Job Introduction
Are you looking for a career that makes a real difference? A role with Achieve together might be the perfect opportunity for a long-lasting, rewarding career in the social care sector.
We are looking for team members who are passionate about supporting people, helping our Operations teams deliver excellent care and support, and celebrating achievements.
Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Assessment and Placement Manager to join our community hub team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting the organisation's core operations and ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain a detailed understanding of current and future vacancies across the allocated area, working closely with operational teams to support occupancy planning and identify suitable placement opportunities.
- Source and coordinate referrals for vacant rooms, ensuring individuals are matched to homes and support environments that best meet their assessed needs, wishes and aspirations.
- Coordinate and undertake high-quality assessments, ensuring recommendations support safe, person-centred and sustainable placements.
- Manage the referral and placement process from enquiry through to admission, providing timely communication and coordination between referrers, families, operational teams and other stakeholders.
- Support the delivery of occupancy and revenue targets through effective assessment, placement coordination and vacancy management.
- Work collaboratively with Assessment and Placement Manager colleagues to maximise placement opportunities across Achieve together, sharing referrals nationally where appropriate to achieve the best outcomes for individuals and homes.
- Build and maintain productive relationships with Local Authority and NHS brokerage teams, commissioners, social workers, care managers, families and other key stakeholders across the allocated geography.
- Enhance Achieve togethers local presence through stakeholder engagement, networking and representation at relevant forums, transition events and partnership meetings.
- Identify referral opportunities, emerging service needs and market trends through proactive engagement with stakeholders and a strong understanding of local commissioning priorities.
- Act as an ambassador for Achieve together, promoting the organisation's values, services and commitment to supporting people to live happy, healthy and meaningful lives.
Requirements:
- Demonstrable knowledge of Local Authority and NHS brokerage processes, commissioning arrangements, purchasing systems and referral portal for residential and supportive living services.
- Sound understanding of the learning disability and autism sector, including relevant legislation, statutory guidance, safeguarding responsibilities and Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements.
- Significant experience within health and social care, ideally in assessment, placements, referrals, commissioning or care coordination.
- Experience of assessing the needs of people with learning disabilities, autistic people and individuals with complex health, behavioural or mental health needs.
- Proven ability to assess support requirements, identify and manage risk, and develop person-centred recommendations
Benefits:
At Achieve together we offer a range of exciting benefits, such as:
- Career progression and training opportunities
- Employee discount schemes across a range of retailers and services,
- Stream- a financial health app that gives you the ability to receive optional pay advances
- Life Assurance
For all our amazing benefits please visit here: Rewards and Benefits - Achieve together
Apply Now!
Passion for positively shaping lives is just as important to us as your experience. Building on your existing knowledge we will give you all the training and support that you need. You just need an appetite for learning and a real desire to make a difference to peoples’ lives. So, if you want to start, or continue your career journey in care with us, we want to hear from you!
We regularly review our job adverts to ensure they reflect current hiring needs. In some cases, adverts may close earlier than the stated deadline if we receive sufficient applications or the role is filled. Conversely, some adverts may remain open beyond the original closing date until the position is successfully filled. This approach helps us attract the best talent while maintaining flexibility in our recruitment process.
To ensure fair consideration and timely progression, internal applicants should submit their applications no later than the end of the first week after the role is advertised. Applications received after this point may not be guaranteed review.
