Senior Assessor

Senior Assessor

The closing date is 11 January 2026

The Home First service provides short‑term, responsive and flexible support aimed at helping individuals regain and maintain independence in their own homes.

The service plays a crucial role in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitating timely hospital discharges. Working in close collaboration with social care, community health teams and acute hospitals, Home First supports patients during transition periods by offering enablement‑focused care.

The service aligns with national integrated care strategies and is underpinned by a person‑centred approach, empowering individuals to achieve outcomes that promote recovery, autonomy and well‑being in their home environments.

The Senior Assessor plays a pivotal role in delivering high‑quality, person‑centred care within the Home First service.

They provide advanced assessment, complex case management and operational support, while also guiding and developing colleagues to maintain excellence across the team.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we are passionate about delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values – compassionate, aspirational, responsive, excellent.

We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, welcoming applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms – this is not visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme for disability.

As a flexible working friendly organisation we support you to work flexibly in a way that suits both you and us.

Please note: the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

Where driving is a requirement, you must hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country. We support candidates with disabilities into employment – if you cannot drive due to a disability, contact the Recruitment Team at , quoting the vacancy reference number.

All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

We strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non‑clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated for safety.

• Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care or equivalent
• Holding or willingness to work towards Qualified NVQ Assessor
• GCSE English & Maths (Grade C/4 or above) or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BSc), NVQ Level 6, or equivalent
• Moving & Handling Train the Trainer qualification

• Background in Adult Social Care and or Health Care or previous first line supervisor/line management experience
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of working to contract specifications and delivery to required standards

• Ability to undertake and document formal risk assessments
• Ability to accurately assess client needs
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff, people using the service and external contacts as required by the job
• Ability to prioritise own workload in line with operational procedures and standards
• Ability to monitor effectively others’ work performance
• Excellent negotiating and interpersonal skills
• Ability to deliver services within budget and to contractual specification
• Ability to promote the service in full
• Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the service
• Ability and commitment to support the Directorate's Equality and Diversity Policy Statement, which is an integral part of the Directorate's service delivery and relationship with the client to respect people as individuals regardless of age, ethnic origin, cultural values, disability, gender, sexual orientation or religion
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