Assessment & Review Worker

St Helens Council; St Helens; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Investors in People Gold Status

Pension scheme

Relocation package

Travel expenses and car parking

Job summary

St Helens Council is recruiting a part-time Assessment and Review Worker for the Contact Cares team based at Whiston Hospital. The role handles initial contact, care planning and onward referrals, with a focus on rapid response and timely assessments within health and social care services.

Working in a busy multidisciplinary environment, you will participate in both planned and urgent assessments while adhering to safeguarding and local policy requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide initial contact, care planning, onward referrals and signposting for adults across health and social care.
• Perform 2-hour response under Urgent Community Response Criteria and conduct planned and urgent assessments.
• Work a shift pattern on a rota, totaling 18.5 hours per week over 7 days, including Bank Holidays.
• Support service users and contribute to the team’s development while safeguarding policy requirements.

Job description

We Are St Helens Borough Council Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.

Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.

Making A Difference as a part-time Assessment and Review Worker in Contact Cares

An opportunity has arisen for a driven and innovative Assessment and Review Worker on a part-time basis to join Integrated Health and Social Care in the Front Door Service within Contact Cares based at Whiston Hospital, Nightingale House. This large and busy multi-disciplinary team and is the single point of access for health and social care referrals. As the team continues to develop, we are looking to recruit a motivated part-time Assessment and Review Worker to join our team within the service. The team consists of both qualified and unqualified Social Care, Nursing and Therapy staff. We provide a 2-hour response under Urgent Community Response Criteria and offer planned and urgent assessments.

The Contact Cares team also provide initial contact, care planning, onward referrals, and signposting services for a wide range of adult clients across health and social care. With a focus that stretches from prevention and early intervention, to reducing hospital admissions and readmissions the work is varied and interesting.

The team operate from 8.00 am until 10.00 pm 7 days per week to include Bank Holidays. This post will be shift working to a rota of pro-rota, 18.5 hrs per week over 7 days.

Please see attached rota schedule for shifts.

St Helens is a strong and resilient Council, which respects and values the individuality and diversity that every employee brings to the Council. We seek to create a positive and open working environment.

• Awarded Investors in People Gold Status
• Attractive salary, retention, and relocation package
• Excellent pension scheme
• Work travel expenses and car parking facilities

This post will provide an excellent opportunity to gain experience in a diverse and interesting role and contribute to the team's exciting development.

This Authority is committed to safeguarding and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure

Must be able to drive, have access to a car and have a valid licence

This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure

Making a Difference

Whatever stage of your career, working in the public sector puts you at the heart of communities. Our workforce provides services to our resident's day in and day out, making a positive impact on people’s lives. We could not do this without the dedication, professionalism and strength of our workforce. There are so many reasons to choose to work at St Helens Council including the fantastic range of employee benefits and rewards on offer. St Helens Borough Council | Jobs | Search here for your perfect career - Home Page

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Roles That Matter

Full Job Description & Person Specification Documents are included with this advert.

This is an Enhanced Disclosure post

Employees can regularly work away from Council workspaces (including home or other locations), alongside required office-based working. The balance between remote and office-based working is determined at service level based on operational need, however, there has been a minimum specification that staff will work at least 2 days from an office-based location.

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation.

The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles.

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St Helens Council is officially recognised as one of the region’s leading fair employers, achieving accredited status under the Liverpool City Combined Authority Fair Employment Charter. The Charter recognises the ongoing commitment to fair pay, secure work, training & progression & staff well-being whilst celebrating employers who go above and beyond for their workforce providing an inclusive and supportive environment.