Job Title: Care and Support Assessor

Branch Location: South Tyneside – Jarrow (NE32 3DT)

Hours: 37.5hrs per week

Salary: £24,000 per annum

Our Help to live at home Service is responsible for a range of support for people with social care and health needs who reside in the community.  The approach used by the service puts more focus on supporting people to regain or build daily living skills to remain independent and to live better lives. 

Working in partnership with the Council we have introduced a Let’s Talk Together approach, based on 3 conversations, which puts the person at the centre of their decision making, as experts in their own lives.  You will support and enable people to explore the networks around them that can support:

• Their wellbeing
• Maintain and develop their independence
• Prevent, reduce and delay needs
• Connect them to their community
• Build on their strengths and assets

The role of Care and Support Assessor will require the postholder to work collaboratively with Adult Social Care, Health, other professionals and support services to ensure that individualised support is being provided and is based on what each person needs. The role will also have a focus on providing the most proportionate and appropriate forms of support possible to maximise independence.

Key Tasks of the Post:

• To use active listening skills, observation and communication to build relationships with adults, their families and informal network supports.
• To safeguard individuals in a way that supports them in making choices and having control in how they choose to live their lives, while identifying any risks involved. Ensuring that the ‘Making Safeguarding Personal’ ethos is at the heart of all practice.
• To work directly with the person to support them to undertake an assessment of their needs using the Let’s Talk Together approach and enabling them to identify the outcomes they wish to achieve, whilst maximising their independence and choice. This will involve drawing on the support of families and informal carers and adopting a strengths-based approach.
• To understand the roles and accountabilities of other agencies and professionals in order to refer, liaise, consult and work effectively in order to meet identified needs.
• To work with the person or carer to develop and agree a support plan to achieve the identified outcomes to meet assessed need.
• Contribute to the reviews of support plans as required, ensuring the right level of support is delivered only for as long as is needed, advising the person and their carers of alternative options as appropriate.
• Identify the most proportionate support plan to safely meet ongoing needs, based on actual delivery times from Electronic Case Management data, to maximise independence and support outcomes being achieved.

For more information about the role and package details please apply online today or contact Lynn on 01785 237826 or email [email protected] for an informal discussion.

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