Assistant Care Manager

West Sussex County Council; Adur; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

West Sussex County Council is seeking an Assistant Care Manager to join the Sensory Services team. The role involves planning and delivering person-centred support for adults with sensory impairments, including home visits and risk assessments.

You’ll work in a countywide setting with partners to empower individuals and promote independence. The position is permanent, 21.5 hours per week, with office base Horsham and hybrid working (2 days in the office per week) after interview.

Qualifications

• Understanding the impact of disability, especially sensory impairment, on wellbeing.
• Ability to complete a strengths-based assessment as per Care Act 2014.
• Ability to develop a person-centred care and support plan with defined outcomes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to use information technologies.
• Ability to prioritise, organise work and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement tailored support plans to improve wellbeing and deliver positive outcomes.
• Provide advice, information, and assistive equipment or independent living skills.
• Visit people in their own homes and conduct high-quality risk assessments, including MCA reviews.
• Respond to safeguarding enquiries and work with a dedicated team to promote safety.
• Ensure compliance with policies and legislation applicable to the role.
• Participate in an out-of-hours duty system.
• Travel across the County to visit clients in their homes, including locations not easily reached by public transport.

Skills

Disability awareness

Strengths-based assessment

Person-centred care

Communication skills

Organisation

Education

GCSEs English & Maths

NVQ Level 3 in Care

Job description

About us

West Sussex County Council is a diverse organisation that provides services to more than 850,000 residents every day. As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

Our Sensory Services team have a unique focus, supporting adults born with sensory impairments, or acquired at any age. Many of the people the team work with also have lifelong physical disabilities, learning disabilities, autism, and brain injuries acquired at an early age. We also work with adults with sensory impairments acquired at any age (people who are Deaf, Deafblind, or who are visually impaired). The team offers a dedicated, strengths-based approach to disability that we know makes a positive difference. Whether we are engaging with people seeking advice, providing equipment or skills training, or starting a journey with people that may lead to a personal budget to meet complex needs, we are always looking to deliver the best outcomes.

We believe the best staff get the best outcomes. This is a rare opportunity for you to join our wonderful Sensory Services Team as an Assistant Care Manager. This team rarely need to recruit as once people join the team they don't want to leave.

About the job

Salary: £17,731 to £19,244 per annum
Working pattern: 21.5 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Locations: Office base location Horsham. Hybrid working opportunities will be discusses at interview, with an expectation of 2 days per week in the office.

Are you passionate about making a difference? Our Assistant Care Managers are an integral part of the countywide team also made up of Vision Rehabilitation Specialists, Senior Practitioner Vision Rehabilitation Specialists, and Social Workers for deaf and hard and hearing and visually impaired people.

Our Assistant care Managers need to be resilient, adaptable, organised and able to work in a fast-paced environment. You will be expected to learn new and adaptive ways of communicating with people with sensory impairments, and promote sensory needs within the Council and with our partners.

In this role, you will:

• Use your skills and knowledge to develop and implement tailored support plans that improve wellbeing and deliver positive outcomes.


• Provide advice, information, the provision of assistive equipment or independent living skills.


• Visit people in their own homes and undertake high-quality risk assessments and reviews, including Mental Capacity Act assessments.


• Respond to safeguarding enquiries and work collaboratively as part of a dedicated team.


• Ensure compliance with organisational policies and legislative requirements.


• Participate in an out of hours duty system


• As part of the role is visiting people in their own homes you will be required to travel independently throughout the County including to locations that are not always easily
  accessible by public transport.

If you're committed to empowering individuals and delivering person-centred care, we'd love to hear from you.

Knowledge, experience and skills:

Key Skills:

1. Ability to understand the impact of disability, and in particular sensory impairment on a person's wellbeing.


2. Ability to complete a strengths-based assessment (as directed by the Care Act 2014).


3. Ability to develop a person-centred care and support plan with clearly defined outcomes.


4. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to use a variety of information technologies.


5. Ability to prioritise and organise work, meet deadlines and agreed performance expectations.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3 GCSEs including English and Maths or equivalent qualification, e.g. NVQ.


• NVQ Level 3 in Care - Desirable


• Experience of providing support/working with people with disabilities / sensory impairments.


• Experience of forming effective working relationships within a multi-agency setting.


• Experience of providing advice and guidance to others.


• Experience of applying statutory interventions that prevent, reduce or delay the need for ongoing support.


• Experience of applying relevant legislation, policies and procedures to individual pieces of work.

Benefits:

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme (if you meet all the essential criteria), this can be found on our application help page.