Assessor - Integrated Care and Support

This is an exciting opportunity to come and work for Tameside Adult's Services, We are looking for a driven Social Care Assessor to join Adult Services. If you are passionate about supporting adults to live well at home, we would love to hear from you.

Tameside is a place that is passionate and committed to improving outcomes and creating a positive experience for individuals and families.

'Our People Our Place Our Plan' outlines our aims and aspirations for the area, its people and how we commit to work for everyone, every day.

Tameside adopts a positive working culture; we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We are committed to staff development and provide a wide range of training opportunities in a supportive working environment.

Tameside is proud to offer our assessors:

Ongoing training and development

Opportunities to invest in your on development and career progression from Assessor, to Social Worker to senior leadership

Thorough induction and ongoing supervision and support

Manageable caseloads and a supportive team

Employees are encouraged to be involved in the ongoing development of practice

Flexible working

We currently have a position within the South Neighbourhood Team, covering the area of Hyde. This is an exciting time to come and work for us as you will be joining the team at a time of transformation and great investment into services for adults and social work practice.

You will take the lead on supporting adults to live well at home. You will be part of a friendly and supportive team and your work will include managing a caseload, Care Act Assessments, Support Plans, Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest Decisions and signposting to internal and external services where necessary to enhance wellbeing and independence.

You will have excellent communication skills and have the ability to build effective professional relationships with other disciplines and with other local health and social care services to enable a coordinated response to individuals and families., Experience of working with adults and previous employment in a similar position would be desirable., Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

It is essential that you hold a current valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work use.

This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.