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Personal Facilitator

Fixed Term, Part Time

£25,959 to £28,621 per annum, full time equivalent

Location: Colchester

Closing Date: Sunday 19th April 2026 at 11.59pm

Please note that this is a Fixed Term Contract / Secondment opportunity till the 31st of March 2028 and is a Part Time role, offering 33 hours per week.

The pro rata salary range is £23,152 to £25,526 per annum.

Interview Date: 28th April 2026.

The Opportunity

Within this role you will be supporting and facilitating a Social Worker employed through Adult Social Care to carry out their role in Advocating for the Adults they work with. The Social Worker you will be working with lives with a Severe Sight Impairment. The need for a Personal Facilitator is to ensure the Social Worker can complete their role successfully in areas in which they cannot see or access otherwise. The Social Worker also has the assistance of a Working Guide Dog to aid with mobility.

The role requires willingness to drive (in your own vehicle, with milage reclaimed via expenses) and working with a guide dog.

This role is specific to meet the access needs of an ECC officer with disabilities. The role is funded entirely by Access to Work, is therefore cost neutral to ECC and is accommodated by the organisation as a reasonable adjustment in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Accountabilities

• To drive to and from Office Locations and visits within the community.
• To support with the safety and orientation of the Social Worker when necessary.
• To risk assess and verbalise appropriately any risks noted to the Social Worker. This could include changes to the environment.
• To take clear and concise notes relating to the work The Social Worker is completing.
• If notes are written by hand, to ensure these are typed up in a timely fashion allowing the Social Worker to complete their report writing.
• To support with form filling and document reading when required.
• To support the Social Worker in attending training, meetings, and events (this may be in person or virtually). (When in person could be out of the North Essex Area).
• To ensure necessary tasks are completed for the Social Worker's role. This will be using Microsoft and Web based systems.
• To proofread official documentation and reports ensuring accurate grammar and spelling.
• To follow instructions given by the Social Worker about support they may need.

The Experience You Will Bring

Essential Criteria:

• Hold a clean UK Driving Licence.
• Be willing and able to support alongside a guide dog.
• Be fluent in English, verbally and written.
• Have experience and be proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Teams, Excel etc.
• Follow instructions and ask questions if unsure.
• Work well in a busy environment within a team.
• Have excellent time keeping skills.
• Understand the role and rules for a Working Guide Dog and respect this.

Desirable Criteria:

• Have experience in supporting an adult living with a Sight Impairment.

The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

Company: Essex County Council

Salary: £25959.00 - £28621.00 per annum + Pro Rata

Location: England, Essex, Colchester, Essex

Sector: Health and Social Care

Sector: Adult Services

Sector: Social Care

Job Role: Support Worker