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South Gloucestershire Council
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Bristol, Bristol
Social Care Assistant
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Salary: £21589 - £24799 per annum |
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Overview
Social Care Assistant Challenging times need caring people We are looking for caring and experienced people to support our vulnerable Adult residents within South Gloucestershire. In these extraordinary times you really can make a difference by working alongside our Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and responders, working with adults who may require social care services, their family and carers and assessing their social care, functional and health needs and to plan, implement, review and monitor actions and outcomes. What does an average day look like? - Enable hospital discharges by carrying out assessment of needs, providing advice and guidance to service users and their carers. - Identify needs and review and monitor care plans and the quality of service provision, responding to changing needs and renegotiating service provision where appropriate, taking necessary action in accordance with Safeguarding procedures in order to protect vulnerable people. - Provide advice, support and guidance to service users and their carers and the delivery of designated areas of work by coordinating day to day operations and contributing to developing projects and processes. - Raise awareness of a range of care issues and their implications and carry out risk assessments where appropriate, in order to ensure that needs are assessed, and appropriate action is taken. - Develop and evaluate reablement programmes as part of care packages ensuring that programmes to support independence are implemented. - Make recommendations for significant budget spend ensuring that maximum value is delivered for the resources deployed. What we need from you: - Experience in a relevant area of statutory or voluntary sector work in the health or social care field. - A relevant qualification e.g. NVQ Level 3 in health or social care or equivalent. - IT skills to use client data system. - Understanding of the needs of service users and good interpersonal skills. - Knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice; processes and procedures; support mechanisms and specialist equipment. - Ability to carry out risk assessments. Please note that it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post. This means that you must declare any criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings unless these are ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has a confidential checking process for transgender applicants who do not wish to reveal details of their previous identity to the person who has asked them to complete an application form for a DBS check. How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different: We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance. We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work. Location: Yate, Bristol Hours: Full Time, Permanent Salary: £21,589 to £24,799 per annum You may have experience of the following: Social Care Assistant, Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Care Assistant, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker etc Ref: 92802 This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89947361