Social Care Assessment Officer

Do you want job satisfaction?  Then apply to join us in Newcastle’s hospitals as a Social Care Assessment Officer (RVI).

Two of our current social care assessment officers have passed their apprenticeship programme and are now fully qualified social workers supported through Newcastle City Council. Due to their great achievement, this has created two open SCAO posts within the hospital team.

Our job is to help people to get home or where they need to be as quickly and safely as possible and follow them up when they have left hospital.  

We could list what we want from you, but you can find that out from the person specification.  Instead, we asked our team members to tell you why you should apply: 

“The managers and team have given me the confidence and knowledge to do my job well. Management is committed to helping the team stay motivated in what can be a very challenging role. I feel valued, supported, and empowered in my job.” 

“You will get the opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team including health and social care workers, which is a great way of developing knowledge, skills and experience. Each professional brings their own expertise to get the best outcomes for the patients.” 

“I feel supported and that my managers and team-mates care about me and everyone is willing to help one another. I have only good things to say about Newcastle City Council and would definitely recommend working here!” 

“Supportive and experienced managers who control workloads and do not just keep piling on the work or ignore us when we ask for help.” 

“Everyone in the team works hard to manage their busy workloads efficiently and pulls together to help each other out where they can”. 

“Feels like you are part of a team as we still have an office / team room and not all lone working from home. The job offers a great flexibility working pattern such as hybrid working and a friendly office environment for peer support”. 

“I love working in a hospital setting. It is so rewarding helping and supporting patients and family members when important decisions need to be made”.  

As you can tell, we have a lot of happy and fulfilled workers, and we want some more!   

Want some more reasons? OK: 

• Short-term casework 
• Generous annual leave in addition to bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave 
• Access to a flexible working scheme between 7.00 am and 7.00 pm by negotiation (depending on operational requirements) 
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme 
• Access to vehicle leasing scheme 
• Combination of home-based and office working based at the RVI site, with IT equipment and mobile phone for work duties provided  

To find out more about the job, please contact: 
Christine McGorie, Team Manager (RVI) View phone number on northeastjobs.org.uk / Jamie Feather (FRH) View phone number on northeastjobs.org.uk 

We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.  This post is working in regulated activity.  If you are successful we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s).  It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity. 

As this post involves working with children, vulnerable adults or dealing with sensitive information, written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage, even if you indicate otherwise. 

How to apply:
Apply online at , select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Before completing the form please ensure you read the supporting documents.

Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.