Job summary
- Main area
- Social Work
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 388-7248565-AHP
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kings Ash House
- Town
- Paignton
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Care Worker/ Social Care Assessor
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
You will undertake holistic needs-led assessments in partnership with service users, patients and carers, prepare care plans, commission services and manage a caseload to ensure the most effective and beneficial care packages are established, delivered, monitored and reviewed, and comply with all statutory requirements, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust policies, standards and guidelines.
Main duties of the job
- Be a core member of a multi-disciplinary Baywide Health and Wellbeing Team and contribute to the effective assessment and discharge planning with working age adults in the area of Torbay and for Torbay residents in out of area hospitals in the region
- Undertake holistic social care assessments, in partnership with service users, families and carers, prepare care plans, commission services to ensure the most beneficial and cost-effective care packages are established, delivered, monitored and reviewed, and comply with all statutory requirements for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust policies and guidelines
- Have clear responsibilities for the safeguarding of adults and children and for operating in a manner consistent with Human Rights legislation
- Be compliant with and practice utilising social care legislation including Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005
Working for our organisation
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Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focussed on quality. We focus on solutions and people’s strengths. We encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement. If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team Torbay and South Devon.
And if you do join us, you’ll be working in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK, with a fantastic quality of life. We actively encourage our people to enjoy a good work/life balance and Devon offers everything from city living to a host of outdoor activities. Whether it’s the coast that floats your boat, the adrenaline of white-water rafting, trekking across the moors or being mindful in nature, you’ll find it all right on your doorstep.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
GCSE grade C or above
To have an NVQ level 4 in Health & Social Care or equivalent
Understanding of basic human needs, physical, emotional and social
Ability to undertake holistic assessments of persons
need, arranging and reviewing services
Requirement for prolonged periods of intense concentration (to analyse complex information such as assessments up to 90 minutes duration taking in depth case histories and writing reports
Please see full details on Job Description
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- GCSE grade C or above
- To have an NVQ level 4 in health & Social Care/or equivalent
- Evidence of consistent pattern of learning from education, training and experience
- Understanding of basic human needs – physical, emotional, health and social
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of basic human needs, physical, emotional and social needs
- Ability to communicate effectively with clients, carers, specialist
- Proven interpersonal skills
- Effective working as an individual but also as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to use time effectively
- Effective recording skills
- Willingness to undertake training to develop within the role
- Ability to use IT based care management systems
- Ability to work on own initiative whilst making positive use of supervision and training
- Awareness of Care Act 2014 legislation
- Assessment & Care Management Process, policies and standards
- Effective in using multiple data base computer systems
- Ability to undertake holistic assessments of persons need, arranging and reviewing services
Desirable criteria
- Care Management process, policies and standards Community Care and other relevant legislation
- Knowledge of long-term conditions
- Customer care/reception training
- Evidence of risk assessment training/awareness
- Use of recognised IT packages
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ben Scott
- Job title
- Front End Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07825027784
- Additional information
Please note, my working hours are 9am-5pm Mon-Friday
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