Social Care Reviewing Officer
Trafford Council
Complex Needs Team, 1st Floor Sale Waterside, Waterside House, Tatton Rd, Sale, M33 7ZF - 0161 912 2060
Salary - £29,777 - £31,364 per annum
Salary Grade – Band 5 (SCP 19 - 22)
Working Pattern – Full Time
Working hours – 36.25hrs, 8.30 – 16.30, Monday - Friday
Contract type – Fixed term for 12 months
Closing date – 21 April 2024
Interview date – tbc
About us
Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors are embarking on a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential. Our vision is working together to build the best future for all our communities and everyone in Trafford.
Trafford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture, we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We recognise that having a diverse workforce is essential to bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to our Council, so we particularly welcome applications from minority, marginalised and diverse groups, and we in turn promise a fair and unbiased recruitment process.
This is an exciting time to join the Children with Complex Needs Service in Trafford. The Short Breaks Team is a well-established and experienced team and is currently supporting over 250 families with disabled children and young people in Trafford. There is a supportive team culture with a strong management team with two practice managers, an advanced practitioner, and a dedicated head of service.
About you
Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours: you will be committed to continually learning & improving the way you do things to ensure effective outcomes; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver service; you will take ownership of your actions and strive to getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.
About the Role
As a Social Care Reviewing Officer, you will carry out short break assessments and review existing care packages for disabled children and young people who are in receipt of a range of different packages of care. You will develop alongside families and key professionals support plans that are designed to provide meaningful choice, breaks from caring for parents and carers, access to services as well as valuable opportunities for our disabled children and young people to have fun, meet friends, develop independence, and to help them lead the life they want.
You will also be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills and to be able to work in partnership with families and all key stakeholders.
Additional Information
An enhanced DBS check with children barred list check will be required.
You will have flexibility in terms of hybrid working at home and in the office.
If you wish to discuss the role further, please contact Jodie Conroy, Practice Manager of the Short Breaks Team, or Justin Colman, Head of Service for Children with Complex Needs.
About the benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values- based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.
Trafford recognises the importance of staff wellbeing and offer a number of initiatives for staff including mental health first aiders, staff network groups (LGBT+/Carers/BAME/Disability) and health and wellbeing events.
Our great benefits include:-
Local Government Pension Scheme
Home Technology Scheme
Car Lease Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Simply Healthcare
Employee Discount Scheme - 'Perks at Work'
Opportunities to apply for Social Work Apprenticeship Scheme
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