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Contact Assessment Officer

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Role Responsibility

We are looking for a Contact Assessment Officer to join our Area Referral Management Service (ARMS). The position will be based at Worrall House in Kings Hill, but you will work from home during the Covid recovery period.

The ARMS Team is responsible for progressing contact enquiries made to Adult Social Care and decide on the next pathway for the person being referred. The service is very busy due to the nature of the work undertaken and therefore you must be resilient and able to work well under pressure as well as being comfortable speaking to people by telephone and inputting information into our client database. 

Contacts are received from the public, partner agencies and other organisations who are seeking advice, support and guidance from Adult Social Care. You will need to have experience of working for Adult Social Care or a related organisation and with vulnerable adults. You will be expected to process and respond to enquiries and establish information to assist you in making a decision on the next steps for the contact. It is essential that you are able to communicate effectively with the public, take and record accurate information and to navigate IT systems. For more information about our service please watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Ltgkc-y4U&feature=youtu.be

You will need to have an understanding of Adult Safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act and Data Protection.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the ARMS Team and in return, you will be part of a vibrant team, receive regular supervision from a Senior Contact Assessment Officer and will be encouraged to develop both professionally and personally and grow your knowledge base.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service, two satisfactory references and has a probationary period of six months for new entrants to Kent County Council employment.

Our offer

  • Full induction and comprehensive professional learning and development programme
  • Starting annual leave allowance of 25
  • A minimum of 5 days’ training each year
  • Excellent Government pension scheme

Please note that interviews will be held by Skype 29 - 30 July.

Contact Details

For more information on this vacancy please contact Wendy Margott, Senior Business Support Officer on 03000 411191 or email: Wendy.Margott@kent.gov.uk

 

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