Community Assessment Officer | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £32,597 - £35,412 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 February 2026 |
| Location: | Salford, M6 0HD |
| Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7770468/236-SCO-SW067-25-A |
Summary
Opportunities have arisen for a Community Assessment Officer within Salford's Adult Safeguarding Team. We are looking to recruit workers to help us deliver our community led support vision.
You will be responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that people’s care and support needs are met through delivering high quality support. You will be the first point of contact for the person requesting support. You will undertake strength-based conversations with people, supporting them to maximise their wellbeing. You will offer a person centered approach to ensure that a compassionate and personalised approach is offered to the person you are supporting. You will work closely with other organisations to ensure that people are well connected, this will include supporting people to access statutory or voluntary services within their local community.
The Adult Social Care workforce aims to improve outcomes for adults who live in Salford by empowering individuals, adopting a strength’s-based approach across the service, promoting independence, and working in partnership with our residents so their experiences, opportunities and lives are as good as they can be. This will be achieved through developing a skilled and motivated workforce by investing in their continued professional development and ensuring their practice is current and of a high standard.
To maintain a high standard of work when carrying out statutory functions of behalf of Salford Adult Social Care. This includes assessing people under the Care Act (2014), focusing on connecting people with their local communities and promoting well-being. With appropriate support you will undertake assessments of a persons mental capacity giving regard to the specific decision which needs to be made. You will be required to complete support planning with individuals and their carers/families, and undertake reviews to ensure that the individual’s care and support needs are met and their well-being is promoted. You will be required to use the social care system to record appropriate documentation, including assessments, support plans, reviews and any other work which you are required to undertake. Home visits, social care assessments including assessing the caring responsibilities that the adult has for a child, to participate in MDT meetings, this could be with health, education or other professionals.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS Trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Learn more about us in ourCandidate Information Pack
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Feb 2026
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