We are recruiting full time Assessment Support Coordinators to work within the following teams:
* Peripatetic Team - working flexibly across Dorset
* East Dorset Locality Team - based in Ferndown
* Weymouth Learning Disability Team - based in Weymouth
As an Assessment Support Coordinator, you will be working alongside Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, and health colleagues across a range of settings to support people to remain as independent as possible and linked in with their local networks.
* you will be undertaking strengths-based assessments and support planning, in accordance with the Care Act 2014
* you will assist individuals to identify their goals and how best to achieve them to support their independence, and where appropriate complete mental capacity assessments
* you will be working as part of a busy team and alongside other teams within the local authority. Multi-disciplinary practice will be integral to the role
Our teams have a strong track record in supporting new starters to Dorset Council Adult Services by being friendly and supportive, developing individuals and offering a detailed and comprehensive induction plan.
We offer hybrid working to create the right work, life balance.