Social Care Assessor

 

Main Responsibilities

As Assessor you will lead on clinical assessments ensuring that we are in a position to deliver individualised support packages.

You will then support the teams to transition the person to Gray Healthcare and commencement of their care package.

You will work closely with the business development and operational teams across an agreed geographical area.

The Ideal Candidate

As a passionate professional you will have in-depth experience of assessing and working with people with a variety of complex needs around their mental health, learning disability, ABI, personality disorder, autism and forensic backgrounds.

You will have an understanding of continuing healthcare or transition of individuals moving from hospital/residential settings into the community and a collaborative, solutions-focussed approach to any issues associated with this.

You will use your applied knowledge of the Mental Health Act, CTO’s and the Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and Best Interest Decision making to inform the direction of packages in your remit.

An expert in assessment and management of risk you will be an innovative thinker and natural communicator with strong report writing skills and computer literacy and an ability to work under pressure.

About The Company

Here at Gray Healthcare we believe that no person should remain in an acute or long stay hospital environment for a day longer than is medically necessary. We do not discriminate with risk history, we work beyond the label and prioritise the individual and their right to live in the community.

We are a company passionate about delivering truly person-centred support and are looking for an assessor who shares the same ethos. We are guided by our values in all that we do:

• We are inspiring – we believe in providing individualised support that meets peoples’ needs and enables them to achieve their goals.
• We collaborate – we believe that the best outcomes are achieved when we work together with shared aims.
• We are unique – we provide market leading, high quality and bespoke support that exceeds standards.
• We innovate – we challenge ourselves to be pioneering and find new ways to support people better.
• We are honest & transparent – we base our relationships on trust and openness regardless of how uncomfortable this may be.

Job Introduction

Gray Healthcare provides dedicated quality care to people with a variety of complex needs to enable them to live independently in their own homes and achieve their goals.

Due to our unique offering, we continue to expand the business and wish to appoint a number of Assessors to join our team of health and social care experts.

We require people who are qualified mental health or learning disability nurses, social workers and occupational therapists with a strong background in service user needs assessment and care formulation.

Working within a geographical region the role is mainly desk based. At times travel will be required as part of the role and along with being a car driver. An an organised and flexible approach with ability to stay overnight as required will be critical.