Social Care Assistant – Bucks Council Jobs Derby

Overview

Position Title: Social Care Assistant

Company: Buckinghamshire Council

Location: Derby, UK

Job Description

Despite the challenges that Adult Social Care has faced within the last 12 months, our approach in Buckinghamshire has not been to take shelter and wait for the storm to pass. Instead, we have chosen to transform and restructure Adult Social Care so we can respond to a crisis as well as build for the future.

Responsibilities:

• To provide people with information and advice in relation to care and support and assistance in accessing care and support through various means.
• To respond to enquiries in an informative and knowledgeable way to enable people to better help themselves and others.
• To work as part a CQC Registered service in the community, maintaining a high degree of autonomy and utilising own initiative in delivering compliant care and support independently.
• Ensuring an agreed plan meets individual’s care and support outcomes needs and to empower the individual to access early intervention and preventative services.
• To inform senior colleagues and adhere to safeguarding procedure of any concerns which arise in relation to the safety of vulnerable adults.
• To work in partnership with individuals, carers, service providers, voluntary sector and other professionals.

Requirements:

As a ‘fixed’ worker, you’ll spend most of your time in the same location, which will likely be a fixed office or location where your role is performed. Typically, you’ll be based in the same location as the rest of your team, because you provide a particular service from that fixed location or need access to information there.