Assessor (Mental Health Team)
| Posting date: | 30 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 October 2025 |
| Location: | Tameside, OL7 9QG |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75746430 |
Summary
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade G. SCP 23 £34,434 - SCP 28 £39,152
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Wilshaw House, Wilshaw Lane, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 9QG
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
Join Our Team as an Assessor in Adult Services!
Are you passionate about supporting adults with Mental illness to live well at home? Tameside's Adult Services is looking for a dedicated Assessor to join our Mental Health Team and do person centered reviews.
About the Role: As an Assessor, you will play a crucial role in carrying out our statutory duties under the Care Act 2014. You will review and assess the needs of adults and their carers, develop and monitor support plans, and ensure person-centred, rights-based practice. Your work will make meaningful connections with the community and individual networks, promoting an asset-based approach.
Key Responsibilities:
- Wellbeing and Needs Assessment: Engage with adults and carers to understand their needs and strengths, emphasizing early intervention and prevention.
- Support Plan Development: Co-produce support plans linked to strengths and needs, aiming for clear outcomes and integration with universal preventative services, assistive technology, or statutory services.
- Mental Capacity and Best Interest Assessments: Conduct assessments where appropriate.
- Safeguarding: Ensure safeguarding is a priority for adults with care and support needs at risk of abuse or neglect.
- Risk Assessments: Review and complete risk assessments, promoting least restrictive practice.
- Collaboration: Work with multiple professionals to support adults with complex needs, coordinating MDTs as needed.
- Caseload Management: Maintain a manageable caseload and contribute to the duty rota, including occasional weekends.
- Team Culture: Foster a team culture that values lived experiences and places them at the heart of the service.
- Professional Development: Be accountable for your practice and ongoing learning, support colleagues and student placements.
- Compliance: Adhere to departmental policies, procedures, and quality standards.
- Decision Making: Exercise decision making with legal and ethical literacy.
- Supervision and Reviews: Engage in regular supervision and Annual Development Reviews.
- Service Improvement: Assist in continuous improvement programmes.
- Record Keeping: Maintain accurate, person-centred records using the case management system.
- Efficiency: Collaborate with colleagues for efficient service delivery across all teams and areas.
- Additional Duties: Perform other duties as required by the department or service.
About You
Why Join Us?
- Impactful Work: Make a real difference in the lives of adults and their carers.
- Supportive Environment: Be part of a team that values your contributions and supports your professional growth.
- Continuous Improvement: Engage in ongoing learning and development opportunities.
Apply Today! If you are committed to person-centred care and want to be part of a dynamic team, we encourage you to apply for the Assessor role. Help us support adults and their carers to live well at home in Tameside.
About Us
Message from Stephanie Butterworth, Director of Adults Services at Tameside Council.
‘’ I’ve worked here for many years now and I’m proud of the work that we do together, ensuring people in our borough are living a good life.
‘‘Our vision is one which sees people living well in the place they call home, where they are supported to be a part of their local communities to live long, healthy and fulfilled lives.
‘’One way I regularly connect and listen to our workforce is through my monthly staff drop-in with our Principal Social Worker. This is an opportunity to create dedicated time for staff to share ideas, team updates and network across our services. It’s amazing to hear during sessions that they really value being part of Team Tameside and the opportunities that we bring, so we can make sure that they are part of delivering our ambition for the people we support.
‘’Working in Adult Social Care is a rewarding and fulfilling career choice, where you can really make a difference to people’s lives every day. We will support you to develop and fulfil your potential and create space for you to reflect and grow. We are dedicated to breaking barriers, so our workforce is rich with experience and understanding, always building and championing social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
People are always at the heart of everything we do, if our vision sounds like something you want to be part of, we offer a warm welcome to join us here at Team Tameside. ‘’
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact Joanne Scott, Team Manager Joanne.scott@tameside.gov.uk or Maria Botterill, Service unit manager Maria.Botterill@tameside.gov.uk
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