Service Co-ordinator - Halifax, United Kingdom - Calderdale Council

Calderdale Council

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Halifax, United Kingdom

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Description

Application closing date
20/06/202- Location
Halifax

Salary

Scale 5:
£24,496- £26,845 per annum

Package

37 hours per week, permanent

Job category/type

Council

Job description
Post Ref: CC612
We have an excellent opportunity for a creative and motivated individual to join the Post Discharge Assessment Team, as a service coordinator. The team sits within the Prevention and Early Help Service, which is part of the Adult Services and Wellbeing Directorate at Calderdale Council. Our role is to work with and support adults from the age of eighteen with Care Act assessments where needed. Focus is given to those who have recently been discharged from hospital to either their own home with home care support or to a shortstay care home placement whilst awaiting a further period of assessment.
Calderdale Adult Services and Wellbeing believe in ensuring the health and wellbeing of adults living within the borough. Many have increasingly complex needs or frailty and are often more vulnerable members of society. We recognise how the interaction between physical, mental, and social care factors is important to ensure the independence of adults wherever possible and their quality of life is not compromised.
Calderdale's approach to social care is to be creative, proactive, preventative, and personalised with a focus on holistic strengthsbased assessments. The council is passionate about engaging with adults, carers, and their families to ensure a personalised approach is at the heart of every conversation.
As a servicecoordinator you will have a pivotal role as part of the social work team in supporting individuals to maximise their potential and improve their quality of life and overall wellbeing.

The role requires you to be:

An effective communicator and active listener as you will support individuals, carers, and families which requires understanding their lived experience.
Excellent organisation skills as you will be required to manage your own time and casework to ensure tasks are prioritised daily.
Confident in working with other stakeholders as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Good record keeping skills as you will be required to make accurate case recordings, type factual assessments and detailed support plans.
Ability to assimilate information and make professional judgements as you will be required to support safeguarding enquiries and raise any complex issues particularly those involving risk to your management team.
You will need to be a caring and compassionate person with a willingness to help and support others and demonstrate emotional empathy to be successful in this role.

We also encourage applicants with:

A background in the adult social care sector who are looking for an opportunity to develop skills in assessment and increase knowledge around legal frameworks.
We are keen to encourage applicants who have experience of supporting individuals in their communities and have demonstratable experience of how they made a difference.

What we are proud to offer:

A supportive team culture which is enabled through various communication platforms to ensure you remain connected even if working from home.
A learning and reflective environment either as part of a team or through the supervision and appraisal systems.
Support and investment in your professional development.
A flexible working policy which ensures personal and work life balance is maintained.
Applicants are required to have the qualifications specified in the role profile.
For further information please contact Naila Rafiq on
Closing Date: Tuesday 20th June 2023
Interview Date: tbc
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.

We may utilise digital interview methods.

On 30 January 2019, the Council declared a climate emergency in a bold move to step up its action to tackle climate change.

We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised closing date, an early submission is advised.