Job Title: Central Assessor

Location: Home based with national travel across England

Working pattern: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £45,000 Per Annum

Our Values

Our colleagues are passionate, kind, and resilient and they go the extra mile for the people we support and each other. We have this expectation of all our colleagues. Our values reflect us all and they’re at the heart of everything we do. They set out our culture, the way we behave and the way we do things.

We're very proud to be recognised as one of the best organisations to work in by ‘The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024 & 2025’.

Role Overview

The Central Assessor is responsible for completing high-quality pre-move in assessments for individuals referred to ivolves' supported living and residential services. The role ensures that risks are clearly understood and mitigated and that services are able to safely and successfully meet needs from day one. The postholder plays a critical role in supporting move ins, reducing placement breakdowns and enabling ivolve to fulfil its aim to benefit more lives.

Responsibilities include:

• Completing comprehensive face to face and virtual pre-move in assessments for adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs, physical disabilities and/or complex health needs, within agreed timeframes.
• Working collaboratively with operational teams and home managers to support decision making and facilitate safe move ins
• Write high-quality assessment reports with clarity, clearly setting out needs, risks and outcomes while highlighting the benefits of choosing ivolve in line with organisational standards.
• Recommending reasonable adjustments including risk mitigation strategies, staffing model changes, training requirements and additional specialist input where required
• Working alongside the PBS and L&D teams to support training and offer advice to operational teams on risk and complex needs
• Acting as a credible point of contact for external stakeholders
• Providing structured input into transition planning
• Contribute to the development of assessment tools, care pathways and best practice
• Use data and learning from assessments to improve referral conversion and placement sustainability

Essential skills;

• A strong track record within learning disability and/or mental health services
• Experience in producing accurate assessments and high-quality reports with good attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Strong problem-solving ability with an ‘art of the possible’ mindset
• The ability to work as part of multiple, cross functional teams.
• Kindness, passion and resilience with a desire to support ivolve to benefit more lives
• A valid driver’s licence and use of a car with the ability to travel across England
• A clinical qualification would be advantageous

Training and Development to Reach Your Potential

• Learning journey that grows with you to reach care worker standards
• Specialist skills training including Autism and Mental Health
• Career pathways that include flexible apprenticeships and nationally recognised qualifications
• Cover the cost of relevant professional memberships

Our Support

We go beyond expectations for our colleagues as well as the people we support. Our reward package includes much more than pay, 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays and pension. Your birthday off with pay after a year of service and there is a £300 refer a friend scheme too!

In addition, we also offer the following:

• Industry-leading recognition
• Social, financial and emotional wellbeing
• Training and development to reach your potential

If you’re ready for a job that can truly make a difference and you’re up for a challenge, then this is the role for you!

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