Community Care Officer
| Posting date: | 11 April 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2025 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG8 3BP |
| Company: | Nottingham City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4985 |
Summary
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Various
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £31,586 (Level one) rising to £34,314 (level 4) per annum (Pro rata for part time)
Location: Dragon Court, Woolsthorpe Close, Nottingham, NG8 3BP
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
The Community Care Officer role is fast paced and requires flexibility, resilience and an ability to prioritise and adapt to changing situations. Community Care Officers are required to complete Care Act Assessments face to face, whilst assessing levels of risk, identifying safeguarding concerns and considering mental capacity issues. This role will specifically be working with citizens who have received a period of reablement support who then require a Care Act Assessment of their long term needs. They will work with citizens and their networks of support to provide appropriate support that will enable independence, choice and control.
This vacancy relates to two positions. One position is full time hours of 37 hours a week and the second position is part time hours of 18.5 hours a week.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
· The ability to undertake adult-focused assessments of need within a person centred approach.
· Experience of working with adults experiencing a range of difficulties relating to learning disability, mental health, substance misuse and physical health problems.
· To manage and prioritise a caseload and to work autonomously.
· To establish effective working relationships with colleagues within the team and from other agencies.
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
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 Lorna Thomson, Service Lead, by telephone on 07801406118 or by email at lorna.thomson@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.
Closing Date: 27/04/2025
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: W/C 12/05/2025
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