Assertive Inreach Worker
Assertive Inreach Worker
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Job Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Leicester LE. 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker up to 2 days a week in the office
Salary:per annum (prorata for parttime)
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 02/05/25
An exciting opportunity has arisen as an Assertive Inreach worker within the Assertive Inreach Service
This post is Grade 8 is fulltime and is permanent.
About The Role
Assertive Inreach assist hospital patients with mental health difficulties to maintain their finances during an inpatient stay link to community resources and ensure they are ready for discharge. Assist in applying for benefits and resolve benefit or debt related problems connect with neighbourhood services education/work and volunteering to promote independence prior discharge.
You will be required to visit inpatients at the Bradgate Hospital and other wards linked with the hospital around the county.
Assertive Inreach work with individuals that are resident in City County and Rutland. The service is working within the 3Cs approach.
About You
To apply for this post you must:
An ability to positively motivate and identify strengths in individuals.
An ability to utilise community assets and neighbourhood services which may include access to employment voluntary opportunities recreational/social pursuits community activities and cultural or spiritual activities.
An ability to seek information and advice on benefits support individuals to apply and be in receipt of benefits.
An ability to manage a caseload and prioritise risk appropriately.
A confident communicator working closely with partner agencies forging strong working relationships to enable collaborative working.
An ability to identify potential safeguarding and risks alert as necessary to protect.
An ability to work effectively on your own as well as part of a team and to work under pressure and to remain calm in crisis
We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion please contact:
Chelbie Shepherd Resourcing Coordinator
Telephone: 0
Email:
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click Apply Now. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post please contact our Employee Service Centre: applying for this post you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
Employment Type
Full-Time
