Assessment & Enablement Worker

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic person to join The Care Home Review Team in North Northants Council (NNC).

You will be responsible for managing a caseload of individuals; assessing social care needs; developing, co-ordinating and reviewing care support, as well as ensuring that we meet our duty to safeguard vulnerable individuals for people who need 24hr care and support in either a Residential or Nursing Home.

We are looking for people who believe it is important to ensure people have a choice and control over their own support needs. We want people who are committed, like us, to focus on the person, their strengths and networks rather than routinely assessing people for services and eligibility.

What will you be doing?

What will you be doing?

• Supporting people who live in care homes who are funded by, or are eligible for funding for their care from North Northamptonshire Council. It is essential that you are able to drive for this role.
• Completing Care Act Assessments and Reviewing placements in 24hr Care in line with the Care Act 2014.
• Writing Care and Support Plans.
• Completing Continuing Health Care Checklists and supporting our NHS colleagues with Continuing Health Care Assessments
• Maintaining case records, ensuring information is accurate and concise.

About you

You will have experience of working in Adult Social Care and will hold a minimum qualification of an NVQ / QCF Level 3. You will need an understanding of the needs of vulnerable people and a working knowledge of the Care Act 2014.

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

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The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)