Social Care Coordinator - Mental Health Social Care Team

We are currently seeking a dynamic Social Care Coordinator to join our Mental Health Social Care Team. We represent a Local Authority dedicated to enhancing the well-being of our community and residents.

We are seeking an individual with excellent communication abilities, adept at building and fostering relationships with colleagues, clients, healthcare providers, and community networks. In the role of Social Care Coordinator at Reading Borough Council, you will play a crucial role within a friendly and supportive team.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

We support hybrid working, it's important to us that working arrangements are designed to enable our employees to excel and within this role you'll have the opportunity to work in a way that suits your lifestyle.

The Mental Health Social Care Team is an Adult Social Care Service made up of Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, AMHPs and Social Care Coordinators.

We work with service users who have a diagnosed mental health condition who have social care needs.

About the Role:
In the role of a Social Care Coordinator, your responsibilities will involve making home visits to individuals. You will be supporting people to do tasks which they find challenging, such as personal care, daily living tasks, going out in the community, engaging in meaningful activity.

Our mental health reablement model uses a goal-setting approach focusing on a person's strengths to promote and maximise independence and wellbeing. As a social care coordinator within the reablement team, you will stand back, observe, encourage and prompt the individual to learn new skills or re-learn skills they may have lost after having a period of mental ill health or crisis/hospital stay.

You will hold a varied caseload and will be expected to work independently and to seek support and guidance from colleagues as necessary.

You will work within the legal framework provided by the statute, guidance, policies, and procedures.

Experience working with people;
Experience working within the Health, Adult Social Care or voluntary sector (not essential)

We offer excellent support, training, and induction. You will have access to our Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth with opportunities to learn and develop new skills., Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises it's potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success.

As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.

Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do

Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential

Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance - striving to be even better - and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way

Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you'll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
A wide range of flexible working opportunities
Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted
Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax