Access Assessor

Cornwall Council

  • Camborne, Cornwall
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 12 days ago
Job Category: Social Care & SupportJob Description:The Service & Team:The Independence and Wellbeing Service was established to prevent reduce and delay demand on services. As part of this service the Access Team acts as Adult Social Care's first point of contact (for people over 18 years) Under the leadership and management of the Team Manager to work within a team, the Senior Access Assessor will ensure that the team continues to be the first response for Adult Social Care receiving referrals, information requests and concerns from the public, other professionals and external agencies, via a variety of media.The Role:The Senior Access Assessor role is to embed and support in the day to day management of the team to ensure there are effective processes in place to gather information and identify and initially assess people's presenting social care needs through discussion and to decide best next steps. Best next steps could be information and advice, signposting, reablement or assessment including responding to safeguarding alerts. The information will be recorded on computerised records.Working Pattern:The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday with core hours 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Thursday and 8.45am to 4.45pm on Friday although there can be some flexibility. The Team works in a hybrid manner with some days in the office but mostly work from home.What you'll need to succeed:
  • IT Literacy
  • Knowledge of Adult Social Care
  • Confident in talking to others including having difficult conversations with people that may need support
  • Team player but able to work autonomously
  • Ability to guide others in day to day role and ability to take direction from Team Leader.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advertWhat you'll get in return:Cornwall Council's ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
  • a competitive salary.
  • a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
  • a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
  • A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
  • Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Additional Information:Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.The full role profile is attachedWe recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Shelley Parker on shelley.parker@cornwall.gov.ukApplication ProcessPlease attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as 'Application' on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here - .Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.About Us:Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year.We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - .Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It's a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.

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