Community Care Officer 1160/4003


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£33,673 to £37,581 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Lincoln, LN1 1XX
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Oct 2026
Closing date:	15 Nov 2026

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Summary

To work as directed by a supervisor (eg. Social Worker, Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Advanced Practitioner or Lead Professional) with people who may require care and support to identify needs, strengths and outcomes and provide a range of services to support people to manage their needs and maximise their independence. Managing a supervised caseload, you will work in a strengths-based way to achieve positive outcomes for people, ensuring people are as safe as possible and adult safeguarding concerns are addressed promptly. 1 To work within the policies, practices of the Adult Care and Community Wellbeing Directorate to prescribed standards and to participate in learning and development as required to ensure Continuous Professional Development. 2 Hold and manage a caseload of service users with a higher level of need. This will include the identification of people and the provision of information and advice. Including a potential for a complex response assessment of the persons and carers need, commissioning follow on care, monitoring and review, amending as required. Operating within budget framework set by the Directorate and managed by the Lead Practitioner. 3 Provide support to Qualified Social Workers / therapists/ nurses as required in line with the service roles and responsibilities. 4 Contribute, co-operate and work in partnership with other agencies to ensure people are safe and protected and to maximize the outcomes for people. 5 To provide a range of equipment, arrange minor adaptation work and to teach alternative techniques to overcome the effects of disability on independent living where appropriate. 6 Understand the value and usefulness of performance information and uses data to monitor service user progress and the teams overall performance. 7 When appropriate represent the Directorate at multi-agency meetings. Share written / verbal information to both internal and external parties in line with Directorate policies and procedures and legal requirements. o 8 To undertake assessment of needs including any non-social care requirements such as health care or housing to enable planning, design and recording care packages in agreement with people, carers and other agencies within available resources and budgetary constraints. 9 Develop care packages to include the design of individually tailored care packages for people in consultation with identified carers/ families. 10 To work as a team member within the multi-disciplinary context and to develop professional working relationships with other agencies including Health Care Services, Housing Authorities and Voluntary and Independent Sector Services.

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