Community Care Assistant - City Wide - EDN30770

City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading council as a Community Care Assistant, where you'll support individuals and their carers in the community. Work alongside social workers to conduct assessments, facilitate hospital discharges, and enhance their quality of life through varied support and adaptations. Embrace a hybrid working model that values diverse experiences and teamwork.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in conducting assessments and reviews within community settings.
• Ability to support individuals with housing and social issues.
• Must join/update the PVG Scheme for regulated work.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments for equipment and minor adaptations.
• Support complex care planning and assist with property adaptations.
• Coordinate a range of social care services to meet assessed needs.

Skills

Assessment skills

Social care planning

Adaptability

Job description

Job Description

Community Care Assistant
City Wide

Salary: £28,046 - £32,010
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our busy, supportive, and friendly locality team. You will work alongside Social Workers and Occupational Therapists, conducting assessments for equipment and minor adaptations, support assessments, and reviews within the community and home settings. Your duties will include assisting with minor property adaptations and equipment provision, supporting complex care planning, and aiding citizens with housing and social issues.

We offer hybrid working, which includes a mix of office-based, community, and home working.

Purpose of Job: To contribute to the provision and monitoring of services for individuals and their carers, adapting to changing circumstances within community and hospital teams.

Within defined boundaries, you will coordinate a range of social care services and equipment to meet assessed needs, helping individuals maintain independence, facilitate hospital discharges, and make choices about their quality of life.

This position involves regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The successful candidate will need to join or update the PVG Scheme and may require an Overseas Criminal Record Check if they have spent more than three months outside the UK in the last five years. Employment is contingent upon satisfactory completion of these checks.

We are committed to fostering a workplace where all employees feel valued and included. We believe a diverse workforce enhances our organization through different values, beliefs, experiences, and backgrounds.

To support our organizational culture and create an excellent working environment, we are shifting from competency-based interviews to a behavioral and technical skills approach. This new approach will assess how you think and how you embody our core behaviors: Respect, Integrity, and Flexibility. More information can be found on Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council webpage.

Our salary range typically starts at the initial salary and increases annually until the top of the range is reached.

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

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