Move On Worker - Community Support Worker

About the role

Move On Worker - Community Support Worker

Permanent, Full Time

£25,395 - £32,131 per annum

Location: Countywide

Closing Date: 13th November 2025

The Accommodation Hub is a countywide team working alongside the locality and countywide learning disability & autism and physical and sensory impairment teams. Our role is to support the teams to source accommodation options for adults who have been identified as needing to move.

The move on workers works alongside the allocated workers to identify and source suitable accommodation.

Having access to the right accommodation setting is a key foundation to living a happy and healthy life. There can be many barriers to moving on from temporary accommodation or accommodation that is no longer appropriate, particularly to a more independent setting. Having dynamic and passionate individuals who can support people with disabilities to move on to the setting that is right for them. Supporting our front-line practitioners with some of the practical tasks people need support with to move.

To provide a knowledgeable, practical and personalised service for individuals with disabilities to move on from their current accommodation, working with service users to find and secure an appropriate home. Linking in with colleagues from the social work teams, care providers, health and housing where appropriate.

Responsibilities:

Building strong, effective relationships with clients, families and carers providing practical advice, support and, where necessary, acting as an advocate. Enabling vulnerable adults to live healthily and as independently as possible in the right accommodation for their needs.
Contribute to the development of care and support plans that gain commitment to solutions to meet individual needs.
Work collaboratively across the service, with internal and external professional partner agencies to deliver joint objectives and ensure improved outcomes for vulnerable adults.
Provide information and advice relevant to needs of the client (with a focus on housing, benefits agencies, employment, community activities).
Responsible for highlighting issues and working with colleagues to implement plans to safeguard vulnerable adults.
Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Experience of providing advice and support on housing matters to vulnerable individuals.
Experience of working with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism as well as people with Physical and Sensory Impairments would be an added advantage.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to problem solve, negotiate and seek solutions to challenging and complex situations.
A knowledge of person-centred planning to support the development of networks for people to maximise independence and wellbeing.
Ability to work collaboratively, build positive relationships and networks across both internal and external teams and multiple stakeholders focusing on the best outcomes for the individual.

To read more about our business area, please visit: Adult Social Care

Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in Everyone's Essex . With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.

In February 2025 , Greater Essex was accepted onto the Government’s devolution priority programme, which will see local authorities in Essex work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority by May 2026. You can read more about devolution and local government reorganisation (LGR ) on our careers site.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

Once you’ve secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles , including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone.

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.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

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If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk

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Move On Worker – Community Support Worker