Senior Community Care Officer

Job description

Job Introduction

Job Title: Senior Community Care Officer
Starting Salary: £35,570 progressing to £38,510 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Hertfordshire
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

About the team

Whether you're an experienced professional, a newly qualified graduate or someone with a passion for caring, these roles present a fantastic opportunity for you to develop your career in adult social care.

Through some of our fantastic development opportunities our staff have been able to complete sponsored degree courses (dependent on need and entry requirement criteria) and have gone on to become social workers or occupational therapists.

We have opportunities in the following services:

Older People Service - West

Prevention of Admissions Team
Hemel Hempstead
37 hours per week | Fixed Term to April 2027

The Prevention of Admissions Team works alongside NHS community Teams providing the social care aspect to crisis situations including carer breakdown, and ultimately Prevention of Hospital Admission. The teams aim to keep service users in the community to ensure they remain independent and do not become institutionalised by avoidable hospital admissions. This post requires countywide travel.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact [email protected]

About the role

You will need to have knowledge and experience of relevant legislation.

You should be able to demonstrate a commitment to supporting people with the right care and information at the right time to help prevent future need, enable independence and promote positive wellbeing that will empower people to live the lives they want to within our Connected Lives Framework (Your connected life | Hertfordshire County Council).

You will be responding to those in need of social care support and undertaking the required work in accordance with the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.

We seek Senior CCO's who excel at engaging with people, promoting inclusive community options, and supporting a self-directed approach while maximising universal services. Our ideal candidates are resilient, robust, imaginative, and reflective. As a small team, we collaborate cohesively to achieve our outcomes, and we're committed to smart and flexible working.

About you

Essential:

• Paid or voluntary work experience in social or health care within the community
• Full driving licence and ability to travel
• An accredited RQF (registered qualification framework) level 4 social care qualification or equivalent. An equivalent would be a course that has aligned learning outcomes to the RQF level 4 social care qualification and involves an extended period of study with a supervised practice placement in a health, education or social care setting.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding inline with the Care Act 2014
• Knowledge of other social care practices

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

Interview Date: Applications are reviewed regularly - check your emails for updated.

This job role is within the Health and Social Care, level 9 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Health and social care

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

If you have a specific preference of team, please mention this at the top of your cover letter.

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

We are changing

Hertfordshire County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by Hertfordshire County on 1 April 2028, it is expected that most roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings - Protection of Employment) principles.

LGR is one of the biggest changes we will face in a generation. It will reshape how we work and how services are organised and gives us a real opportunity to build something better. To find out more, visit https://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You'll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.