Care Co-ordinator (Scale 5)

Job Category : Social Care – Unqualified
Location : London Borough of Enfield, Enfield Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £16.30

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about working with people who have learning disabilities and their families. If you are committed to supporting people with learning disabilities to live autonomous lives and achieve positive wellbeing, then we want to hear from you.
This is an exciting opportunity to be based within a local authority integrated health and social care service. The service comprises of many disciplines including Social Work, Community Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Art Therapists, Physiotherapists and Psychiatrists. The Care Coordinator post will sit within the social work team.
The role entails face to face work with service users, their families, and external partners. The purpose of the Care Coordinator role is to identify whether support packages continue to meet the needs of service users and their families. The role will require the successful candidates to make recommendations regarding support packages and arrange and amend support to ensure needs are being met in a person centred and strength-based way.
You will need excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. The Care Coordinator will be required to attend multi- disciplinary meetings and present cases, communicate effectively with service user’s and their families as well as a range of internal and external colleagues and partners. In addition, the Care Coordinator will be required to write accurate, comprehensive support plans and assessments.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities whilst further developing your skills and career. If you want to be a part of this challenge and of a successful team and think you have the skills and abilities to help us achieve our goals, then we want to hear from you.
Skills, Experience, Knowledge, Behaviours

Essential:

1. As a regular and intrinsic part of this role requires you to speak to members of the public in English, the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential and consistent with the requirements of this role. This role also requires you to be polite and courteous when conversing with the public.
2. Ability to assess need and to make appropriate support plans and have a good understanding of the care management process
3. Ability to work in partnership with service users, carers and other professionals whilst maintaining the service user at the centre of each process or activity
4. Ability to work with safeguarding cases and understanding the safeguarding processes.
5. Ability to work within the departmental financial policies and controls, developing best value services and community placements and working with service users, carers and those professionals connected to each individual and or service provider
6. Ability to show the following key behaviours: 1. Taking responsibility for one’s actions; 2. Being open, honest and respectful; 3. Listening to others and being open to learn and 4. Working together with others to find solutions.

Desirable:

1. To have experience of working within an integrated team
2. To have experience of working with people who have a learning disability and those with a diagnosis of Mental Health
3. To be able to use alternative communication methods