Assistant Care Manager - Worthing Hospital

West Sussex County Council; England; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in Worthing is looking for an Assistant Care Manager to join their social work team. This role will involve assessing patients and overseeing care packages in a supportive environment. Candidates should have experience in social care, effective communication skills, and a relevant educational background. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on individuals' lives throughout the community.

Qualifications

• Experience of providing support in a Social Care environment.
• Experience of forming effective working relationships within a multi-agency setting.
• Awareness of policies and practices relevant to Social Work.

Responsibilities

• Assess individuals in their homes and provide guidance.
• Implement and monitor care packages.
• Maintain accurate records and produce reports.

Skills

Ability to analyse and interpret information

Ability to work independently and in a team

Ability to communicate complicated information

Sound IT and keyboard skills

Education

GCSE English and Maths or equivalent

Job description

West Sussex County Council is a diverse organisation that provides services to more than 850,000 residents every day. This is a great opportunity to join us as an Assistant Care Manager in friendly Worthing Hospital Social Work Team that prides itself on their supportive culture.

Our hospital social work teams thrive in a high pace, high pressure environment where they can make a real and positive impact on people's lives. They have a varied and challenging workload; every day is different and offers an opportunity to learn something new.

Within the hospital, our social workers support the integrated discharge teams by sharing their professional expertise. Together, they work with some of the most complex patients and their families to enable a safe and rapid discharge from the ward. They also work with the emergency departments to avoid unnecessary admissions to hospital.

Within West Sussex, we have implemented a successful 'discharge to assess model'. Much of our hospital social workers' time is now spent carrying out assessments for people recently discharged from hospital. They support them and their families to make decisions about their longer term outcomes, with a strong emphasis on supporting people to return and remain at home, being as independent as possible.

About The Job

Salary: £29,540 to £32,061 per annum
Working Pattern: Full time 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Worthing General Hospital
Interview Date: w/c 27th October

Our Assistant Care Managers have a really supportive working environment and inductions are well planned with help from across the team. There are 25 members in the Worthing Hospital Social Work Team so whether it's in person, on the phone or even in the chat group there is always someone on hand to help.

You will be working across the Acute ward, A&E, Community Hospitals, and assessing people in their own homes; providing advice and guidance to those people who access or need the service.. As well as assessing you will be completing plans, implementing and monitoring care packages, although there is a focus on short term support you will also be carrying out reviews for long term support. To be successful in this role you will need to use your initiative and demonstrate personal resilience as you could have exposure to challenging behaviours from people who access or need the service.

An important part of the role is accurate records of all of the amazing work you have undertaken, and produce reports and correspondence for a variety of audiences including meetings, conferences, court, panels and other agencies.

You will receive regular, supportive and reflective supervision from senior social work colleagues, but you will also need to use your own initiative where appropriate. There would be some requirement to work flexibly, out of office hours to assist customers, carers and families and you will be required to travel throughout the county including locations that are not always easily accessible by public transport.

Experience and Skills

These will be used as the shortlisting criteria so please cover in your application with examples.

Key Skills:

• Ability to analyse and interpret information and prioritise needs in order to make recommendations/decisions which will have a positive outcome.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work in a multi-agency environment to deliver a service to those people who access or need the service.
• Ability to communicate complicated or sensitive information to a range of audiences to achieve positive outcomes; to be able to communicate clearly with customers reflecting the service objectives and standards.
• Sound and accurate IT and keyboard skills.
• Ability to recognise the limits of own accountability and responsibility, and to seek appropriate support, advice and supervision.

Qualifications and/or experience:

• GCSE English and Maths or equivalent qualification or experience operating at this level of literacy and numeracy.
• NVQ Level 3 in Care. Desirable
• Experience of providing support/working with people in a Social Care environment.
• Experience of forming effective working relationships within a multi-agency setting.
• An awareness of the policies, practices and procedures relevant to Social Work. Experience of the assessment and review process of care packages.
• Experience of applying relevant legislation, policies and procedures to individual pieces of work.

Rewards and 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.

Further Information

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.