To contribute to effective support planning to enable citizens and carers to make their own decisions by exercising choice, encouraging independence and access to community resources to meet their assessed needs.
To facilitate and contribute to the assessment of the needs of vulnerable adults and their carers, feeding into the process of specialist and more complex assessments, in line with the principles of self-directed support and single assessment.
To support citizens to promote their health, well-being, choice and control.
To visit citizens in their own homes (with other professional staff when required) and assess their potential and needs for equipment/minor adaptations/assistive technology.
To demonstrate the correct use of equipment and to ensure the recipient is confident in its use.
To be responsible for ordering and ensuring timely delivery of equipment from the Integrated Community Equipment Service.
To review equipment provision with the service user and ensure all needs have been met.
To ensure the provision of comprehensive case records, assessments and reports on service users.
To work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
To work flexibly with other colleagues from other disciplines and other community agencies in enabling people to access community resources, lead independent lives and make their own decisions.
To participate in individual and team development activities.
To take part in any training identified as necessary for the correct performance of the job.
To promote and enforce the Council's Equal Opportunities policy.
To promote and enforce the Council's Health & Safety policy.
To work at all times in accordance with the aims and objectives of adult social care and Walsall Council.
To undertake such other duties as the council may reasonably require commensurate with the grading of the post.
Essential Experience and Qualifications (Sample):
Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of vulnerable adults and their family / carers
Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of personalisation and self-directed support to enable citizens to live independent lives exercising choice and control in decision making working in a re-abling manner
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