Do you enjoy working in a solution focussed and creative way? Do you want to work within an Adult Social Care environment where teams of professionals are breaking new ground? Are you committed to supporting some of the most vulnerable members of the community? Our clients adult social care teams support each other by sharing experiences, being positive and working together as a group and they are looking for an Assistant Care Manager to join them!

Position: Assistant Care Manager - Prevention & Safeguarding Team or Long Term & Review Team

Location: Oakham

Salary: £21,589 - £26,317 pro rata

Hours: Full-time or Part-time (18.5 or 30 hours)

Duration: Permanent

Benefits: Amazing benefits available such as a minimum of 24 days annual leave (pro-rata), with a further 5 days added after 5 years’ continuous service, plus 8 days paid bank holidays, a defined benefits pension scheme, payment of fees for membership to one professional body where this is a requirement of your role, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay, special and family leave provisions, Childcare vouchers, occupational health service, lunchtime yoga, circuits and cycle rides, as well as discounted swimming sessions and flexible working policies to enable you to balance work and home commitments

Closing Date: 18 December 2019

The Role

This Councils award winning Adult Social Care teams are leading the way in health and social care integration, ensuring the services they deliver meet the needs of their service users in a fully personalised and joined up way. With continually evolving services, this is a great opportunity to join a nationally recognised and committed team, supporting service users and their carers every step of the way. They offer fantastic opportunities to make a real difference to the lives of residents in the local community – Rutland really is one of the best places to live, learn, work, play and visit. This is your chance to become part of an amazing team, delivering great services throughout the county.

About You

For the Assistant Care Manager role, we are looking for people with:

• Experience of working with adults who have care and support needs.
• Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities or with autism.
• Experience of person centred support plans and reviewing outcomes.
• Experience of undertaking social care assessments.

To apply you will be directed to the Councils website, where you can select to apply for 18.5 or 30 hours on the Long Term & Review Team or 18.5 hours on the Prevention & Safeguarding Team.

What you get in return

Work that makes a difference to people’s lives within this beautiful county, in addition to structured salary reviews, local government pension scheme, discounted access to ‘Active Rutland’ keep fit activities and flexi-time, to name just a few!

The successful applicant for this post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of your DBS will be covered by us.

Our client is committed to Equality and Diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm. The successful applicant for this post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Manager, Care Home Manager, Assistant Care Home Manager, Senior Carer, Senior Support Worker, Support Worker.