Community Support Worker OT Focus - (Internal Applicants Only)

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Various

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker, up to 2 days per week in office

Salary: £26,427 - £32,004 per annum (pro rata for part-time) Grade 8 - 9

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 31/10/2024

Interview Date: TBC

Are you someone who is skilled in moving and handling people, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills?

We are looking for dedicated, enthusiastic, and self-motivated people, to join our newly appointed Single-handed care team in undertaking assessments to look at peoples moving and handling needs to ensure their safety and provide a cost-effective service provision.

About the Role

We have a strong team of Occupational Therapists and Community Support Workers who are passionate about supporting individuals with disabilities and long-term needs. Our single-handed care team works with individuals and care agencies to ensure care provision is suitable, safe, and cost effective.

We are looking for people who have a proven history of confidently and efficiently moving and handling people with disabilities and long-term needs, ensuring their comfort and safety. You will understand the role of equipment in supporting safe moving and handling and be able to undertake dynamic risk assessments on it's use. You will be able to communicate confidently and clearly with customers, families, care providers and colleagues, whilst maintaining and building these relationships. If issues arise you will use your skills of diplomacy and persuasion to navigate challenging situations and apply assertiveness and conflict management skills to resolve issues effectively. Being proficient in prioritising tasks and manage time effectively to meet the demands of the role is a key skill for this work. We aim to achieve the best outcomes for people across Leicestershire, taking a strengths-based approach and embracing change and new opportunities.

What we offer:

- A varied in-house training programme.

- Great team and managerial support.

- A varied caseload.

- Regular supervision, on-going support and CPD opportunities.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Hold a Level 2 in Maths and English
• Have relevant experience of working with adults in a social care setting and of working with other agencies within a fieldwork environment.
• Understand the need to undertake need and risk assessments and the issues/needs that adults and their families/carers may have.
• Have a good understanding of social care organisations and their roles and responsibilities as part of the wider community and voluntary sector.
• Be a confident communicator who is skilled in negotiation, persuasion, assertiveness, and conflict management, and able to build effective working relationships.
• Be able to recognise the limits of own accountability and responsibility, and to seek appropriate support and advice when required.
• Be able to manage a caseload and work to clear objectives.

We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Lucy Smith, OT Team Manager

Telephone: 0116 305 1438

Email: [email protected]

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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