Carer Support Adviser

Carers FIRST; Grantham; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Flexible working

Paid carers leave

Workplace pension

Employee discounts

Employee assistance programme

Benenden Healthcare

Job summary

Carers First in Lincolnshire is seeking a Carer Support Adviser to help improve the lives of unpaid carers. This hybrid role combines community visits in Spalding/Sleaford/Grantham/Bourne with some home working.

You will manage conversations with carers, write statutory carers assessments for Lincolnshire County Council, provide information and wellbeing support, and run wellbeing groups, while developing partnerships to identify carers in need.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with adults in 1:1 or group settings.
• Working knowledge of health and social care particularly for adults.
• Excellent written skills to help carers identify needs and complete statutory assessments.

Responsibilities

• Manage conversations with carers to identify needs.
• Write statutory carers assessments for Lincolnshire County Council.
• Provide information, advice and wellbeing support to carers.
• Run wellbeing groups and identify carers through partnership working.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Written skills

Experience with adults

Health and social care knowledge

Job description

Central Office: Michael Gill Building, Tolgate Lane, Strood, Kent, ME2 4TG United Kingdom

Salary: £24,454 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Location: This is a hybrid role which involves community working in the Spalding/Sleaford/Grantham/Bourne area of Lincolnshire and some home working. You must be able to support carers face to face in the South Holland, South Kesteven, and North Kesteven areas of Lincolnshire.

Carers First is a charity that works directly with, and for unpaid carers, providing personalised information, advice and tailored support making it easier for those caring for someone else to continue living their lives to the fullest.

We have a committed, dedicated staff team and you could be just the person we are looking for to join us to make that valuable difference in carer’s lives. We live and work through our values in all that we achieve by being positive, collaborative and ambitious and we have clear plans to scale our reach, support and impact for carers.

About this role

As a Carer Support Adviser, you will be part of our Operational Team, helping to improve the lives of carers through your work. This role will include:

• managing conversations with carers to identify need
• writing statutory carers assessments on behalf of Lincolnshire County Council
• providing information, advice, and wellbeing support
• running wellbeing groups and pro-active identification of carers through partnership working.

About you

To be successful you will have

• experience of working with adults either in a 1:1 or group setting
• a working knowledge of health and social care particularly in relation to adults
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• a high standard of written skills is needed in order to help the carer identify their support needs and to complete statutory assessments

Carers First Can Offer You

In return for your contribution, we have an amazing package of staff benefits including 26 days annual leave entitlement which increases with length of service, flexible working options, paid carers leave, access to our work-place pension, staff discount scheme, employee assistance programme and a Benenden Healthcare package.

Whatever you are aiming to achieve in your career, we are here to encourage, help and support you grow, through our excellent training and development programmes.

Interviews

All successfully shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly and invited to interview.

Carers First is an Equal Opportunities Employer