Shared Lives Worker

Role Responsibility

This position will be a one year temporary contract.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Kent Shared Lives as a Shared Lives Worker, the role will be to monitor and support a case load of Carers, ensuring compliance with quality standards in-line with CQC Regulatory Framework, The Care Act 2014 and Shared Lives Policy and Procedures. You will need to ensure that Shared Lives Carers maintain up to date and accurate records of their Service User placement/s, including significant incidents, to assist the ongoing development and appraisal of the persons needs.

You will effectively manage a caseload of Carers, carrying out regular monitoring visits to offer support and advice as appropriate, ensuring that Carers have up to date and sufficient training, ensuring that the Service User is at the centre of care and their goals are monitored regularly and updated at least annually.

You will have excellent communication skills with colleagues and partner agencies, with regard to the health, education, leisure, and community needs of the person and manage Carers in line with Shared Lives monitoring procedure, identifying poor practice or issues and alerting the Registered Manager of actions taken.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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.    

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role, please contact:

Vanessa Childs

Vanessa.Childs@kent.gov.uk

07714920316

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.