Job Introduction
The starting salary for this role is £26,569 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.
We are excited to be hiring two full-time permanent Social Care Assistants to join our fantastic teams, one at each of our two ASC Guildford locations:
- Guildford Locality team based at Guildford Borough Council, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4BB
- Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XX
What we can offer you:
- Annual Leave – with the opportunity to buy up to 10 days additional annual leave
- Agile working opportunities – your work/life balance is important to us!
- Training and Development – Superb opportunities for development including a Readiness Programme, Preceptorship, Structured Induction Programme
- You will receive excellent support and supervision combined with comprehensive training/induction.
- A supportive, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Car lease scheme and many more discounted life-style benefits, please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff for more information.
- RSCH - we support flexible working as far as possible, but you may have to attend multi-disciplinary ward round meetings in the mornings so may depend on ward allocations.
- RSCH - an added bonus includes working in a rural location for the community hospitals as well as free parking and paid for parking within Royal Surrey County Hospital.
About the role
Royal Surrey County Hospital Team
No two days will be the same! You will work mainly based within Royal Surrey Hospital but also potentially between all of the hospitals. You will receive excellent support and supervision combined with comprehensive training/induction. You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to establish discharge plans and follow up on patients following discharge to reassess their ongoing needs, such as a variety of physical and cognitive impairments. You will also be involved in supporting safeguarding investigations and attending safeguarding meetings with the support of qualified practitioners. Social Care Assistants will have an experience of working with people with social care needs. You will need to have competent basic IT skills and be able and willing to learn to use a variety of software systems.
Guildford Locality Team
In this role you will have frequent direct contact with the public on the phone as well as visiting them in their own home or care setting. Your role will be to assist qualified practitioners with a variety of tasks, including assessing people’s needs and carrying out regular reviews.
You will frequently be the first point of contact between the public and the service, gathering initial information and identifying the need for further assessment, as well as signposting people to other services.
You will work in partnership with individuals, their carers, professional staff in other agencies, service providers and Support Brokers in order to support vulnerable adults and their families to identify and arrange services that meet their needs and promote independence, choice and control. Social Care Assistants will hold a caseload of individuals and carers who will generally have a support plan in place that requires routine monitoring.
In your application we would love to hear about:
- How you enjoy working with people and your experience of working with people with social care needs as part of paid or voluntary work.
- Your IT skills and ability and willingness to learn to use a variety of software systems.
- Your ability to communicate in a clear, fluent, concise and jargon-free way and in a courteous, calm and professional manner.
You will be working in a team of motivated, dedicated and friendly colleagues and have an added bonus of working closely alongside a wider multi-disciplinary team in a thriving hospital environment.
The work involves travelling within South-West Surrey and also to other parts of the county. We therefore ask that you are a car driver and have access to a car.
At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.
For more information please find the full job description below and refer to this before submitting your application. We also invite you to read our Life at Surrey handbook to see insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.
Additional Information
This job advert closes at 23:59 on Wednesday 24th May 2023 with interviews to follow.
An enhanced DBS ‘Disclosure and Barring Service’ check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children’s and Adults’ Barred List checks will be required for this role.
Contact Details
For an informal discussion about the Guildford Locality Team vacancy please contact Faith Tsuro on mob: 07989 152878.
For the Royal Surrey County Hospital Team vacancy please contact Robert Pryde-Jarman or Lucy Newman-Smith (Assistant Team Managers) on 01483 464008.
We look forward to receiving your application, which should include a separate personal statement tailored for this role.
Please click on the apply online button below to submit.
Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.