Shared Lives Care Coordinator & Assessor

Cornerstone Community Care; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community care organization in Glasgow seeks an experienced Shared Lives Assessor to evaluate and support shared lives carers. This role involves home-based work with travel around Glasgow, requiring a full UK driving license and a strong background in health and social care. The successful candidate will have excellent relationship management skills and a warm personality, alongside relevant qualifications. The position offers full-time hours and various benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Funding for driving lessons

Access to discounts

26 days annual leave

Ongoing professional development

Qualifications

• Proven track record managing and developing people and quality services.
• Demonstrable experience with adults who have learning disabilities or complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Assess potential shared lives carers through applications and assessments.
• Manage a portfolio of Shared Lives arrangements and provide support.

Skills

Friendly personality

Experience in health and social care

Communication skills

Planning and organizing skills

Analytical skills

Report writing

Relationship management

Education

SVQ Level 4 (SCQF level 9)

Job description

Are you an experienced social care or social work professional who’s on the lookout for an exciting new role? We’ve got the perfect opportunity for you!

Our Shared Lives and Short Breaks service are looking for a Shared Lives Assessor to join their team. This is a home-based role with travel across the Glasgow area, so we will need you to live within a reasonable commute of Glasgow.

The Role

As one of our assessors you’ll be responsible for assessing, training and supporting potential shared lives carers through their applications, assessments and panel processes.

You’ll ensure that our future carers have the right values, understanding, motivation and passion to step in to their caring role. You’ll manage your portfolio of allocated Shared Lives arrangements, including providing direction, guidance and support to the carers to ensure that exceptional standards of support is delivered to the individuals within their care.

Part of your role will also involve visiting our carers regularly within their own homes. You’ll support, develop and monitor the arrangements in place while making sure that they have the tools to promote safe, person-centred support and care to the individuals.

This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the future growth of this excellent service.

About You

As this role involves travel throughout Glasgow and the surrounding area, it’s essential that you hold a full, clean UK driving licence and have access to your own vehicle (travel expenses would be reimbursed as set out in Cornerstone’s expense policy with travel reimbursed by HMRC legislation).

What we’ll need you to bring

• A warm, friendly personality and a positive, can-do attitude
• Demonstrable experience in health and social care or social work; working with adults who have learning disabilities, Autism or complex needs
• Experience or knowledge of Health and Social Care policy and practice
• Experience of managing, promoting and maintaining positive relationships
• Great communication, numeracy, written and analytical skills
• Excellent planning, organising and time management skills
• The ability to produce high quality written reports, to tight timescales
• A proven track record managing and developing people and quality services
• An SVQ Level 4 (SCQF level 9) in a relevant discipline or willingness to work towards this with the support of our Training Academy

What makes Cornerstone a great place to work

• Your job changes and improves lives - you'll make a difference in your local communities
• We have a culture of empowering our colleagues and teamwork
• No uniform - we wear our own clothes
• We fund up to £500 towards driving lessons
• Free parking on-site at our Glasgow office
• We operate a flexi-time model for business support colleagues
• Access to funded qualifications through our SQA approved, award winning Training Academy
• Ongoing continued professional development and career progression opportunities
• Recommend a colleague bonus scheme
• Long service awards
• Access to a 24 / 7 independent employee assistance helpline
• 26 days annual leave (rising by 5 days after 5 years) plus 4 paid bank holidays
• Family friendly leave options, including family, parental, bereavement and special leave
• Access to lots of discounts, including the cinema, gym memberships, holidays and shopping to name a few

Shift Patterns

This a full-time role consisting of 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Although this role can be home based, you will be expected to attend our offices for meetings, visit carers and attend events. There will be an element of travel and therefore we are looking for the applicant to live in Glasgow, North Lanarkshire or surrounding areas.

Do you have what it takes? What are you waiting for? Apply today! We'd love to hear from you.

Have any questions? Please contact Marissa Speed, our Shared Lives Lead at [e-mail]

Please note - If you have spent more than 12 months out with the UK (excluding France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain) within the last 10 years while over the age of 18, you will be asked to provide a criminal record certificate from the relevant government / police authority as part of our pre-employment checks.

The successful candidate will need to undergo a level 2 disclosure check through Disclosure Scotland.