iCAN Assessment and Enablement Worker - East Northants ASC Team

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Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

Job title: iCAN Assessment and Enablement Worker (AEW)

Job status: 37 hours, full time position

Salary:  £33,366 - £35,235

Location: Cedar Drive, Thrapston, NN14 4LZ

Applicants must hold a valid Driving Licence and have access to a car.

About the Role:

Are you passionate about working with people to promote independence and dedicated to making a difference to people’s life?

We are on an exciting innovation journey working towards the Three Conversation approach, a model that re-emphasises focus on people, their strengths and the networks through the development of community and Inclusion hubs.

We have this exciting opportunity emerged as part of council’s remarkable journey planned with iCAN (Integrated Care Across Northamptonshire) transformation programme.

The purpose of iCAN programme is to deliver a refreshed focus and way to improve the quality of care and achieve the best possible health and wellbeing outcomes for older people across our county, supporting them to maintain their independence and resilience for as long as possible. The three core aims of the iCAN programme are to:

1. Ensure we choose well: no one is in hospital without a need to be there
2. Ensure people can stay well
3. Ensure people can love: by staying at home if that is right for them

In this role you will be employed as an Assessment and Enablement Worker (AEW) in the East Northants Adult Social Care Team but will also work closely with the frailty clinics and be part of the welfare support team operating under the iCAN delivery programme. Within this role you will have the opportunity to work jointly with all relevant partner organisations involved in the programme.

You will be carrying out welfare calls to people within PCN as well as A&E discharges. Within these initial calls, identify their needs and follow up as appropriate. Undertake health checks such as weight, nutrition, blood pressure monitoring, temperature and personal care needs. You will be supporting people within the community to be able to remain as independent as possible within their own home and reduce the risk of crisis support. Tasks may include but not limited to assessment and provision of low level mobility aids, assisting with home management tasks, provision of items to meet basic needs such as emergency food parcels, supporting individuals with housing, finances, medication and follow up appointments. Within the role you will also coordinate the frailty clinics, identify people who would benefit from this clinic, facilitate appointments within people’s own home and ensure they are supported throughout the process.

You will have the opportunity receive training from both ASC and Health and you will also work across both systems.

See AEW job description to understand the wider aspects of the role in the statutory setting.

We are looking for people who believe it is important to ensure people have a choice and control over their own support needs. We want people who are committed, like us, to focus on the person, their strengths and networks rather than routinely assessing people for services and eligibility. The three conversation model paving a new way of working in Adult Social Care and we are looking for workers who are enthusiastic and passionate to work with us on this journey.

For more information please contact Meriel White, Team Manager on 01536 805222.

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Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)