Social Care Support Officer Full Time COPPD Central SIAS Central Chorley Central Lancashire
Social Care Support Officer Full Time COPPD Central SIAS Central Chorley Central Lancashire
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Job Description
Salaryper annum Permanent Full Time 37 hours per week COP&PD Central SIAS Central Chorley Central Lancashire
2 positions available.
We are recruiting people who have experience of working in an adult care environment who are seeking a new and exciting career opportunity.
If you are ready for a fresh challenge and want to work in a supportive team environment promoting excellent quality care and support for people then this could be the career for you.
Working with people in the community you will be undertaking a social care support service including high quality assessments and reviews to help people maintain or regain their independence build on their strengths and achieve their desired goals regarding their social care needs.
The office base is in Chorley and the job allows a mix of office and homebased working. Lancashire County Councill is currently trialling a new strengthsbased approach to social care which may at some point result in the office base changing to another part of Central Lancashire.
The posts are for fulltime permanent contracts of 37 hours per week.
We offer:
- Flexible working opportunities
- A competitive salary
- Inclusion in the Local Government Pension Scheme
- The opportunity to pay into an Additional Voluntary Contribution (AVC) scheme alongside the workplace pension.
- Generous annual leave entitlement as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave throughout the year
- A wide range of benefits are available from discounts with local retailers through to financial assistance
- Access to a Credit Union
- Strong links with neighbouring Higher Education Institutions as part of the Greater Lancashire Teaching Partnership
- Excellent training opportunities including enrolment onto the Adult Social Care Academy a bespoke training programme which supports staff through their first year with Adult Social Care
- Opportunities to acquire additional role specific qualifications through Apprenticeship schemes
- Access to a wealth of practice resources as part of our subscription to Research in Practice
- A wellestablished staff Health and Wellbeing programme
- Maternity paternity adoption parental and carers leave
- Sickness pay
- Bike to work scheme in accordance with www.cyclescheme
If you would like to contact us for an initial informal and confidential chat
*Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
Applications may be considered if you are working towards a qualification that is essential to the role you are applying for with the expectation of completion within the next 3 months at the date of application.
The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013. If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a disclosure. Further information can be found on the Our Recruitment Process tab.
You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you and you think you have what were looking for please apply to work with us using the documents below to support you in writing your application:
We look forward to considering your application.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early before the closing date if we receive sufficient applications.
Job Description and Person Specification
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
