Senior Direct Support Officer

Working on behalf of a Local Authority, Aatom Recruitment has a new opportunity for a Senior Direct Payments Support Officer on a 6 months contract initially with a possibility of further extension.

To provide line management support to staff employed within the direct payment support service. To co-ordinate a range of information and performance data to enable effective reporting of key performance indicators for the service. To take a lead co-ordination role in facilitating the growth of the local supply of personal assistants by promoting care as a career.

Work within a wider service to provide a range of advice, support, and guidance to residents in receipt of social care and/or health funding including direct payments and personal health budgets. This will include supporting residents to develop skills to manage their own social care and/or health funding via the use of a direct payment or personal health budget, and promote living independently in the community.

To co-ordinate a duty Direct Payments service, ensuring advice, information, and support is available to residents, practitioners, and other stakeholders.

If this sounds good to you, please apply for immediate contact or call Inesa directly.