Social Care Officer

Kent County Council; Gravesend; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council's North Kent Safeguarding Team in Gravesend is seeking a Community Social Care Officer to join a multi-agency environment. You will undertake initial enquiries and assessments, build relationships with people, carers and partners, and support crisis interventions under Care Act and Mental Capacity Act assessments.

The role offers a hybrid working model with opportunities for professional development, including access to our social care academy and progression routes, and a

Qualifications

• Experience of working with people with social care needs and undertaking initial assessments.
• Willingness to undertake NVQ in Care Level 2 and 3 alongside Mathematics and English.
• Knowledge of relevant Social Care legislation.
• Financial skills and knowledge.
• Good computer literacy and report writing skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, mediation and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work in partnership with people and wider partners to identify services or resources in the community.

Responsibilities

• Undertake initial enquiries and assessments.
• Build relationships with people, their carers and wider partners.
• Support management of crisis interventions and Care Act/Mental Capacity Act assessments.
• Work in a multi-agency environment and coordinate with partners to identify community services.

Skills

Social care experience

Initial assessments

Interagency collaboration

Report writing

Computer literacy

Education

NVQ in Care Level 2 or 3

Maths and English GCSEs

Job description

We are recruiting a Community Social Care Officer with a range of different skills and experience to join our North Kent Safeguarding Team based at Civic Centre Gravesend. We operate in a hybrid model of office-based working and working from home to meet the needs of the service

About Us

This is an exciting opportunity to join North Kent Safeguarding team as we enhance our locality working practice and put the person and good practice at the heart of what we do. We work with adults with a range of care and support needs placing individuals at the centre of their support. You will undertake initial enquiries, build relationships with people, their carers and wider partners, and support the management of crisis intervention undertaking Care Act assessments and Mental Capacity Act assessments.

Our social care interventions are structured around the three pillars of excellent practice, exceptional innovation, and meaningful measures. Therefore, our work is orientated around building relationships with the individual their families and carers. We engage with communities early on to help people feel empowered to find trusted help and support locally from a range of sources.

About You

You will have experience of working with people with social care needs and of undertaking initial assessments. A willingness to undertake a NVQ in Care Level 2 and 3 alongside Mathematics and English.

You must also possess:

• Experience of working within a multi-agency environment.
• Knowledge of relevant Social Care legislation
• Financial skills and knowledge
• Good computer literacy and report writing skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and mediation and negotiation skills
• Ability to work in partnership with people and our wider partners to help identify services or resources in the community that can support well-being

We are looking for future employees who have a positive, forward-thinking attitude who can work collaboratively as part of a team.

Our Support Offer

In return, we offer an attractive benefits package and a commitment to ensuring that you achieve a healthy work life balance and opportunities for flexible working arrangements that meet business need. You will have excellent opportunities for professional development with access to our social care academy, progression routes that include opportunities to undertake the social work apprenticeship, and our newly launched practice framework.

We are increasingly accessible to the public outside of traditional office hours, as we move towards an 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week service to ensure service needs are met.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.