Resource Officer - Countywide Reviewing Team

Are you looking for a rewarding career with opportunities for further professional development? If so, we look forward to hearing from you!

An opportunity has arisen for a full-time Resource Officer role within our Countywide Reviewing Team in the Adult Social Care Mental Health Service. We offer support to people over the age of eighteen with severe and enduring mental illness, people living with dementia and people accessing support for alcohol and substance use.

Our team support a variety of review activity, including post-hospital, Section 117 Aftercare, those in receipt of a Direct Payments, and statutory annual reviews within individuals own homes, including supported living and care home settings.

At East Sussex County Council, we have a commitment to empowering Adults over the age of eighteen who are accessing care and support. Our aim is to maximise their independence and help them play a full part in the decisions that affect them.

We apply a blended approach to our reviews through telephone, technology, and home visits to understand and appreciate an individual’s interests, aspirations, concerns, and goals, and review their current services and ongoing needs. We consider their existing networks of family, friends and wider community support are explored, focusing on what the individual can do for themselves.

You will work with partner agencies, carers, and families to build networks of support that can help people maintain their independence. With an increased demand for our services, we must adapt and be creative, so there are plenty of opportunities to gain experience and innovate.

Hybrid working arrangements are applicable to the role this includes elements of office-based working, client visits and working from home.

The successful candidate will need to be able to travel independently between locations including out of county areas on occasions. You will need to demonstrate you can meet the travel requirements of the role.

Experience we are looking for:

- An understanding of the relevant legislation, and mental health needs and/or substance use issues, to ensure the person’s needs are met and associated risks are managed
- The ability to engage with clients’ families, carers and providers.
- The ability to work jointly and constructively with colleagues and other health care professionals.
- Experience of working within a social care or related field.
- Proven ability to undertake assessment and review activity, applying good practice in relation to service users and carers.
- You will need to be an effective communicator, have a commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and the ability to promote independence and resilience, in accordance with the Care Act 2014.

Please download the job description and person specification for more information.

To apply for this role, please follow the ‘Apply Now’ button above and upload your CV and a Supporting Statement. We will be using your Supporting Statement to shortlist so please be sure to address how you meet all the criteria in the person specification, drawing on any relevant work/life experience, education, or personal interests.

For guidance on how to write an application see our how to apply page and our statement on the use of AI .

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Internal candidates are welcome to apply for a secondment (with current managers consent) to give them an opportunity to experience working with people accessing support for their mental illness.

Interviews will take place in person during the week of 30 November . If you are unavailable to attend the allocated interview date/time, let us know and we may be able to schedule an alternative date/time for you.

Candidates who meet certain criteria are given priority when we shortlist. See our priority status page for details.

The successful candidate will benefit from access to a supportive and experienced team, on-going training, and professional development as well as a robust support and supervision from senior practitioners.

There are many rewards working for East Sussex County Council, some of these include:

- Generous pension scheme
- Access to training
- Access to our extensive wellbeing and wellness training.

For more information about our diverse range of benefits please click on the link provided benefits page .

For an informal discussion, please contact Darlene Sellick by email: [email protected]

For putting your skills to good use, choose East Sussex!