Social Care Assessor

Cheshire East Council; Crewe; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire East Council is seeking a Social Care Assessor to conduct person-centred assessments across home, hospital and care home settings. The post offers opportunities for learning, mentoring and close partnership working with health professionals to improve outcomes for residents.

The role involves supervising trainee staff, keeping accurate records, and contributing to ongoing service transformation within the council. A proactive, organised team player is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with a variety of customer groups.
• Experience of working closely with Health professionals.
• Experience of supervising/mentoring trainee staff.
• Understanding of human development, crisis intervention.
• Up to date knowledge of relevant legislations e.g. NHS and Community Care Act.

Responsibilities

• Undertake person-centred and strengths-based assessments in homes, hospitals or care homes.
• Collaborate with health professionals to improve client outcomes.
• Provide learning and training opportunities; support integrated working across Health and Social Care.
• Contribute to transformation of services within Cheshire East Council.

Skills

Customer focus

Team working

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Positive attitude to change

Tools

Database systems

Job description

Social Care Assessor

SCA should be able to undertake person centred and strengths-based assessments either within the individual’s own home, hospital or Care Home, with the aim of improving client outcomes for the residents of Cheshire East. Additionally, this post will provide a wide range of learning and training opportunities and includes integrated working across the Health and Social Care sector. This post is an excellent opportunity to progress your career.

We are recruiting for 2 x full-time posts- 37 hrs, and 1 x 30 hrs part-time Post, Short Term Services East based in Macclesfield Town Hall/Hospital.

About us

At Cheshire East Council we are resident and partner focused with a vision to enable prosperity and wellbeing for all. People really are at the heart of everything we do and that starts with our incredible workforce. We promote a culture of high performance where people can aspire, thrive and flourish, where we strive to deliver best value in everything we do.

For us, success isn’t just about what we achieve, but how we achieve it together. We promote curiosity, excellence, innovation and continuous improvement.

We are values led and committed to wellbeing and inclusion for all, where our employees co-created our values of drive, integrity, respect and collaboration which inform all that we do.

We are proud to work for Cheshire East Council and believe you would be too, so come and join us!

Join us on a meaningful journey at Cheshire East Council

Join a team that’s compassionate, forward-thinking and deeply committed to making a difference. Our residents are at the heart of everything we do, and your role will be a key part of our transformation journey. This is your chance to be part of something meaningful where your ideas, energy and work can create real impact every day.

About the role:

• Experience of working with a variety of customer groups
• Experience of working closely with Health professionals
• Experience of supervising/mentoring trainee staff
• Understanding of human development, crisis intervention
• Up to date knowledge of relevant legislations e.g. NHS and Community Care Act

This is just a snapshot of some of the exciting things you’ll be doing in role, to find out more about the other key responsibilities of the role please view the attached job description.

About you:

• We are looking for self-motivating, with ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Positive attitude to change
• Good team worker and willingness to support less experienced colleagues
• Good IT skills, including use of database system to log caseload information
• Ability to keep accurate case records
• Problem solver