Short Breaks Personalisation Officer - 2023
| Posting date: | 11 December 2024 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 January 2025 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG2 3NG |
| Company: | Nottingham City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4317 |
Summary
Contract Type: Fixed Term for 12 months
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £31,586 (Level one) rising to £34,314 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location: The Short Breaks Team is based at Loxley House, however this role is for hybrid working
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for 2x FTE Short Breaks Personalisation Officers (fixed term) to join our busy team!
The Short Breaks Personalisation Officers play a vital role in supporting families and disabled children/young people to access person centred, appropriate short breaks provision.
The Personalisation Officer’s responsibilities can be split into two main areas:
1.Enabling access to Short Breaks Services for disabled children and young people in line with pathway one and two provision:
- Processing applications made directly by families/professionals and de-escalations from the Whole Life Disability Team
- Screening for eligibility criteria
- Assessing families needs through utilising application forms, professional supporting letters, liaison with schools and other agencies and the Resource Allocation System (RAS). This is including the completion of home visits, and other visits necessary to gain a holistic view of the child/young person and capture their voice
- Identifying level of support needed and indicative budget
- Completing annual reviews for Pathway Two support packages and processing Pathway One re-applications, to ensure services are still appropriate and meeting needs
- Following up and answering short breaks enquiries
2. Assisting and enabling service users to use their Personal Budget to meet their social care and or health care needs, by helping them plan and source both paid support, and unpaid informal support from their social networks and communities.
- Completing person centred support plans and other mandatory documentation to request and refer to the appropriate identified services in line with the child/young persons identified SEND outcomes.
About You
The ideal candidate will have high standards of communication with vulnerable adults and children, as well as being able to work in partnership with other professionals and agencies and the ability to communicate in varied ways with disabled children and young people.
The Personalisation Officer is expected to work directly with citizens to identify appropriate support and provision, in line with their personal support plan / care plan and direct payment (if relevant).
Please ensure that the personal statement in your CV demonstrates the following:
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Knowledge of Personalisation and Person Centred ways of working
- Knowledge of the SEND outcomes framework
- Ability to work in a person centred way to develop individual care and support plans, which meet identified outcomes (inclusive of conducting home visits)
- Experience of managing and prioritising own workload, working independently and recognising when support from your line manager is required
- Experience maintaining electronic case file and administrative systems
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
For internal candidates please ensure that you have you manager's agreement prior to applying for secondment purposes
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Natalie Davies - Short Breaks Coordinator, by telephone on 0115 8762745 or by email at shortbreaksservices@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 22nd December 2024
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: where possible over the Christmas period, but no later than 10th January 2025.
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