Seven Resourcing are looking for a temporary Help to Live at Home Coordinator to work in South Shields. This position is initially for a period of 12 months and is paying £12.70 (PAYE) or £15.92 (umbrella). The working hours are Monday – Friday from 9am – 5pm.

The role:

The HTLAH Support Officer will support operational social care teams with support planning to ensure the accurate brokerage of services, accurate recording of information on social care system (LAS).

This will contribute to robust and regular needs assessment to establish a full understanding of current and future local needs and requirements to ensure the service developed optimises the health and wellbeing for people, improves peoples experience and provides good value for money. The role will challenge the status quo and help lead change to ensure Adults within South Tyneside are supported to Live Better Lives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide a service which proactively supports social care practitioners to develop good quality records in LAS, using assessments recorded by practitioners to create and update care plans, and ensure personal records in LAS accurately reflect care needs, appropriate dates, cost and funding codes, ready for authorisation and payment.
• To provide general project support within the service.
• Help drive continuous improvement, best value and quality within services by challenging existing professional practice to ensure it meets with local and national professional and regulatory standards and supports the South Tyneside Pound.
• Assist in the development and improvement of the service processes, practice and procedures, including maintaining records, organising meetings, updating plans, and maintaining other office and team systems.
• You will work with providers to confirm care plans and start dates, and liaise with Sub Contractors where necessary to ensure correct information is communicated.
• Support social care practitioners with support planning, liaising with practitioners, providers and commissioning colleagues to ensure all contract and finance information is correctly arranged, and details of care are confirmed with all involved.
• You will work closely with the HTLAH Manager and HTLAH Senior Support Officer, people who use the services and their carers and monitor the Help to Live at Home service.

Applicant Requirements:

Qualifications:

Educated to Level 3 standard (such as NVQ) in a relevant subject.

Experience: 2+ years working within a similar role.

Compliance: Current DBS and 2 years written references.

Travel: Clean UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.

Hours: 37.5 hours p/w.

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