Senior Facilitator - Neighbourhood Working

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Facilitator to work with us in our Community Care services. This is a new role to Rutland and the post holder will work closely with Primary Care, Rutland County Council and Voluntary Sector colleagues.  If you have experience of working in a health or social care environment, can provide data, coordinate, support clinicians and provide robust administrative support we want to hear from you. 

About the role…
The Senior Facilitator will undertake the following:

• To co-ordinate the care and multi-disciplinary involvement of those people being managed under the Integrated Neighbourhood.
• Take a proactive approach to using population health management data held on record to identify patients who would benefit from proactive preventative support
• Support the identification of voluntary sector support and maintain, promote, and coordinate the social prescribing platform
• To act as a central point of information and a guide to processes for both health and social care services in the neighbourhood to improve working practices 

About you…

• NVQ3/QCF in Social care or equivalent relevant qualification
• Relevant experience of working within a health, social care or voluntary sector setting
• Administrative experience related to service users or patients
• Awareness of the needs of vulnerable people, including older people
• Can demonstrate a systematic approach to prioritisation of work and cope under pressure to meet deadlines
• Able to communicate with others in a positive and respectful manner

The Senior Facilitator is based within the defined neighbourhood of Rutland, to improve joined up working practices leading to more efficient patient/service user care. As part of this role, the post holder will take on the administrative management of the regular multi-disciplinary team meetings and agreed actions from these meetings.  The Senior Facilitator will work with all health and social care professionals, as well as statutory/non statutory agencies, to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users. 

The successful applicant for this post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The costs for the DBS are paid by us. 

The Senior Facilitator interviews will be held in March/April 2023.  Please be advised this could be subject to change, in which case we will give appropriate notice.  Please also note the interviews will be conducted face to face.

Rutland Council is committed to Flexible Working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance, whilst meeting the needs of the service.We are supportive of Hybrid working and welcome a conversation at the interview about flexible working arrangements.    As well as working from home, we feel it is important that you have the opportunity to spend time in the workplace with your colleagues to help you learn, develop and engage.

Our offer to you:

We are committed to supporting and empowering our staff to be the best workers that they can be, and Rutland Council is the place you want to be.    Our benefits go beyond the salary – being part of a great team, excellent Local Government Pension, generous annual leave, opportunities to learn and develop your career, and a demonstrable commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff. 

Find out more:

To learn more about working with us visit https://jobs.rutland.gov.uk or if you have any queries about this role please contact Emmajane Perkins, Head of Service Community Care Services on 01572 720917 or at eperkins@rutland.gov.uk  

If you are experiencing problems or have any queries about the application process, please call us on 01572 758428 or email us at recruitment@rutland.gov.uk

All recruitment correspondence, including interview details, will be sent out via email from the Jobs Go Public site. If you require documentation/correspondence in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment team.

Rutland County Council is committed to Equality and Diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.  Everyone at Rutland County Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.