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When completing the application process please ensure that you cover the following areas:
* Please study the Job Profile and provide examples of your work, or other activities which demonstrate your ability or aptitude to undertake the duties of the post, please include any other information that you feel is relevant to your application, e.g. personal qualities, achievements at work, non-work related or voluntary work experience.
* This role involves working as part of a team. Please provide detail of a time when you worked as part of a team to complete a task. Explain what role you played?
* South Lanarkshire Council are committed to delivering excellent customer service. Please describe how you would ascertain and manage client expectations, while still delivering excellent customer service.
* Please describe a time where you have used your communication and interpersonal skills to achieve success in a task.
* Provide an example of a situation where you identified risks for an individual service user, describe what concerned you, why, what your actions were and what the overall outcome was for the service user.
This post offers excellent opportunities at a time of considerable development within the service. As a Community Support Co-ordinator you will play a key role in the delivery of community services. You will be responsible for the management of care staff and the delivery of care services, in line with Supporting Your Independence across South Lanarkshire Council. You will be responsible for the work of a team of Home Carers and should be able to demonstrate excellent organisational and communication skills. You will also have responsibility for managing and organising the care for service users.
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team assessing service users’ needs in respect of care referrals and monitoring and reviewing care within agreed timescales. You should have excellent IT skills and be dynamic and creative, with the ability to resolve problems as they arise.
Qualifications
It is essential that applicant possess a minimum SVQ3 in Health/Social Care or equivalent recognised qualification and be willing to work towards achieving relevant qualification in social care management which fully meets the SSSC Registration Requirements of the post and gain full SSSC registration within 6 months of commencing the post.
Hours: 35 hours per week
Vacancy: Permanent
Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.
Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.
As an employee of the Council, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:
* Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
* Up to 33 days annual leave which will be calculated into hours on commencement of the role.
* Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
* Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave
* Employee Discounts
* Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)
Legislative Information
This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.
This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children or adults.
Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.
Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.
Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant
South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.
South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.
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