Health and Social Care Assessor

NHS; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A health organization is seeking a Health and Social Care Assessor in Hull and East Riding. This multi-skilled role involves coordinating shifts, triaging patient referrals, and conducting assessments in patients' homes. Applicants should possess a Level 4 qualification in Health and Social Care, have experience in client assessments, and familiarity with risk assessments. The role requires knowledge of domiciliary care practices and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. A Care Certificate and strong IT skills are advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience in client assessments in community or residential settings.
• Understanding of health conditions such as dementia.
• Experience with risk assessments and record-keeping.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient shifts and triage referrals.
• Conduct assessments in patients' homes.
• Maintain accurate records and input data into databases.

Skills

Client assessment

Knowledge of domiciliary care

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Data entry

Understanding of legislation

Education

Level 4 in Health and Social Care

Care Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Bee at Home team as a Health and Social Care Assessor. This is a multi skilled role where you can expect to support with coordinating shifts, triaging patient referrals and carrying out assessments in patients own homes across Hull and East Riding. The shifts are 8am-8pm and 10am-10pm on a rota basis.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please contact Lauren Pearson, Service Manager on 07964686755 or email [e-mail]

About us

At CHCP, we're passionate aboutpeopleand we know that you are too, that's why we're here isn't it? We recognise that high quality care is delivered by high quality professionals who are appreciated, respected and supported, which is why we want to give all our colleagues the chance to shine.

Work with us and you'll be more than just a number. Our people are our shareholders and their thoughts and opinions are always heard;at CHCP you have a real voice.

Compassion is at the heart of our business; we're a team of nearly 2,500 colleagues who work together to deliverfirst-class healthcareto thousands of people living in Hull, the East Riding, Knowsley and St Helens. Local diversity demands diverse roles, that's why we have vacancies to suit everybody. No matter your role at CHCP, we'll support you to thrive.

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Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities associated to the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Level 4 in Health and Social Care or equivalent level of knowledge, skills and experience
• Care Certificate or willingness to undertake this within induction period

Knowledge

• Knowledge of planning and completing initial client assessments
• Knowledge of policies, procedures and practices relating to domiciliary care
• Knowledge of a range of software programmes including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Knowledge of completing risk assessments appropriate to domiciliary care
• Knowledge of relevant legislation e.g. Mental Health Act (1983), Mental Capacity Act (2005), Safeguarding Adults and Deprivation of Liberty (DOLS)
• Clear understanding of domiciliary care and client needs in the community
• Knowledge of databases used within domiciliary care

Experience

• Experience of completing initial client assessments either in the community or within a residential setting
• Experience of working in a health and/or social care setting
• Experience of undertaking risk assessments
• Experience of keeping accurate records and inputting data into relevant database systems
• Experience of undertaking a similar role within domiciliary care services
• Experience of working with people with a range of health conditions such as dementia
• Experience of working with people with end of life needs
• Experience of liaising and working with multidisciplinary teams or care teams

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.