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Health and Social Care Assessor

  • NHS
  • Full Time
  • Hull
  • 26530.00 - 29114.00 a year
NHS

Job Description

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to join the Bee at home service as a Band 4 Health and social care assessor, which involves assessing, reviewing and allocating care calls for clients in their own home.

This post is for 37.5 hours per week.

The service hours are 8am until 10pm, 7 days per week. The hours for this post will be 3 x 11 hour shifts and 1 short shift per week.

Main duties of the job

To work within the Domiciliary Care Service undertaking initial client assessments and screening initial referrals received via Local Authority or directly from clients enquiring about services provided. The post holder will be required to assess and determine the nature and level of care required by individuals referred to the service.

There will be a requirement to regularly review and update packages of care being provided.

For further information, please contact Anne Waller, Clinical Team Lead on 01482 335892 or email [email protected]

About us

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Compassion is at the heart of our business; we're a team of nearly 2,500 colleagues who work together to deliverfirst-class healthcareto thousands of people living in Hull, the East Riding, Knowsley and St Helens. Local diversity demands diverse roles, that's why we have vacancies to suit everybody. No matter your role at CHCP, we'll support you to thrive.

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Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities associated to the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Level 4 in Health and Social Care or equivalent level of knowledge, skills and experience
  • Care Certificate or willingness to undertake this within induction period

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of planning and completing initial client assessments
  • Knowledge of policies, procedures and practices relating to domiciliary care
  • Knowledge of a range of software programmes including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
  • Knowledge of completing risk assessments appropriate to domiciliary care

Desirable

  • Knowledge of relevant legislation e.g. Mental Health Act (1983), Mental Capacity Act (2005), Safeguarding Adults and Deprivation of Liberty (DOLS)
  • Clear understanding of domiciliary care and client needs in the community
  • Knowledge of databases used within domiciliary care

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of completing initial client assessments either in the community or within a residential setting
  • Experience of working in a health and/or social care setting
  • Experience of undertaking risk assessments
  • Experience of keeping accurate records and inputting data into relevant database systems

Desirable

  • Experience of undertaking a similar role within domiciliary care services
  • Experience of working with people with a range of health conditions such as dementia
  • Experience of working with people with end of life needs
  • Experience of liaising and working with multidisciplinary teams or care teams

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

City Health Care Partnership CIC

Address

The Orchard Centre

Hull

HU6 9BX

Employer's website

https://www.chcpcic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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