Adult Support Coordinator - Transfer of Care

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

About the role

This role is a 30 hrs per week position.

The North Transfer of Care Team covers Hinchingbrooke, Peterborough City and Queen Elizabeth (King's Lynn) Hospitals and small rehabilitation wards and a couple of health interim Care Home placements. We are a friendly and busy team who are passionate about supporting people to receive the right support upon discharge from Hospital.

Please note that the main base for this position is Hinchingbrooke but there is an expectation that the successful candidate would join the rota to cover all the main Hospital sites as needed, as well as working flexibility in the working day to visit other Hospital sites on an as required basis. As much notice as possible will be given if this is required.

We do work weekends, but you are given a day back during the week and a salary enhancement too!  Our staff receive a salary enhancement between 7% and 15% depending on their selected working pattern.

7% for 1 weekend day a month and 1 Bank Holiday a year

8% for 1 weekend day a month and 2 Bank Holidays a year

10% for 1 weekend day a month and 3 Bank Holidays a year

15% for 2 weekend days a month and 3 Bank Holidays a year

The team support adults being discharged from the acute hospitals and rehabilitation settings. The role involves completing Care Act Assessments, Mental Capacity Assessments, Safeguarding enquiries, care planning, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to identify appropriate pathways for discharge and ensuring unpaid carers are supported by having carers conversations. We do this using a strengths-based approach to our practice.

We do work to tight timescales to ensure people are discharged from Hospital and receiving the care they require in a more suitable environment. 

If you are passionate about social care, have experience in a similar role or can bring transferrable skills, confident with updating electronic records and completing reports and enjoy working with people in a variety of settings, we would love to hear from you.

For more information contact us today by calling Beth on 01480 372 425. Alternatively, you can email us on welovesocialworkers@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or visit our website for more information.

The closing date for applications is the 30th of June. 

Interview will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams, the week beginning the 1st July 2024.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for completing holistic social care assessments under The Care Act 2014, and Mental Capacity Assessments to determine the level of care and support needed for Cambridgeshire patients/service users being discharged from the acute hospitals, rehabilitation units and those that have been discharged on a health interim pathway in a care home.
 
You will be the lead professional supporting people and their families with all aspects relating to their care and care planning to support timely discharge from Hospital.
 

About you

- You will need to demonstrate your understanding of Adult Social Care legislation including the Care Act 2014, Safeguarding Adults and Making Safeguarding Personal principles as well as the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
 
- You will need to be keen to learn and develop in the role.
 
- You will be expected to work collaboratively as part of a team and demonstrate commitment to making a difference and building relationships. 
 
- You must have the ability to travel to a variety of locations independently and at short notice.
 
- You must be able to commit to working in the office 5 days a week during the Probation period so as a team, we can support your learning/development.
 
Please refer to the attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full list of requirements for this role.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers