Independent Living Assessor RBKC615612

Independent Living Assessor RBKC615612

Job Summary:

Salary range: £31,716 - £35,862 per annum

Work location: London

Hours per week: 36

Contract type: Permanent

Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check

Closing date: 16th April 2024

About Us:

Offering support to people in their own homes.

In the Bi-Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster, we support people’s independence and wellbeing and work hard to enable them to live in the community with dignity, choice and control.

The service aims to promote the personalisation agenda so that people can choose how they would like their care and support to be delivered. ILA’s are also a very important part of our team structures and complete a variety of tasks. The ILA post is a perfect opportunity for newly qualified Social Workers and OT’s to gain more experience working in Adult Social Care.

The Role:

Working closely with our Social Workers, you will carry out assessments, complete the care planning process, and set up Direct Payments. By getting to know people as individuals and understanding their specific circumstances, you’ll deliver person-centred care. Expect to manage your own caseload of service users, and Review the Direct Payment packages of care that you have set up within 6 weeks to ensure that it is meeting the need. You’ll also be alert to risks and to the need to involve other professionals. Although we’ll offer you the chance to work independently, you’ll have the full support of our close-knit community team.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

This is an ideal career development role for someone interested in a career in social care or occupational therapy, as it has the potential to lead to an apprenticeship and/or professional qualifications. You’re likely to have some relevant experience that’s given you an insight into issues around ageing and disability: you might have worked with a relevant charity, or perhaps as an OT Assistant or housing support worker. Well-organised and responsible, you’ll need strong communication skills and a willingness to learn and work as part of a team. Although we’ll provide full training in systems and processes, good Maths and English and some IT skills will be an excellent foundation.

In return, you can look forward to a package that includes a competitive salary, a high-quality pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s will not be considered for this role.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

Application process

Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.

You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.

Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.

Please note, that we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk/spam folder as our system-generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: recruitment@rbkc.gov.uk