Senior Support Worker jobs

Post: 1 x Senior Support Worker (part time)

Hours: 18.50 hours per week (permanent)

Salary: Grade 6

Location: Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre or various locations across Dudley borough

An excellent opportunity has arisen to work within Adult Social Care as a part time Senior Support Worker. Your primary role will be to support the hospital discharge process. You will be working a set rota pattern which includes some weekends, evenings and bank holidays, for which relevant enhancements will be paid.

The Role

Your main duties will include

• Assisting in managing the demand for care capacity and ensuring safe discharge and care provision.
• Working on computer systems to support the discharge process.
• Liaise with hospital professionals to ensure safe discharges.
• Liaise with care agencies, Service Users and family members to ensure safe discharges.
• Accurate recording on case notes.
• Accurate recording on spreadsheets to ensure detailed reports can be completed.
• Re-start of care for Service Users of Dudley.
• To be involved in a duty rota and have knowledge of this.
• This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

As an employee of Dudley MBC, you will receive a comprehensive annual leave package, an option to join the pension scheme and regular supervisions. We invite you to be part of a forward thinking, dynamic council, which actively supports staff, and works to change people’s lives for the better.

You may need to work flexibly, travelling across the Dudley borough and will therefore need to have the use of a vehicle.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults; therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check.

For further information or an informal discussion about this post, please contact Leah Turley on 01384 817200 or via e-mail leah.turley@dudley.gov.uk

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

If you require support completing an online or paper application form and or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or acl@dudley.gov.uk who can support with Digital Skills and Job Applications.

If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk

If you are experiencing a problem whilst applying for a position, please follow the link below to the WM Jobs Help Page in the first instance https://help.wmjobs.co.uk/

If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue then please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk

Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness. The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so.

The Council’s full Privacy and Disclaimer Statement can be accessed on the website at https://www.dudley.gov.uk/privacy-disclaimer-statement/

N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications

#LI-DMBC2019