Assistant Care Manager – Carers Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Care Manager to join Rutland County Council’s Carers team.  You will be liaising with GPs, District Nurses, case managers, primary health practitioners, statutory and voluntary agencies regarding the best possible care to support the carer in their caring role.  If you have experience of working within Adult Social Care and undertaking social care assessments by providing outcome focused support plans, we want to hear from you.

About you…

• Maths & English GCSE Grade C or above, or equivalent.
• Relevant experience of working within a health, social care or voluntary sector setting.
• Working knowledge of people with care and support needs.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and recent developments in social care.
• Knowledge/experience of safeguarding adults.
• Experience of maintaining effective and confidential records.
• Able to communicate with others in a positive and respectful manner.

About the role…
The Assistant Care Manager will undertake the following:

• Identify carers and provide advice and information to support them to continue in their caring role and ensure the identified outcomes for carers are met.
• Support requests for a carers assessment under the Care Act.
• Ensure carers have a contingency plan in place should the carer be unable to continue in their caring role, whether in an emergency or planned cease of their caring role.
• Assess and complete health and social care assessments.
• Provide assessment, evidence-based intervention, practical advice and emotional support for family carers at all stages, being responsive in periods of loss and change.

This role will work as part of a multidisciplinary, integrated team to support Rutland residents or those registered with a Rutland GP, to co-produce a simple personalised care and support plan to address the person’s health and wellbeing needs by introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services to enable them to continue to be a carer should they wish to do so.

The successful applicant for this post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The costs for the DBS are paid by us.

The Assistant Care Manager interviews will be held on 9 January 2025.

Please be advised this could be subject to change, in which case we will give appropriate notice.

We will be reviewing applications on a regular basis and inviting those who meet our essential person specification criteria to interview. If you’re interested in this role, we strongly encourage you to apply without delay.

Our offer to you:

Rutland Council is committed to Flexible Working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance, whilst meeting the needs of the service.

We are committed to supporting and empowering our staff to be the best workers that they can be and Rutland Council is the place you want to be.  Our benefits go beyond the salary – being part of a great team, excellent Local Government Pension, generous annual leave, opportunities to learn and develop your career, and a demonstrable commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff.

Find out more:

To learn more about working with us visit https://jobs.rutland.gov.uk or if you have any queries about this role please contact Mark Young, Senior Mental Health Neighbourhood Lead on 01572 758850 or at myoung@rutland.gov.uk.  

If you are experiencing problems or have any queries about the application process, please call us on 01572 758291 or email us at recruitment@rutland.gov.uk

Please be aware that in the event of a high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date.

All recruitment correspondence, including interview details, will be sent out via email from the Jobs Go Public site. If you require documentation/correspondence in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment team.

Rutland County Council is committed to Equality and Diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.  Everyone at Rutland County Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.