Assistant Care Coordinator
- Employer
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Location
- Brierly Hill Health & Care Centre and Lye Community Project. 3 High Street, Lye, Stourbridge
- Salary
- £21589 to £23836 per annum
- Closing date
- 30 Nov 2019
- Reference
- Dudley000004947
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- Sector
- Health & Social Care / Work
- Job Type
- Social care
- Contract Type
- Secondment
- Working Pattern
- Standard
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
An opportunity has arisen within our busy duty team, acting as a duty worker. The post holder will be required to take initial referrals from service users and their carers and signpost or refer on to the appropriate service. They will also be responsible for providing community outreach support to the BME community, working with and initiating community groups. Home visits will be required and where necessary the post holder may be involved in the assessment of the needs of individuals and their carers’. Working jointly with other professionals involved and contributing to the creative design, provision and review of individualised support.
Hours: 37 per week
Salary: Grade 6
Location: Lye Community Project
You will take initial referrals from service users and their carers and signpost or refer on to the appropriate service, You will be required to provide community outreach support to the BME community, working with and initiating community groups. You will also have to complete home visits and may be involved in the assessment of the needs of individuals and their carers. Working jointly with other involved professionals and the creative design, provision and review of individualised support.
This post is subject to an Enhanced-Bar DBS check.
For further information please contact Dawn Fazey on 01384 813007 or via email at Dawn.Fazey@dudley.gov.uk
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About Dudley Council
It’s an incredibly exciting time to work in Dudley Council as we embark on numerous multi-million pound regeneration schemes which will be real game-changers for the borough. In addition to the exciting schemes such as the Midland Metro we also have the ongoing and very serious challenges of ensuring vulnerable people across the borough receive the services they deserve.
At Dudley Council we have a ‘one council’ ethos that builds an effective and dynamic organisation which grows the economy and creates jobs, creating a cleaner and greener place and supports stronger and safer communities.
We are rightly proud to be the historic capital of the Black Country and, working with our partners, Dudley Council is also committed to looking forward and helping to deliver our borough vision of ‘Forge a Future for all’ www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk
We ensure communities influence council decisions and are committed to delivering services in partnership with communities. We provide flexible and responsive service in partnership and help communities help themselves.
In joining a local authority that serves 320,000 residents you will become an integral part of a council that:
• is ready to embrace change, providing an environment in which you will be encouraged to make your mark
• is aware of its key challenges and the need for a new energy to innovate the council, in order to find cost effective ways of delivering services
• has aligned its political and managerial leadership structures and is committed to protecting, securing and transforming the lives of children, families, the vulnerable and older people
• wants borough residents to have their say through our community forums
• dedicates time to meaningful consultation and listen to the views of our residents
• is working with the community to encourage active involvement of our residents
We want to leave a legacy of a better future for the borough that reflects Dudley borough’s potential and harnesses the ambitions of the people we serve. For more information see our Council Plan www.dudley.gov.uk/council-community/plan-policies-and-strategies/council-plan, Dudley Borough Vision for 2030, Forging a Future for All www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk and key information about the borough and its communities at All about Dudley Borough www.allaboutdudley.info
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- http://www.dudley.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01384 811300
- Location
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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Mary Stevens Park
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 2AA
United Kingdom
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