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Assessor
The closing date is 07 June 2026
Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.
Home First Assessors work closely with people who use our services, their families, friends and carers, who all play an invaluable role in how our users experience our services.
They are expected to be kind and responsive, professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services provided across the Health and Social Care economy.
If you need Skilled Worker visa sponsorship to be able to join us and you are successful in your application, we will reimburse the cost of using the UKVI Priority Visa Service (currently £500), so you are able to join Team KCHFT as quickly as possible.
This financial support is conditional on you successfully completing all stages of the recruitment process, including interview, receipt of a formal offer, and satisfactory pre-employment checks. You need to be willing to pay the priority service fee upfront and, subject to you meeting all other pre-employment requirements and beginning employment with us, you will be able to reclaim this cost through our expenses process.
Please be aware this financial support only applies to the priority service fee. The cost of the skilled worker visa itself will not be reimbursed.
Main duties of the job
o Keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound judgement and effective riskassessments, escalating concerns to the relevant professional in a timely manner.o Ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process.o Using all resources available, both professional and non-professional that will enhance enablement.o Prepare and present cases at a weekly meeting with the Registered Practitioner ensuring that every aspect of thepersons journey through the service is available to ensure a judged decision based on up to date information.o Carry out initial assessment in a timely way.o Support and supervise and guide the Home First Support Workers to enable them to carry out their work confidentlyand effectively.o Carry out risk assessments both for the environment and the person.o Be prepared to train as a trained trainer in Moving and Handling.o Carry out Moving and Handling assessments once the person is in their own home.o Support the person to regain, where possible, their previous levels of independence taking their interests and previous skills, encouraging new skills.o Ensuring the best possible outcomes by using up-to-date skills, good and accurate recording skills and adhering topolicies and procedures within scope of assessed competence.
About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Job responsibilities
As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Person Specification
Qualifications:
* Care Certificate; Literacy and numeracy skills; Full UK Driving Licence
Experience:
* Experience of working in Health or Social Care; Demonstrates an interest in caring for the health and welfare of adults needing support in the community; Working independently and as part of a remote team
Knowledge:
* Understands and can apply key Health & Safety procedures relevant to the role; Knowledge of equipment provision to support enablement promote independence; Awareness and compliance with equality policies, procedures and legislation; Understands the role and remit of the unregistered worker; Awareness of national policies and legislation, its relevance to care settings and its application across health and social care services.
Skills and abilities:
* Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written); Ability to organise and prioritise own work; Ability to cope with change; Ability to use own initiative; Excellent IT skills across a wide range of applications; Ability to travel across a wide geographical area in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day in accordance with the needs of the job.
Ability to manage self & others:
* Ability to manage own time effectively; Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, considering health and social care policies and procedures; Attention to detail
* Line management or supervisory experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
£28,392 to £31,157 a yearpre annum pro rata
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