Community Assessment Officer
| Posting date: | 14 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bolton, BL3 3NY |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75726486 |
Summary
Grade: G scp 23 £34,434 to scp 27 £38,220. The post attracts an additional 7% for out of hours working and an essential car user allowance.
Contract: Permanent, 37hrs per week.
Role specifics: Must be 18yrs or older and hold a full UK driving licence.
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The Role
An opportunity has arisen for a Community Assessment Officer (CAO) post within the Discharge to Assess function of The Independent Living Service. The Independent Living Service has 26 staff made up of Occupational Therapists, Disability Officer and Community Assessment Officers and includes the Sensory Team and Telecare Team. The aim of the post is to aid with discharge facilitation and community follow up. The post will sit alongside Community Therapy and the Intermediate Tier Social Work team and looks to support people upon discharge who could be at possible risk of readmission to hospital without support. The CAO will be supported to be “trusted assessors” for equipment and have basic moving and handling training to support therapy if required and have access to Reablement if required.
You will be facilitating hospital discharges by supporting individuals who may be at risk of re-admission without appropriate community support, working collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams like Community Therapy and Social Work staff across services to deliver integrated care solutions whilst still working within legislation such as the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
You will be completing Strength Based Care Act 2014 assessments, including support plans and risk assessments, and conducting community follow-ups to ensure service users have the necessary support post-discharge, acting as a “trusted assessor” for equipment provision to promote independence and safety at home.
You’ll be accessing appropriate services, for example Reablement services to support recovery and independence, providing basic moving and handling support to assist therapy interventions when required and contributing to service innovation by helping develop new ways of working across health and social care.
You’ll improve service user and carer experiences through person-centred support and care planning, as well as promoting well-being and independence in all aspects of service delivery. The ability to develop, maintain and improve relationships with service users and carers is essential in this role as well as the attributes required to participate in inter-disciplinary team working.
The post is subject to enhanced clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service
About You
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual who has a passion for working with adults, understanding their needs, aspirations and supporting them to enhance their quality of life and promote independence.
We are looking for someone who shares Bolton Council values and has a passion for working with adults.
You will have the ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with people, carers, professionals and services.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.
Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.
Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk
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