Care Assessor - London, United Kingdom - Akton Recruitment Ltd

Akton Recruitment Ltd

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Care Assessor
Full Time (36 Hours, 9am-5pm)
Contract
Havering, London
£13 P/H PAYE

We are currently recruiting a Care Assessor in the Havering area to contribute to the delivery of an effective Adult social care service as part of a social care team, improving outcomes for People and Carers.

You'll carry out high quality holistic assessments,using strengths based, person-centred, community focused, and multi-agency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships and to secure the best outcomes for people and carers.

Duties and Responsibilities of Care Assessor:

Undertake the legal and statutory duties of the post as required by the Care Act. Have a good awareness and understanding of Mental Capacity Act, liberty protection safeguards, Mental Health Act and any other relevant legislation.
Provide a personcentred service which focuses on asset based interventions to enable people to optimise and maximise their abilities, by using a strengths based approach.
To proactively support and work collaboratively with health services to ensure people receive the required health and social care support within the community, are discharged from hospital within agreed timeframes with appropriate support mechanisms in place,prevent hospital admission and proactively work with the principles of admission avoidance.
Support people to maintain their independence within their homes by utilising support in the local community and the persons personal networks.

Essential for Care Assessor: