Carer Practice Advisor - Godalming, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Godalming, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Introduction

The starting salary for this full-time, permanent role is £31,262 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.

Are you passionate about ensuring adult and young carers get the support they need? Are you looking for a new opportunity to make a difference for families that need social care support? We are excited to be hiring a new
Carer Practice Advisor to join our amazing Waverley Locality Team.

Rewards and benefits

26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
A generous local government salary related pension
Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the team

This is an exciting and varied role that promotes best practice in whole-family assessment and support planning within our Adult Social Care Teams and provides support to the social care teams in Waverley and Guildford.

In this role you will work alongside your team-based Adult Social Care Practitioners as well as our area-based team of other Carer Practice Advisors which is overseen by our Senior Carers Practice & Development Lead.

You will collaborate on new ways of working to deliver best practice and improve your team's Carers performance.

This is all in line with the Care Act 2014 and our Carer's Strategy to really influence change and make sure no one is left behind.

About the role
You will work with internal and external partners to raise the profile of both adult and young carers.

You will lead and develop carer's practice within the team and support carers in complex situations through finding creative and dynamic solutions.

A day in the life of the role may include:

Leading 1:1 and group good practice sessions with colleagues
Developing and delivering training to small groups
Networking with colleagues in the health sector, carers support organisations and local voluntary sector groups
Presenting information sessions to public groups
Representing your team at local strategy groups
Supporting a colleague on a complex visit involving a carer

Other typical tasks will include delivering preventative, early identification workshops at carer support group sessions in our local communities and education settings, reviewing your team's performance against defined carer and young carer performance measures and developing an action plan to deliver improvements and best practice.

To help us deliver this vital support to our carers in Surrey we need passionate people who are equally determined about making a difference to someone's life.

Shortlisting criteria

Experience of working with carers and young carers in social care context
Working knowledge of Care Act 2014 legislation
Experiences dealing with internal and external partners, voluntary and other key carer organisations, and stakeholders
Skills in strengthbased, person centred approaches and how service delivery is outcome focused.
Evidence of good coproduction with carers and support groups
Ability and willingness to travel across South West Surrey to support carers

Contact us
Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 08/05/2024 with interviews to follow.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

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