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Job Introduction

Post: 1 x Community Care Supervisor (Permanent)

Hours: 37 per week

Salary: Grade 7 (£32,578.00 to £35,570.00) plus 10% alternating shift allowance.

Location: Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre or various locations across Dudley borough

An excellent opportunity has arisen to work within Adult Social Care for Urgent Care Services and the Dudley Short Term Assessment and Reablement team.

The role

Your primary role will be to ensure the delivery of a high-quality duty team for vulnerable people in the Dudley borough. You will be working 37 hours per week on a flexible rota which includes some weekends, evenings and bank holidays, for which relevant enhancements will be paid.

You should have experience of working in a care setting and an NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent, or willing to work towards.

Your main duties will include:-

Co-ordinating, triaging and signposting all Urgent Care calls/ referrals across the service to enable people within Dudley to be supported at home with their daily living activities and prevent hospital admittance or support hospital discharge.

Supporting a community Urgent Care Team and STAR team providing person centred support and opportunities for people and their carers.

Providing supervision and support to staff within the duty team and supporting care staff within the community undertaking their role.

Contributing to the implementation of service developments within the Urgent Care service.

Assisting in managing the demand for care capacity and ensuring safe and timely discharge and quality care provision.

Assist with responding to Urgent Care crisis within the community to support people with a difficult time in their lives.

Prioritising workload of referrals and escalating appropriately when required.

Be able to work under pressure and prioritise appropriately.

Being aware of CQC standards.

As an employee of Dudley MBC, you will receive a comprehensive annual leave package, an option to join the pension scheme and regular supervisions. We invite you to be part of a forward thinking, dynamic council, which actively supports staff, and works to change people’s lives for the better.

You may need to work flexibly, travelling across the Dudley borough and will therefore need to have the use of a vehicle.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults; therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check.

For an informal discussion about the role please telephone 01384 811919 to speak to Rebecca Davies or Angela Hunt.

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

If you require support completing an online or paper application form and or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or [email protected] who can support with Digital Skills and Job Applications.

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N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications

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