Occupational Skills:
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to use persuasion, influencing and/or negotiation techniques to influence others.
• The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
• Professional Qualifications/Training/Registrations required by law, and/or essential for the performance of the role
• A professional social care qualification e.g. Social Work, DipSW, CQSW with current registration with SWE
• A commitment to undertake ASYE if in first two years of qualifying as a social worker and not completed already.