Assessment & Support Planning Officer

Rochdale Adult Care is pleased to offer a number of Casual opportunities to undertake the role of an Assessment & Support Planning Officer. Hours throughout the working day will be available Monday - Saturday to suit individual needs and include weekend working day alongside the weekend hospital duty team upon completion of training. Availability and commitment to initial training is required.

This is an exciting time to join Rochdale as we move forward with integration between health and social care, further developing our locality teams and services to meet the needs of communities in new and innovative ways.

This will be an opportunity for you to undertake a paid role within a Statutory setting, further developing your knowledge and skills around Social Work Practice and Adult Care Legislation & Procedure while working alongside Social Workers and Advanced Practitioners.

In order to undertake these roles there will be mandatory training that will need to be completed in addition to some ongoing training and development sessions to build your confidence and knowledge of the role and the Adult Care ICT systems.

The 5 Locality Teams, Hospital and the Boroughwide Prevention Service, cover the various aspects of Adult Care assessment, support planning, Safeguarding & Risk Assessment work carried out for Adults 18 upwards, which offers practitioners a variety of case work and practice. The teams are

The post holders must be able to demonstrate an ability to travel around the Borough of Rochdale., We would encourage applications from people who are undertaking their Social Work Degree or Masters and are either going into / already in Year 3 (BA student) Year 2 (MA Student). Though this is not a specific requirement we would also encourage applications from people with the relevant skills that can work flexibly to meet the needs of the service who have an interest in working with adults over 18.

If you are successful through the recruitment process, you will be invited to undergo the relevant training and your details safely added to our casual register, where you will be contacted to determine your availability for the coming months. As these are casual roles, you will be paid for hours that you work each month, on submission of the relevant time sheets.

For successful candidates that are currently undertaking their Social Work Degree or Social Work Masters, upon completion of your course, there may be further opportunities to apply for qualified roles within the authority, following internal processes.