About the role
We are currently looking to recruit a permanent social work assistant to join our Porth Gofal Integrated Triage and Assessment Team, working with individuals and their families within hospital and community settings, with a focus on recovery and rehabilitation.
This is an exciting role within the service, providing the opportunity to undertake assessments and implement packages of care to support our organisation’s aim of enabling citizens and family resilience.
The role is one of constructing and implementing care and support plans that are person-centred and outcome-focused and that respond flexibly to changing needs.
Porth Gofal is the integrated decision making hub for Ceredigion that triages and determines the level of need of all cases and the best outcomes for those individuals.
Porth Gofal is the heart of service provision that focuses on ensuring that citizens receive the intervention that is best placed to meet their needs or where else to guide them to early help or specialist services.
What Porth Gofal provides:
1. A responsive service to Citizens living in Ceredigion
2. Applies a Strength based needs assessment focusing on service user choice and control using the Signs of Safety framework
3. A reduction in the time Social Care professionals spend in determining eligibility for statutory services
4. Legislatively compliant service that meets the statutory requirements of the SSWBA
5. A safe service that identifies vulnerable and at risk Citizens, that responds effectively.
What Porth Gofal achieves:
6. Provides information, advice and assistance about community health and social care services for adults that improves the connection between people and their communities
7. Encourages a balanced approach to the assessment of need ensuring that citizens are at the center of conversations, decisions and the “what matters” conversation takes place
8. Multidisciplinary triaging of referrals to identify the right professional to respond e.g. physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist or Social care workers to ensure right response at the right time
9. Provide more consistent, coordinated assessment for care and support
10. Improve the flow of information between services, resulting in faster decisions being made about people’s needs and support
11. Reduces hospital admissions. Provides an in-reach service to reduce delayed transfers of care by providing timely discharges from hospital
A commitment to integrated working with a focus on positive rehabilitation outcomes for the citizens is essential.
The ability to travel throughout the county is essential.
We are looking to recruit an individual with:
12. HNC/Nursing Qualification/NVQ4 in Care/QCF National Diploma Health & Social Care Level 5, K or equivalent
13. Knowledge of preventative and reablement approaches that improve independence
14. Knowledge of care assessment and support planning
A bilingual policy is in operation and candidates who do not have the linguistic ability in Welsh will be supported and encouraged to achieve the ALTE standard within 2 years.
We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:
15. Hybrid Working:Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.
16. Flexi-time:Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.
For further information please contact: Jackie Roberts ( )
Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk. As part of this commitment, certain roles within our organisation requireaDisclosureand Barring Service (DBS) check to assess the suitability of candidates. This role will require an Enhanced DBS check. Please note that the presence of previous convictions will not necessarily disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. We assess each applicant on a case-by-case basis, and take into account the nature and relevance of any convictions in relation to the responsibilities of the role. Our goal is to create an inclusive and supportive work environment where all individuals are treated fairly and with respect. If you have any concerns or questions regarding this process, please feel free to contact us for clarification. Your privacy and dignity are of utmost importance to us throughout the recruitment process.
What we offer
Work-life balance
Lifestyle savings scheme
Generous employer pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Learning and development
Where you'll work
Porth Gofal – Targeted Intervention Services
We are at the core of Ceredigion’s through-age social care provision and we focus on ensuring that each individual receives the intervention that is best placed to meet their needs or, where necessary, guide them to early help or specialist services. Our functions include:
17. Porth Gofal Intake and Triage Team
18. Targeted Intervention Services
19. Fostering Services
20. Residential and Day Care Services
21. Housing Services
22. Integrated Community Equipment Stores
23. Emergency Duty Team