Short Breaks Personalisation Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for 2x FTE Short Breaks Personalisation Officers (fixed term) to join our busy team! The Short Breaks Personalisation Officers play a vital role in supporting families and disabled children/young people to access person centred, appropriate short breaks provision. The Personalisation Officer's responsibilities can be split into two main areas: 1.Enabling access to Short Breaks Services for disabled children and young people in line with pathway one and two provision:

• Processing applications made directly by families/professionals and de-escalations from the Whole Life Disability Team
• Screening for eligibility criteria
• Assessing families needs through utilising application forms, professional supporting letters, liaison with schools and other agencies and the Resource Allocation System (RAS). This is including the completion of home visits, and other visits necessary to gain a holistic view of the child/young person and capture their voice
• Identifying level of support needed and indicative budget
• Completing annual reviews for Pathway Two support packages and processing Pathway One re-applications, to ensure services are still appropriate and meeting needs
• Following up and answering short breaks enquiries
2. Assisting and enabling service users to use their Personal Budget to meet their social care and or health care needs, by helping them plan and source both paid support, and unpaid informal support from their social networks and communities.
• Completing person centred support plans and other mandatory documentation to request and refer to the appropriate identified services in line with the child/young persons identified SEND outcomes.
  
  The ideal candidate will have high standards of communication with vulnerable adults and children, as well as being able to work in partnership with other professionals and agencies and the ability to communicate in varied ways with disabled children and young people.
The Personalisation Officer is expected to work directly with citizens to identify appropriate support and provision, in line with their personal support plan / care plan and direct payment (if relevant). Please ensure that the personal statement in your CV demonstrates the following: ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Knowledge of Personalisation and Person Centred ways of working
• Knowledge of the SEND outcomes framework
• Ability to work in a person centred way to develop individual care and support plans, which meet identified outcomes (inclusive of conducting home visits)
• Experience of managing and prioritising own workload, working independently and recognising when support from your line manager is required
• Experience maintaining electronic case file and administrative systems
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post. For internal candidates please ensure that you have you manager's agreement prior to applying for secondment purposes

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
• You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council ., Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.